What the Hell are you doing in Ann Arbor???

Many ask me "what the hell are you doing in that small city I've never heard about before". It is cold like Greenland and you lived 7 years in Rio de Janeiro, there is nothing culturally impacting around and you grew up in Paris...Ok! ok! Ok! Ann Arbor might not be the place "where the things happen", to paraphrase Goldoni, BUT you should not be stick to this first impression. I am sure that by telling you the unknown (and sometimes virtual) story of this city, you may rush to http://www.lastminute.com/ buy a ticket, come and join me.

For your cultural enrichment, please notice that Ann Arbor began with the original founders John Allen and Elisha Rumsey. Their wives' names were Ann and Anna. And naturally, those settlers decided to name the city honoring their beloved beings.... as it recorded in the official files.. But my personal researches evidenced another reality. It is reported that both founders had a love affair with a French "dame galante" who came to the city as dancer for a French cancan troop few days after the opening of the first "saloon". Both founders immediately fell in love and had a long affair with her. Her name was Suzanne Harbourg. In her honour, they decided to name the city Suzanarbor... but they immediately thought about the stability of their respective matrimonial status. And ho! Coincidence, all the women of their life had a similar name... Ann, Anna and Suzanne... Ann Arbor happened then to be the consensus.

What happened in Ann Arbor ever since? Many incredible events actually! So many things that much more space would have been necessary to tell all the secrets of this incredible place. Another dancer made an impact in the city as dance major of the University of Michigan in the late 70's... well at that time, she was a little bit fat and awfully dressed... her name? Louise Ciccone... most well known by its second name: Madonna... Another former student of the University became famous all around the world. And a major event that happened at Ann Arbor changed radically his life. That is the story of a former Football player, quarterback of the "Blues". One day he lost his position in the team and spent the entire season on the bench. His substitute - called Nixon - became famous in the School, took all the girls of the former star who was relegate to the most profound indifference. He solemnly pledged to take one day his revenge. His name was Gerald Ford, who became later Vice-President of another Nixon...Richard Nixon... and then the Watergate and Gerald Ford became President of the United States... who told you that we know all the details of the Watergate??? The truth is somewhere else...(but not in this thread)

So, to sum up: love, envy, lust, jealousy, success, ambition, celebrities... the History of Ann Arbor is all about that... Make up your mind... this place is definitively where the things do happen (if you have enough imagination)... And the last word is: if you want to visit me, here is my house and me and my best friend... I know you cannot wait now... See you soon!

The text in bold is merely the result of my pathetic imagination... sorry for the family of those involved.