<p>Hey everybody,</p>
<p>I'm doing a campus day this saturday and I was wondering if anybody had recommendation of what to do in Ann Arbor? I'll be around the campus area with my family for a couple days and I don't really know the area because I'm from Maryland. Any suggestions of what to do at the school?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>The campus is beautiful and intertwined with the town so there’s ALOT of places to go to. My family and I went to a few different restaurants and a farmers market. It was really nice to talk to not only to students but to families from around town (theyll easily convince your parents it’s a safe, nice town).</p>
<p>If you’re looking for restaurants the Blue Tractor and Savas are right on the campus. Blue Tractor has AMAZING barbecue and Savas has food that’s a little more unique. If you drive or walk more into the town part Zingermans deli is an Ann Arbor staple. Everyone knows it and everyone loves it! The farmers market is also like right across the street.</p>
<p>It’s hard to suggest things because I don’t personally know you but athletic events (if there are any biggies this weekend) are always great. Visit buildings again if you want or ones you missed on your tour (I’ve heard the art building is cool), walk around, and I promise the second you step on campus you’ll find things to do. Hope you love it as much as I do!</p>
<p>The film festival is going on here until the 1st of April. The Nichols Arboretum and Botanical Garden right by campus are also decent options depending on the weather. Blimpy Burger, Mongolian Barbecue, and Pizza House are other popular eating destinations, but you’ll have unlimited options when you’re downtown. Washtenaw Dairy for ice cream is a good choice. I would also try to venture slightly off campus to see what the city has to offer in itself, like off-campus housing options for the future and Briarwood Mall.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend Briarwood. It’s a mall, but a tiny one, and if you’re from metro DC MD you won’t get anything from it. I’d recommend exploring Main street and some of the restaurants there that are a little higher end. If you’re looking for a student hangout, I’d recommend BDubs, Pizza House, and Good Time Charlie’s (before 8pm).</p>
<p>In regards to things to do in town there’s a lot to see. Look up the top locations in the city online if you’re looking for touristy stuff. To get a better view of campus then they’ll give you on the tour you can walk around the Hill neighborhood more, go to North Campus, go into a few huge lecture halls, etc. </p>
<p>Hope you enjoy campus day!</p>
<p>There isn’t much in the way of sporting events on campus this weekend. There is a glee club performance Saturday evening at Hill Auditorium.</p>
<p>Kyle: Briarwood Mall is not “tiny.” It has almost 1,000,000 sq of total retail floor area and four anchor stores. I do agree that it is nothing extraordinary and wouldn’t waste time going there if I were in Ann Arbor only for a couple of days.</p>
<p>If you are worried about the distance from MD, I hope you get a chance to drive to AA. D attends Mich and we worried about the 500+ mile drive from DC. But it is surprisingly easy. It is all freeway and much of it is with a 70 mph speed limit and there are no major cities along the way (just the outskirts of Pittsburgh). We have made the drive a couple of times and both times it didn’t take us much over 8 hours.</p>
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<li>Walk through the Law Quad, including the library.
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<li>Kerrytown, Farmer’s Market - N. of Catherine, W. of State Street</li>
<li>Check out North Quad</li>
<li>Weather for Sunday looks good if you’re still in town - you may want to rent bicycles (Maynard St.) - pretty cheap way to self-tour. I did this last Fall. You can loop down to the Big House, etc., go past all the Greek houses, see it all. Have fun.</li>
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<p>Thanks everybody for all your input! :D. If all goes well this weekend, I’ll be committing too. :D</p>
<p>There are some performing arts types of events on the weekend:</p>
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<p>If you don’t get to North Campus as part of a tour grab a bus and walk around North, it feels like a totally different place. Walk around State Street. Walk around the union. Buy something at Bivouac. Go to Kerrytown. See the Big House. Visit Zingerman’s (and eat). If you want more outdoors the Huron River trails can be a nice walk if the weather is good. EAT some more. Lots of good food in A2. Lots of good people watching.</p>
<p>Go on a Sorority/Fraternity tour with Michgreek and Umichi</p>