By Mark | October 29, 2017
As those of you who follow this site know, while I occasionally come out against people running for local elected office, I rarely, if ever, come out and endorse candidates, at least during primary season, when we have multiple Democrats running against one another. Well, I’ve decided to make an exception… I’m endorsing former State […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 18th District, AAATA, affordable housing, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Township, Augusta Township, clean air, clean water, criminal justice reform, dioxin, economic segregation, Flint, Flint Water Advisory Task Force, Flint water crisis, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, gay rights, green tea coalition, Heat and Eat, Jeff Irwin, Jim Cherewick, job creation, Kate de Fuccio, Kathryn Loomis, marijuana, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan State Senate, Milan, Partners for Transit, Pittsfield Township, political endorsements, pot, Salem Township, Saline, school funding, Superior Township, threats to public education, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, York Township, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township |
By Mark | August 30, 2015
During last night’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack, some pretty huge news was broken. Amanda Uhle, the executive director of 826michigan, announced that everyone’s favorite fiercely-Michigan winter music festival, Mittenfest, would be returning to Ypsilanti. This year, according to Uhle, the multi-day event will be taking place in the cavern beneath Bona Sera, beginning […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 826 Michigan, Amanda Uhle, Back to Ypsilanti, Jen Harley, Lee Osler, Matt Jones, Mittenfest, music festivals, River Street Anthology, Woodruff's |
By Mark | October 1, 2014
Bee Roll opened Beezy’s, her “simple, honest” restaurant in downtown Ypsilanti, on November 8, 2008. Over the past six years, quite a bit has changed. Beezy’s has become a vital anchor in downtown Ypsilanti. Among other things, it’s a place for people to meet over great food, a safe environment for kids to study in […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826, autumn, Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Beezy's, breakfast for dinner, business owners who get it, chicken pot pie, cozy time, fundraising, giftcards, goulash, local business, local investing, Meatloaf, Mix Studio Theater, North Washington Street, plate club, pop-up dining, Red Rock, restaurants, tuna casserole, tutoring |
By Mark | September 25, 2014
Our friends at Bona Sera Cafe, as you may have noticed, have been closed for the past few days. I’m told there’s no reason for concern, though. It’s not like that time, a few years back, when Dave Curtis closed up his businesses along Washington Street, and snuck out of town under cover of darkness. […]
Remember how, a few weeks ago, I told you about the local campaign to increase public transportation options by 44% in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor? Well, now that we’re just a a month away from the May 6 vote, things are beginning to intensify, and both the pro-public transportation More Buses folks, and the anti-public […]
Posted in Local Business, Mark's Life, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged beer, Beezy's, Better Transit Now, buses, Corner brewery, fundraisers, Keep Ypsi Rollin', Ladies Literary Club, millage, More Buses, public transportation, Sidetrack, Washtenaw Partners for Transit |
