Daydreaming

Dark Dark Dark : Daydreaming
"Oh if you knew what it meant to me, you would see, too."






First of all, this song is amazing, so listen to it. Of course I'm going to say it is another song that reminds me of traveling and ..yup, you guessed it.. Tennessee. BUT this blog is going to be entirely dedicated to...... downriver. If you live here, you will probably appreciate and understand what I am talking about. If you don't, this is kind of directed towards you, too, so read along little ones. 


I moved downriver when I was in 4th grade from Southern Illinois, from a small town called Granite City, about 5 minutes across the border from St. Louis. I’ve lived in Trenton ever since. Honestly, people that live downriver rarely leave it, unless for college. We all are kind of in a bubble and stick with fellow downriver people. It wasn’t until I met my boyfriend who lives north of Sterling Heights that I started hanging around with different people, and it’s then when I started having people say “OH you’re from DOWNRIVER?!?!” When exactly did downriver get a bad rep? Do people who live north of us really think they don’t have skanks, ghetto kids, and punks living in their cities? TRUST ME. I’ve been to Eastpointe, St. Claire Shores, even Sterling Heights..THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! So leave us alone! I used to HATE this place, but now I have to say, I’m proud to live here. Why shouldn’t we be? We are 2 minutes away from the water, in almost every city considered “downriver.” And to those of you who aren’t from here, and try to figure out what cities exactly categorize under “downriver”--don’t even try, you’ll never get it, and you’re probably wrong. So stop making fun of people from downriver, we are a pretty cool group of people. Yeah, maybe we are in a little bubble and we rarely get out of it, but maybe that isn’t so bad. I like it that anytime I go to the Applebees on Allen Road, I am guaranteed to see at least 3 people that I know. I used to HATE this, but the familiarity of this place is starting to become a part of me. As soon as the weather gets warm you know you are going to take a trip to Bob Jo’s Frozen Custard off Fort Street, or maybe take a trip to one of my most favorite places downriver---downtown Wyandotte. The Grind will probably remind every single one of us of high school. How about how sad we all were when they closed Smoothie King?! That place was HEAVEN. Even if our mall sucks, and we do have Taylor, we are still a pretty cool place to live. Not many people can drive 2 minutes down the road and have a front row seat to the water. Elizabeth Park is my favorite place in the entire world I think. When the weather is nice, you just pick up your friends, a few drinks, and head to Elizabeth Park to pick a spot by the water and make a night out of it. So, to everyone who thinks you are a skanky hick if you live downriver, you quite possibly could be retarded. There isn’t something in the air down here that make people skanks. All I have to say to you is, skanks live everywhere, dumbass!

With all of this being said, I’m sure we will all still complain at least 30 more times this year alone that there is nothing to do downriver, but maybe we take it for granted. Trust me, travel 30 minutes up north and not only will you not have any cool spots to sit by the water, but you will be surrounded by douches. Sad to say I’ll be moving up soon, but until then, I’m not going to take this place for granted anymore. Even though I hate it, I love it. That should be the quote of downriver.

Okay, that's all I have to say. Hopefully my boyfriend's friends, as well as my own friends that live north of downriver, will finally put to rest the whole "OMG DOWNRIVER" situation. I love you all, but you brought me to my breaking point! haha

Peace and love Homo sapiens.

Elizabeth Park

My cup, Anna's, and Sarah's for our wine date night at Elizabeth Park

2 minutes from my house.. take west road all the way down to the water and you have the perfect little spot