Tag Archives: new ideas in retail

NEW IDEAS IN RETAIL: A clothing store for the “certified straight” of Arizona

By Mark | February 25, 2014

And, yes, this post is in response to the bullshit legislation coming out of Arizona, which would allow business owners to deny service to those they suspect to be homosexual.

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-homosexual nonsense, Arizona, engorgement, gay, gay agenda, gay porn, gay rights, homophobia, Mark's big ideas, penises, pop-up retail, Retail | 15 Comments

Lisa Waud on her plans to expand Ann Arbor’s Pot & Box into the thriving entrepreneurial hotbed that is Detroit’s Corktown

By Mark | January 17, 2013

A few days ago, Linete and I foud ourselves in Detroit, without kids, poking around Corktown. The plan was to get something warm to drink at Astro Coffee, but it looked too crowded. Linette peaked in, through one of the fogged-up windows, to see if there was space for me. (She can fit most anywhere. […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2520 Michigan Avenue, absinthe, Andy Didorosi, Astro Coffee, Bureau of Urban Living, Canine to Five, City Bird, Claire Nelson, Cliff Bell’s, cocktails, Corktown, Dave Landrum, Detroit, Detroit Bus Company, Detroit Farm and Garden, Detroit gas stations, Downtown Home and Garden, Emily Linn, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Felch Street, flowers, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, Gallery 555, gardening, Green Dot Stables, Hatch Detroit, Helen Harding, Honor & Folly, Hugh, ice cream truck, indy retail, Izzy’s, Jean Henry, Joe Posch, Katherine Yates, Le Petite Zinc, Lisa Waud, Liz Blondy, Mercury Bar, Michigan Avenue, Model D, Mudgie’s Deli, Open City Detroit, Paper Street, Pete Bailey, Pop-up for the Holidays, pop-up retail, Popular Mechanics, Pot and Box, Rachel Parke, retail in Detroit, Rooselvelt Park, scotch, Slows Bar BQ, Small & Mighty, St. Cece’s, Stagger Lee, The Sugar House, Two James Distillery, urban gardening, Valentine's Day, Xavier’s, YEP, Young Entrepreneurial People | 24 Comments

Tintype tourism in San Francisco

By Mark | August 24, 2012

Earlier this week, the family and I were in San Francisco, visiting with Ypsilanti expatriates and reconnecting with seldom seen family members. I hope to tell you more about our experiences in the days to come, but, for the time being, I wanted to share these very cool tintype photos that we had taken at […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Photographs | Also tagged Arlo, Clementine, John Steinbeck, Linette, Okies, Photobooth, photography, pop-up retail, Retail, San Francisco, skin damage, The Grapes of Wrath, tintype | 18 Comments

Would you pay $5 to berate a public school teacher at Saturday’s “Patriots in the Park” event with Sarah Palin?

By Mark | July 10, 2012

According to reports emanating from the swirling gyre of paranoia and retardation that is the Willow Run Tea Party Caucus, it looks as though everyone’s favorite demagoguing mama grizzly, Sarah Palin, will be with us this weekend, promoting the overthrow of our democratically elected officials and extolling the virtues of corporate fascism. According to organizers […]

Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Americans for Prosperity, business ideas, city services, David Koch, Koch brothers, Mark's big ideas, Patriots in the Park, performance art, public school teachers, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thayrone X, Thom Elliott, uninsured children, welfare queens, Willow Run Tea Party Caucus, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, Ypsilanti Township | 83 Comments

Greg Baise on WCBN tomorrow, and on shiny, white, super-skinny American Apparel mannequins everywhere

By Mark | January 26, 2012

I have a friend named Greg Baise. If you’ve ever been to see a band in the metro Detroit area, chances are you’ve probably seen him. He’s probably the best connected guy I know when it comes to music, having promoted shows for over a decade, and done tons of other stuff in the industry. […]