Mark Maynard | Deja Vu

Never Forget

By Mark | September 7, 2014

Posted in Other, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 9/11, lube, September 11, terrorism | 10 Comments

Apparently no photographic proof exists, but an acquaintance of mine was issued a written warning by Ypsilanti police yesterday after writing “Ypsilanti respects women” and “Ypsilanti doesn’t need a strip club” in liquid chalk on the facade of our local all-nude strip joint, Deja Vu. (See his written warning from the officer below.) He and […]

Posted in History, sex, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged all nude, chalk bomb, Martha Washington Theater, Washington Street | 123 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Megan Maurer

By Mark | March 16, 2014

Several days ago I was approached by a young woman named Megan Maurer, asking if she could interview me for her master’s thesis. I agreed on one condition. I told her that, for every question she asked me, I’d ask one of my own. What follows are her responses to my questions. MARK: As I […]

Posted in Environment, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAATA, AmeriCorps, Beezy's, civic engagement, civic life, Columbus, community gardens, cultural anthropology, dissertations, Dos Hermanos, environmentalism, FernGully, gardening, gateway drugs, graduate school, Growing Hope, immigration interview, Indian restaurants, Kenyon, Kenyon Lords and Ladies, local food, Megan Maurer, More Buses, Ohio, Philander Chase, Portland, public space, race, research, social justice, Sustainability, tamales, urban gardening, Ypsi immigration interview | 6 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Sarah Zawacki

By Mark | December 1, 2013

Thanks to my network of well-compensated spies, I was just recently tipped off to the existence of today’s interview subject, Sarah Zawacki. Sadly, our interview had already concluded when it was brought to my attention that she shared her home with a domesticated hedgehog by the name of Mabel (seen below), so I didn’t get […]

Posted in History, Local Business, Michigan, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Carole Lombard, Clara Bow, Congdon's Ace Hardware, conspiracy theories, Depot Town, farmers market, hedgehogs, immigration interview, IT, It Happened One Night, Lillian Gish, living where you work, Martha Washington Theater, My Man Godfrey, Myrna Loy, passenger rail, public libraries, public safety officer, Sarah Zawacki, The Night of the Hunter, The Thin Man, Thompson Block, unusual pets, walkability, water, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Downtown Library, Ypsilanti's Mineral Water Sanitariums | 13 Comments

I wonder if they mean “cleaner” in the sense that Winston Wolf’s a cleaner, or if they just mean someone with a jizz rag

By Mark | October 24, 2013

Regardless, I think I’m going to call, as I’ve been looking for an excuse to engage with Deja Vu management since that time, about three years ago, when they discouraged me over the phone from bringing my parents and kids into the city for their annual “Melonfest” event… I wish I had the manager on […]

Posted in Art and Culture, sex, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cleaner, jizz mop, jizz rag, jobs, prank calls, Pulp Fiction, shitty jobs, strip clubs, Winston Wolf | 6 Comments

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I wonder if they mean “cleaner” in the sense that Winston Wolf’s a cleaner, or if they just mean someone with a jizz rag

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