[01:32] <_stink_> cmaloney++
[17:14] <brousch__> What's the Detroit children's entertainment look like these days? Is the children's Museum still a thing?
[17:16] <jrwren> detroit science center.
[17:16] <jrwren> this time of year, ice skate at campus martius
[17:16] <brousch__> ah, maybe that was it
[17:16] <jrwren> DIA is good for all.
[17:17] <brousch__> "Michigan Science Center" typical Detroit claiming to be all of Michigan :P
[17:21] <greg-g> not even the capital city
[17:23] <rick_h> we've done the lansing science center I think a couple of times and it was fun
[17:23] <shakes808> would rather make the trip to Chicago and go to Shedd's
[17:25] <rick_h> shedd's is nice, but last time I was there went through it pretty fast
[17:25] <jrwren> dats an aquarium, not the same at all.
[17:25] <rick_h> the field museum was awesome
[17:25] <jrwren> field museum is the best, there is a reason it was featured on stargate sg1. :p
[17:26] <rick_h> anyone need an msata 128gb drive?
[17:27] <rick_h> stupid new nuc of course needed a different drive format. Had to cannabalize my walking desk nuc to get it running for now
[17:35] <cmaloney> brousch__: MI Science center was when outside-folks took over the Detroit Science Center
[17:35] <cmaloney> it was a bit of a dump
[17:35] <cmaloney> Impressions 5 was pretty cool last I was there
[17:35] <cmaloney> but that was over 10 years ago
[17:36] <cmaloney> Oh, and The Detroit Zoo is awesome
[17:36] <cmaloney> Even during the cold months
[17:46] <_stink_> +1 for the michigan science center
[17:46] <_stink_> it's a good time
[17:47] <jrwren> how old are the children? if 10+, all of the museums are great.
[17:48] <brousch__> 9
[17:48] <jrwren> Museum of African American History is really cool. Detroit Historical Museum is great.
[17:48] <jrwren> close enough.
[17:49] <jrwren> and outside detroit, The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village are super fun, all the time. I've been to those far more than any of the others.
[17:49] <brousch__> Yeah, we've been there recently, mostly during makerfaires
[17:50] <brousch__> My sister in Royal Oak had a baby, so I'm thinking of visiting her and hitting a museum in Detroit
[17:51] <jrwren> children and adults entertainment near there: microcenter. :)
[17:52] <dzho> microcenter++
[17:53] <cmaloney> ++++
[17:54] <rick_h> detroit zoo is good, we take an annual winter trip as the animals are more out and about and it's less busy/really nice
[17:58] <jrwren> great to see the polar bears when it is cold.
[17:59] <rick_h> yea, and the artic fox, and the normal bears are out more, etc
[18:01] <_stink_> i agree, zoo during winter is great
[18:01] <_stink_> esp the lack of crowds
[18:01] <cmaloney> ++
[18:01] <rick_h> yea, another bonus
[18:01] <rick_h> just wish it had better food options but that's what a cooler and wagon are for :)
[18:02] <cmaloney> Yeah, and the cafeteria is all the way in the back
[18:02] <cmaloney> that's the only thing that's open
[18:04] <jrwren> never good food options at such places.
[18:06] <jrwren> but so close to royal oak, we spend afternoon at zoo and then dinner at Mesa Tacos :)
[18:24] <cmaloney> That's about all you can get there
[18:24] <cmaloney> really disappointed Monterrey's became Mesa
[18:29] <jrwren> yeah, used to love monterrey
[23:56] <cmaloney> Evening