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Monkey Power Trio 21… 60 hours in the Cleveland suburbs with a bullhorn

By Mark | November 30, 2015

The weekend before last marked the 21st meeting of my one-day-a-year pseudo-band, the Monkey Power Trio. For those of you who might not be familiar with our origin story, it all began back in 1995 with a promise between old friends one hot, summer afternoon in Brooklyn. On the spur of the moment, we’d decided […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Uncategorized | Also tagged Airbnb, Aunt Esther, Brooklyn, bullhorns, Caleb Brokaw, catfish, Cleveland, couches, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, Geographic Midpoint Calculator, Glenmorangie, Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, Mars, Matt Krizowsky, midgets, Mike Bell, Olympus Mons, Potosi, Redd Foxx, Sanford and Son, scotch, Steelyard Tavern, West Side Cleveland Market, Winnie the Pooh, Wisconsin | 16 Comments

From the erection of the Bronze Fonzie to the closing of the Pabst plant…. Your virtual tour of old Milwaukee

By Mark | August 5, 2013

The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned. The history of Milwaukee started when the white people showed up… OK, maybe that’s unfair. Maybe there are places around town where would could hear […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 30 Americans, Adam-12, Alexis Laframboise, August Krug, Bacon, bacon pills, bar reviews, Beautiful Losers, beer, Blatz, bricks, bronze Fonz, bronze Fonzie, Byron Kilbourn, Chicago, Chicago fire, cream brick, Dan Richardson, ducks, fish fry, FOX, Garry Marshall, George H. Walker, Gertie the Duck, green brick, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Henry Winlker, Ho-Chunk, Hosed on Brady Street, Iggy Pop statue, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jen Larson, Kehinde Wiley, Kilbourntown, Lake Michigan, Lakefront Brewing, Laverne and Shirley, leather jacket, leather jackets, Linette Lao, mallard, Mascouten, Menominee, Michilimackinac, Micky Dolenz, Miller, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Bridge War, Milwaukee River, Monica's on Astor, native american, Nick Cave, Nomad, Nomad World Pub, Ojibwe, old bricks, Pabst, Potawatomi, prix fixe, Sauk, Schlitz, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Solomon Juneau, travel, travel tips, Walker's Point, wheat, Wisconsin | 14 Comments

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