I rarely ask you, my loyal readers, to actually do anything. I may, every once in a while, ask you to consider sharing an article, if it’s about something that I feel as though people should really know about, but I rarely ask for more than that. But, today, I’ve got a favor to ask […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Are Fuller, call to action, eating challenges, eating competitions, giving to charity, Jim Cherewick, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, sausage, Team Smoot, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
I’ve got $20 set aside to support this year’s Wurst Challenge, but I’m torn as to which competitor I should back… Should I put my money behind defending champion Jason “Knifebeard SausageHawk” Youngs, reclusive roboticist Cre Fuller, local midwife turned professional sausage eater Kate Stroud, or one of the many others who are presently locked […]
Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged competitive eating, fundraisers, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Kate Stroud, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
A more comprehensive post will come later, once I’ve had a little more time to process the whirlwind of insanity that was last night, but I wanted to pass along this image from today’s Washington Post… How awesome is it that Ypsi is getting positive national press? And how surreal is it that it took […]
We’re now just two days away from our big bratwurst eating challenge at the Wurst Bar to benefit FLY Children’s Art Center, and things are really beginning to heat up. As of right now, according to the donation page, we’ve already raised $3,624, which, if I’m not mistaken, is enough to keep the FLY Creativity […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged beer, bratwurst, Cre Fuller, Dragon's Milk Reserve, Eastern Michigan University, El Mole, EMU, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, fundraisers, Mad Hatter, Monkey King, New Holland Brewing, Night Tripper, Paleooza, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Susan Martin, Wurst Bar |
Earlier today, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on a video screen before a large group of individuals gathered at South by Southwest (SXSW) to discuss civil rights in an era of rampant domestic spying. My intention had been to watch the ACLU’s video of the event this evening, after putting the kids to bed, and […]
Posted in Food, Local Business, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged animal rights, Associated Press, domestic spying, Eastern Michigan University, eating challenges, Edward Snowden, EMU, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, Jesse Kranyak, meat, NSA, Paul Schreiber, philanthropy, sausage, Susan Martin, SXSW, vegetarianism, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge |
