Yes you can say "We were at Mike's".

Scott

Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
As for me this thing really depends on how you look at the words. Let me explain.

Гость yes, it's animate when it means a person, BUT

when you say приехать в гости you don't mean a person but a place, location and they're definitely inanimate. There's an English construction kind of similar to that. Mike - a person, Mike's - Mike's place. I beleive it's possible to say - We were at Mike's.

Also, метить в президенты
Президент is indeed animate when it means a person, but in that example it doesn't mean a person but a job and it's inanimate.
метить в президентов - here президент really means a person and you aim at them

Well, that's of course just my subjective opinion but I think it's something