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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, Rodney McMillian, Sanford and Son, Steelyard Tavern, West Side Cleveland Market, Winnie the Pooh, Wisconsin | 16 Comments

Getting to the bottom of Washtenaw County’s proposed mental health cuts, gorging on scotch ice cream, and helping a romance writer imagine filthy scenarios with Henry Ford …on episode 23 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | August 19, 2015

Much like the Lagavulin 16 Year Single Malt Scotch ice cream we ended the episode gorging ourselves on, this edition of the Saturday Six Pack was complex and layered… One minute it was fun and light, and the next it was deadly serious. In just two hours time, we somehow managed to have interesting conversations […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Batgirl, CMHPSM, coined phrases, Community Mental Health Partnership of Southeastern Michigan, Community Support and Treatment Services, Conan Smith, Craig Johnson, CSTS, Diane Heidt, Go Ice Cream, Henry Ford, homelessness, hypno-folk, ice cream, Junglefowl, Kim Schatzel, Lagavulin, Lara Zielin, mascots, Medicaid, mental health, Michelle Lietz, mirral, mirrors, murals, Nancy Heine, NASO, native american, PIHP, Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan, Rob Hess, romance, smut, Washtenaw Community Health Organization, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Community Mental Health Agency, WCHO, Yousef Rabhi, Yvonne Craig | 35 Comments

David Landrum on the launch of Two James…. the first distillery in Detroit since Prohibition

By Mark | January 31, 2013

As you may have heard, a new distillery will soon be opening in the Corktown section of Detroit, not too far from where our friend Lisa Waud will be opening the new flower shop I told you about a few days ago. From what I’m told, it will be the first legal distillery to operate […]

Posted in Detroit, Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business | Also tagged absinthe, Acetaldehyde, Acetone, American Liquor Company, bootlegging, bourbon, Cafe Felix, Calvados, Camp James, Canada, Chattanooga, cider vinegar, cocktails, Colorado, Corktown, Corktown 500, David Landrum, David Pickerell, Detroit River, Distilled Spirits Producer, Dry Fly, entrepreneurism, entrepreneurship, Ethanol, Farm to Bottle, Fred McLaren, Frederick Myll Co., George Washington, Hiram Walker, Lake St. Clair, Leopold Brothers, liquor, Lisa Waud, Makers Mark, martinis, Mercury Bar, Methanol, Michigan Avenue, Milk & Honey, Mount Vernon, Peter Bailey, Phyllis Diller, Portland, Pot and Box, prohibition, Purple Gang, Robinson and Aronheim, Rodney Dangerfield, rye whiskey, Sasha Petraske, smuggling, St. Clair River, Stone House, Thornsby, Todd Leopold, Two James Distillery, Volstead Act, Washington State, whiskey | 21 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, new ideas in retail, 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, 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

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

Getting to the bottom of Washtenaw County’s proposed mental health cuts, gorging on scotch ice cream, and helping a romance writer imagine filthy scenarios with Henry Ford …on episode 23 of the Saturday Six Pack

David Landrum on the launch of Two James…. the first distillery in Detroit since Prohibition

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

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