A few days ago, while walking aimlessly through downtown Ypsilanti, I found myself trying to remember what Pears, the men’s clothing store that used to be 100 West Michigan Avenue, in the space now occupied by Dalat, used to sell. All I can picture is a rack of very old, wide-collared “Playboy” brand pajamas, all […]
Tag Archives: Haab’s
Document Ypsi 2017 …next weekend
Posted in History, Photographs, Ypsilanti Also tagged Black Stone, cameras, daily life, Dalat, First Fridays, Go Ice Cream, Haab's, International Village, oral history, pajamas, participatory democracy, Pears Clothing, Playboy, privacy, Retail, Riverside Arts Center, time capsule, Water Street, Ypsilanti 31 Comments
My search for the Ypsi Tooth leads me to an interesting Haab’s artifact
My never-ending search for our region’s most enigmatic super villain, the Ypsi Tooth, led me a few nights ago to a long-closed-up building in downtown Ypsilanti. [You can enter said building by way of a manhole downtown.] While I don’t want to get into specifics concerning what clues I may have found, I did want […]
Posted in History, Ypsilanti Also tagged artifacts, false teeth, Haab's, historic artifacts, teeth, Ypsi Tooth, Ypsilanti 8 Comments
Smarty Catz tries bikini lunches
While I appreciate the entrepreneurial chutzpah, and wish them all the best, I’m not confident that putting the Smarty Catz waitstaff in bikinis will bring in a booming lunch crowd… Here’s a clip from iSpy: …Because the bar hasn’t been attracting as many customers for lunch as he would like, Smarty Catz has been offering […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Food, Ypsilanti Also tagged bikini lunches, bikinis, Haab's, restaurant gimics, Smarty Catz, Smarty Katz, thongs 40 Comments