Bah bah bah, bah bah bah, bah bah bah BA! BOAT SHOW! Cobo is filled with boats this week so we headed over to take in the spectacle. Southeast Michigan is a, shall we say, depressed boating market but people turned out to look if nothing else. As with the post a year ago on the same subject there was something less than a staggering array of marine products, but I think there was some improvement year over year. Interestingly the highlight - both overall and, surprisingly, in the value category was the Tiara Yachts 36 Sovran Great Lakes Edition. Stainless interior details and the signature features you'd expect aboard a Tiara. Last year's winner of this recognition (Rinker's cruisers) slid substantially as their price crept up and quality dipped somewhat. And, as before, the Chris Crafts were the over-the-top queens of the show. They are too expensive, too day-boat-esque, and too beautiful. If anybody has a spare one that weighs less than 4,000 pounds or so on the trailer, I can take it off your hands. Call me, even if it is late.

Last night we took in a period piece ("Pride & Prejudice") down at the Briarwood bargain movie theater. It's so fun to watch these films, with toussled-haired men strutting across misty fields and through dewy forests wearing ridiculously long jackets to profess their love for pretty maidens of undoubtedly lower status in perfect 18th century British accents. After Kiera Knightley had been wooed and taken to a positively gargantuan estate for her happily-ever-after, we headed downtown to Moosejaw, where I picked up some ski gear... a sign that Spring Break: Winter Park is right around the corner. Then home for the Olympics & a reenactment of the Constable video during the women's snowboardcross final. Oh whoops!

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