A2: Food

Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Christopher Borrelli proposes Ann Arbor as a designation for a food trip, if you can’t afford to go to San Francisco. “Here, the dream is reality, the makings of a va-HomerSimpson-cation, an entire trip around the eating of excessive amounts of corned beef, Guinness-based gelato, burgers coated in pimento cheese, and waffles made with grits. To be fair to the locals, there is another major cultural force here: the University of Michigan, its iconic blues and yellows splashed across awnings and the backs of every freshman hustling down State Street, its campus and graystone architecture (and new contemporary art museum, resembling an air conditioner) dominating the hub of downtown. Well, whoop-de-do.” [Source]