[The following post is kind of rambling. I apologize in advance for the stream-of-consciousness nature of it.] A few nights ago, half joking, I posted on Facebook that I was considering the possibility of bestowing a “Local Person of the Year” award in Ypsi, the same way that Time magazine does every year for the […]
Tag Archives: Rob Hess
The Ypsilantian of the Year
Posted in Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged awards, Ginny Golembiewski, Go Ice Cream, other Mark Maynards, Ypsilantian of the Year 41 Comments
Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Hess
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a young woman who’d just moved to Ypsi from Brooklyn, after a brief layover in Ann Arbor. She was looking for studio space, and thought, I guess, that I might be able to help. I couldn’t. But, one thing led to another, and I ended up […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, artists, bandanas, bikes, Boston, bowling alley, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bowl, comics, container gardening, Corner brewery, Erika Hess, FEASTMass, gardening, images of Mark, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, pasta salad, portrayals of Mark Maynard in popular culture, Rebecca Solnit, Riverside Park, roller derby, Sherlock Holmes, Spur Studios, The Warriors, unflattering portraits, University of Michigan, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ypsi immigration interview 30 Comments
Bicycle ice cream delivery comes to Ypsilanti… Introducing Go! Ice Cream
In the not too distant future, thanks to the efforts of a local man by the name of Rob Hess, Ypsilantians, on hot summer days, will be able flag down a vintage bike and purchase an ice cold cone of handmade ice cream. While I’ve yet to sample his work, which I hear is incredible, […]
Posted in Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Andy Claydon, bikes, Bona Sera, chocolate, Dairy Queen, delivery, dessert, entrepreneurism, food carts, food delivery, food entrepreneurship, ice cream, ice cream truck, Patti Claydon, sorbet, street food, summer, tricycle, vanilla, vegan, Whitmore Lake, Worksman, Ypsi entrepreneurs, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti water tower, Zingerman’s Creamery 31 Comments