Roads and the Motor City go together like syrup and pancakes. These paved paths were meant to be driven on – they help us get from one destination to another and make traveling a breeze. We cherish roads so much in the Motor City that we designed the city in the shape of a spoke-and-tire layout, leading all road to the city’s center: Campus Martius Park.

This list of Detroit’s 10 most popular streets will help you navigate the downtown successfully while learning some history (and pronunciation).

We aren’t the only creatures awaiting the sun’s shining rays. The animals at the Detroit Zoo are ready to come out of hibernation for area families, so plan a springtime adventure today.

The Detroit Zoo, based in Royal Oak, is the perfect spot for some much-needed “Vitamin Z,” after a long Michigan winter. With fewer crowds, more animal activity and less sunscreen needed, springtime is ideal for a zoo adventure — whether as a family or with a date.

Detroiters have spoken, and they love the “D” — the Detroit Tiger’s Old English “D” logo that is. That’s why I’m predicting that the new 4”x4” Old English D tiles from Pewabic Pottery will be the must-have item for spring. Pewabic has partnered with Major League Baseball to produce an officially licensed D tile, available in a variety of the pottery’s signature glazes.

There’s something about vinyl that is intoxicating. Maybe it’s the sleeve art, big and beautiful. Or, it could be the warm sound from the speakers, or perchance it’s the physicality of the thing, where there are literal grooves that contain the sound, not just bits and bytes.

For me, it’s also the memories. We had one of those large console cabinets where you opened the top and there was the record player, as well as storage for the records, and the big speakers were built in. Dad would rifle through his collection that ranged from Hendrix to Haydn, and you’d hear the “Aha!” when he found what he was looking for.

So you’re driving down I-94 headed to or from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and you spot a tire on the side of the highway. Not surprising; not unusual. As you speed up to the tire grows in size like a loaf of bread rising in the oven. Plastered on the side is, “Uniroyal,” and you’re left scratching your head.