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The Visit Detroit Blog is part of The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB).

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The Metro Times Blowout is celebrating its sweet 16 with a six-day party across three cities — and you’re invited.

 


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Show us whatcha got! We know you’re celebrating the Detroit Tigers Opening Day at Comerica Park, and we want to see how. After all, great celebrations must be documented. Snap a picture that captures the essence of your Opening Day experience—maybe you’re dressed in Tiger apparel, or as a tiger or by the giant tiger. Attending the 97.1 The Ticket Detroit Tigers Opening Day Block Party in Grand Circus Park? Show us how it’s going. Or maybe you’re nowhere near Comerica Park but throw an awesome Tiger- or baseball-themed party.


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Instagram is one of our favorite social media platforms, and based on the action we’ve been seeing on this hip, happening app that’s all the rage these days, it’s clear that you love it, too. So we went ahead and put together a photo collage of some of our favorite Depict The D Instagram entries, along with others from Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and email, as a way to say thank you for expressing your love for The D via lens. Keep ’em coming using #DepictTheD.

 

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Photo credit (from left to right):

Row One: Ambassador Bridge, Amy Senese; America’s Thanksgiving Parade, user khrystyna_ig; Campus Martius Park Skating Rink, Kristina Green; Detroit skyline, Darci Gurney; Belle Isle Conservancy, Tina Logan; Comerica Park, Iris Tuma

Row Two: Guardian Building, user whalemap; Detroit Jazz Festival view, user mrrambo; Detroit RiverWalk, John McGraw; Comerica Park, Mike Boening

Row Three: Detroit RiverWalk, Tina Logan; Detroit Shoppe shopping bag, Calais Clark; Detroit People Mover and skyline, user mrrambo; Detroit Zoo, Kari Shepley; Dog, Jay Turner

Row Four: Fisher Building, Darci Gurney; Fox Theatre, Christine Lyons; Fox Theatre, Richard T. James, Jr.; Belle Isle Aquarium, Lynn Powell; Belle Isle Bridge, Richard T. James, Jr.; Detroit Shoppe "Nothing Stops Detroit", Darci Gurney; Gateway to Freedom Statue, Lynn Powell

Row Five: Paczki, Darci Gurney; John King Books, Christine Lyons; Belle Isle Conservancy, Tina Logan; GM Renaissance Center, Ron Gage; Dlectricity, Ed Morykwas; Greektown, Katie Tokarczyk

Row Six: carolers at Holiday DLight, Mike Boening; Detroit People Mover, user lifegoeson008; Dlectricity, Ed Morykwas; bikes on Detroit RiverWalk, Lynn Powell; Detroit night skyline, Tina Logan

Row Seven: Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Campus Martius Park, Sarah Kay; fountain inside Compuware Building, user LaKeesha; Fisher Building, Ruth Torrence Lindsay; Westin Book Cadillac, user whalemap; Midtown, Ron Gage; Detroit Dog Party at Tiger Stadium, Ed Morykwas; fireworks at Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village, Mike Boening


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Sports are a big deal in this city so when the NCAA 2013 Bowling Championship said they were intested in hosting their tournament in Detroit, the Sports Commission was ready to play host.


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Travel can be an energy drain. Why not treat yourself to some pampering to rejuvenate your body and mind? There are plenty of places in Detroit to help you get away from it all.


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