Best place to hike:

Mt. Everest, Outer Drive

Best intimate live music venue:

Chene Park

Best place to fish:

The bathtub

Best smoke shop:

Stop smoking!

Best place to spot a celebrity:

TV

Best place to buy organic food:

Meijer

Best thrift store:

Target

Best place to cruise:

Mediterranean

Best place to bicycle:

China

Best pick-up spot:

Church

Best beer selection in a bar:

Heineken

Best place for a first date:

Motel

Best Michigan vacation spot:

Inkster

Best Ontario vacation spot:

Who cares?

Best way to promote safe sex:

Be ugly, hairy-backed men,
condom earrings, give condoms
with new cell phones,
peddle condoms, Trojan Maaannnnn,
wait awhile, abstinence, monogamy,
see friends die from AIDS

Best place to hear poetry:

In my room, any kindergarten class

Best after-hours:

Bed, it’s a secret

Best strip club:

In my bedroom

Best-looking bar staff:

They all look good after drinking

Best place to buy lingerie:

Farmer Jack, Avon Call-Me

Best seafood:

Shrimp

Best place to see bling-bling:

QVC

Best trend to avoid:

The next big thing

Best reason to vote:

Free cookies?, meet people, surprise them, to subvert capitalism, boredom, brains, Bush is the Antichrist

Best reason not to read Metro Times:

Can’t handle the truth, absurdly liberal, biased, snobby, avoid paper cuts,because you’re driving, What fool wouldn’t?

More best of Detroit 2004:

Community values
Department of commerce
Nutritional value
Steppin’ out
Reader’s Poll

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