Two men in hard hats and reflective vests on Monday afternoon were walking by a massive pool of water that has collected at the site of the old Oldsmobile plant along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. One of them said, while gesturing to the large body of water, “Have we named this yet?” And then he smiled and said, “Lake GM?”

Already home to three pieces by the famed Pop artist, Kresge Art Museum’s Andy Warhol collection grew by 50 times this month with the arrival of a selection of Polaroids and gelatin silver prints donated by the Pittsburgh-based Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Photographic Legacy Program.

I’ve spent hours enjoying a meal and looking out over the water, whether in a bar in New York, a sandwich cart on the Irish Sea, a restaurant overlooking the River Thames in London, a falafel place on the Mediterranean in Tel Aviv, a cruise ship dining room following a hurricane on the Atlantic or in restaurants along Lake Michigan. A view of the water, a glass of good wine and good company enhanced many of my most memorable meals. It has always been a major consideration when deciding where to dine.

Wednesday, May 7
CLASSES & SEMINARS
Van Atta’s weekly seminars. Topic: “Planting Trees, Shrubs and Perennials.” 6 p.m. FREE. Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop, 9008 Old M78, Haslett. (517) 339-1142.

Hags to Riches 

Q: My boyfriend of a year has his own home, as do I. He needs a roommate to help pay bills, and only a woman has responded. She’ll have her own bedroom, but they’ll share a bathroom. He advertised in the campus housing office, so she must be young, or younger than I am (my boyfriend and I are both in our mid 30s).