Willy Wonka

On Saturday we had Grant’s mom Sherree and little brother Zach up with us for the weekend. The main attraction was we were going to the Detroit Opera House to see Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.

It was really awesome to have them come up and to be able to go out to the theater with us.

On Saturday around 4:30 pm we decided to take off and head downtown. We all piled into Zach’s car and we’re afoot. Oh my lanta I can’t even begin to describe the traffic we encountered. It takes about 35 mins to get downtown but on Saturday it took about an hour. (They had four pretty big events going on in Detroit at once it was a bit packed….) Mind you we sat in the turn lane for about twenty minutes just waiting to move but it was actually fun. We got to just hang out in the car chit chatting and catching up.

We finally were able to get a parking spot. We were about a half a mile from the opera house and it was a good lot. They did charge us $50 for parking but what can you do, city parking is at a premium!

After we parked we walked around to all the local restaurants and bars but it was bad news bears for us. They were all on a two plus hour wait or out of the majority of their food. (Do not panic we eventually did get dinner.) When we couldn’t get a table or food we headed into the opera house and just hoped for the best.

When we were in the opera house we looked over at the pop up shop for the Peacock Room and ran into their fabulous owner Rachel who pointed out how cute my tiara was. (Full seriousness, I love her. She’s great and is just so full of life and energy!) She also told us about a cafe attached to the opera house.

Unfortunately they were packed. Hey when live gives you lemons make lemonade. We went up to the concession stand and grabbed Carmel Popcorn, White Cheddar Popcorn and Chocolate Covered Potato Chips. It might not’ve been the most healthy dinner but we had a great time just hanging at the table.

Before we knew it the show was now seating and we were able to grab our seats and get settled in for the show. When the curtain went up and Charlie came out he was fantastic, especially for a child actor. I really enjoyed the scenes and the actors all performed magnificently. The actors felt like the characters and made you really not like the specific qualities, plus Willy Wonka was either crazy or brilliant but it was great!

It did lead to an interesting conversation between us Did the children survive the factory? I don’t think they did but Grant is more optimistic and believes the kids lived. I have serious doubts; what do you think? Sherree seemed to be leaning along with the kids dying but wasn’t officially declaring her vibes.

After the show ended we headed back towards the car and to say the least we got there in the nick of time. It was slowly starting to get busy with people wanting their vehicle back. Oh man their was one group whose car was fully boxed in and they wanted out now. It would probably take thirty minutes or so to get their car out. They were not very sympathetic or understanding about the situation.

We got very lucky. Zachs car could just be backed out we just needed the keys. Grant and Sherree went to the car while I arranged for the keys. Zach and I might’ve sweet talked the attendant to let us in the booth to grab his keys and we could be on our way!

Since we were a little ahead of the traffic we were able to get on the highway fairly quickly and miss the majority of it. We did end up grabbing Wendy’s on our way home to make sure we had food in our tummies. We had a great night that ended with me eating a frosty! I mean come on who doesn’t love ice cream?!