By Mark | November 10, 2012 For those of you who didn’t happen to see it, Tom Perkins, the heir to the
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture | Also tagged Amanda Uhle, AnnArbor.com, Bill Streety, Blues, Jazz, local music, micro-philanthropy, Perkins Pickles, Tom Perkins, Trevor Stone | 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, new ideas in retail, Okies, Photobooth, pop-up retail, Retail, San Francisco, skin damage, The Grapes of Wrath, tintype | Remember how, a year or so ago, I told you about a young photographer here in Ypsi and her ambitious plan to take a portrait of a different person in the City every day for a year? Well, Erica Hampton’s Ypsi Project has taken a few big twists and turns since then, but it seems [...]
By Mark | September 16, 2009 Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. There’s tons of stuff that I should probably be writing about tonight, but it’s feeling more like a Lay My Ass Down in Front of the TV Night. So, here, because I don’t want to leave you with nothing to think about, is an absolutely beautiful piece of [...]
By Mark | August 11, 2009 Remember how I told you a while ago about an ambitious undertaking by local photographer Erica Hampton called The Ypsi Project? Well, she’s still at it. Her goal, as you’ll recall, was to take 365 portraits in the city over the course of the year. I don’t know how many she’s done thus far, but, [...]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andrew Clock, Depot Town CDC, Education Project for Homeless Youth in Washtenaw County, Erica Hampton, homelessness, Mike Ambs, opportunities to volunteer, Peri Stone-Palmquist, portraits, Riverside Park, school supplies, The Jamboree, The Ypsi Project, volunteer opportunities, WISD | 
