This 29"x41" watercolor shows the corner of Michigan and Griswold Aves. on a cold and stormy night in 1951 during the evening commute home. It is a tribute to our Friday nights in downtown Detroit when my sister, Mother and I went to meet my Father after work at the National Bank Building, then head up Woodward Avenue to J.L. Hudson's to shop. On the way down my sister and I would start teasing eachother and by the time we got downtown we would sometimes be in full combat mode. My mother is seen trying to get us across the street before the light changes while we are carrying on shamelessly under the watchful eye of a traffic cop. The officer is doubtless thinking how glad he is to be a bachelor. After we finished our shopping we would head up to my Uncle Mike's place, The Neon Coney Island Restaurant. at the corner of Woodward Ave and Massecheussetts St. This place was heaven on Earth during my childhood. It was a place where I could dine to my hearts content on hambugers and French fries smothered in mustard and ketchup, and wash it all down with cold chocolate milk. Those Friday nights were among the happiest times of my life. My only regret is that I can only return to that happy time in my dreams.