Big surprise when the family woke up to a Valentines Day decorated kitchen table. Plenty of everything for everyone and we ended up snacking on candy for two weeks.

Not all the gifts were candy and flowers, if you zoom in on the picture you will see some Phantom of the Opera gifts (see previous post) including the sequel to the original musical which takes place in New York at Coney Island, or should I say, under Coney Island.

Weather in Michigan in February is kind of rough so we did not have any road trips this time, but we did enjoy the Phantom sequel.
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We bought tickets for the Phantom at the Detroit Opera House way back in September so we had pretty good seats for the sold out event. You never want to sit too close as you can miss some things with the Phantom the the candles in the floor and the chandelier, however you do get the orchestra pit which is cool.

The whole family enjoyed the show and I noticed some things had changed since the last time I saw the show – the chandelier was completely different and the rear projections for thunder and lightning. The last time we saw the Phantom was at the Masonic Temple and Dad has seen the Phantom also in Toronto, New York, and Vegas.

After the show we went to Bubbas 33 for a great movie and finally home to watch the superbowl. Despite the superbowl being a lousy game, it was a great day on a cold February day. Continue reading “Detroit Opera House Phantom and Super Bowl 2026” →