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Video: Owners of The Rocket, Wurst Bar, Bona Sera Cafe and Jacobsen Daniels Associates talk candidly about doing business in Ypsilanti

By Mark | May 6, 2013

Given that we just crossed over into National Masturbation Month, I thought that I’d share a titillating video this evening. Unfortunately, Linette has the parental controls set in such a way that it’s impossible me for me to do that, though. So, instead, here’s video of me on the stage at Woodruff’s a few days [...]

Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Annette Weathers, Bad Fairy, Bona Sera Cafe, Concentrate Media, Darryl Daniels, Eli Morrissey, Jacobsen Daniels Associates, Jeff Meyers, Jesse Kranyak, masturbation, Paul Schutt, Roger Rayle, The Rocket, Wurst Bar | 10 Comments

What I remember of the MarkMaynard.com 10th anniversary party

By Mark | September 17, 2012

I want to thank everyone who showed up last Saturday for the 10th anniversary party at Woodruff’s. I especially want to thank those folks who I didn’t get an opportunity to speak with in person. As well over 100 people showed up over the course of the evening, I just didn’t have an opportunity to [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 25 Suaves, Alan Haber, analytics, Andre Grewe, Andy Claydon, anniversary, AutoMark, automaton, ball shaving, Beezy's, Bulb Records, Corner brewery, cycle powered cinema, Damn Arbor, Eclectablog, Facebook, Fumie Kawasaki, Halloween Nation, impersonators, Krampus, Laura Abraham, MarkMaynard.com, Mike Eller, Minus9, Monika Szydlowski, nutria, Ozone House, Pat Maynard, Patric Elkins, Patrick Elkins, robot teachers, Saddam Hussein, Saline, SDS, Shadow Art Fair, Shovelgate, spider holes, Steve Cherry, Steve Guttenberg, strangled by feet, sweding, Taco Bell, Trabajabamos, unconference, VG Kids, Woodruff's, Ypsilanti City Council, Zombie Claus | 14 Comments

Friends vying for $50K in Hatch Detroit competition, and how Ypsi could have done it first, if I’d had my shit together

By Mark | October 3, 2011

Two of my friends, Joe Posch and Lisa Waud are in the running for a $50,000 prize in a competition called Hatch Detroit. The ultimate objective of the project, according to organizers Ted Balowski and Nick Gorga, is to get entrepreneurs moving into downtown Detroit, and trying new things. And, toward that end, both of [...]

Posted in Dreamland Tonight, Retail, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged business ideas, crazy ideas that just might work, Hatch, Hatch Detroit, Hugh, Joe Posch, Lisa Waud, new ideas in retail, Nick Gorga, Pop-up for the Holidays, pop-up retail, Pot and Box, Shop Indie in Ypsi, Ted Balowski, The Great Ypsilanti Retail Challenge | 16 Comments

Belated Mittenfest V wrap-up

By Mark | July 26, 2011

In the aftermath of last year’s Mittenfest, I asked Brandon Zwagerman for his thoughts on how things went, what he and the other organizers might have learned from the experience, and how, if at all, things might change in the future as a result. My intention was to post his comments here on the site [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Andy Garris, Bad Indians, Brandon Zwagerman, Cains & Abels, Deadbeat Beat, Drunken Barn Dance, Frontier Ruckus, fundraisers, Joe Scott, Lightning Love, Long Whisker, Matt Jones and the Reconstruction, Misty Lyn, Mittenfest, Ola Ray, Patrick Herek, Pewter Cub, Pistolbrides, Scarlet Oaks, Secret Twins, Stef Chura, Tall Buildings, The Kickstand Band, The Press Delete, White Pines, Woodruff's | 3 Comments

Just a reminder to come and see my puppet talk show on Saturday

By Mark | February 10, 2011

I like making posters that make no sense, promoting bands that don’t exist. I just made this one, and now I really want to start a band called Young Lovers Must Die. As for Saturday’s show, which is mainly going to be about doing business in Ypsi, I’m still working on the script. I should [...]