By Mark | January 2, 2012
This month’s coupon comes from our friends at Ypsi’s historic Sidetrack Bar and Grill. Every Tuesday during the month of January, if you go to the Sidetrack with this coupon, you can get a free burger when you buy one… If you’ve never had the opportunity to try one of their world-famous burgers, now’s your […]
By Mark | September 15, 2011
To make up for yesterday’s Ypsi Exit Interview, which seems to have upset a few folks, here’s another in my series of Ypsi Immigration Interviews. I hope you enjoy it. MARK: What’s your name, and what is it that you do? LEE: My name is Lee Azus. I owned a bookstore for 15 years in […]
Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged apple picking, Beezy's, Bi-Rite Creamery, Borders, burritos, Corner brewery, Cross Street, cross-country skiing, Dalat, domestic partner benefits, Dos Hermanos, Eastern Michigan University, Elbow Deep, Fischer Building, gay bars, gay marriage, gay rights, Get Lost Books, Ghirardelli Square, Heidelberg Project, Huron River, independent bookstores, Lee Azus, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Militia, River Street Bakery, San Francisco, Ugly Mug, Wolverine Diner, Woodruff's, Ypsi Food Coop, Ypsi immigration interview |
Do you remember hearing earlier this winter that a representative of the Voice of America’s China branch was going to be visiting Ypsi? Well, it apparently happened. A Chinese correspondent by the name of Sean E Liu not only visited Ypsi after covering the 2011 North American Auto Show in Detroit, but he interviewed a […]
Posted in Media, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bill Nickles, China, Chinese television, Cultural Odyssey, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), Firehouse Museum, Five Cent Willy, Larry Thomas, Matt Lee, phallic structures, phallic things, Sean E Liu, Voice of America, Woody Allen, Ypsilanti water tower |
By Mark | August 25, 2010
The Trailer for the film “Conviction” has been released. Quite a bit of the production, which had previously been referred to as “Betty Anne Waters,” was shot in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. Of particular interest in the trailer, at least for me, are the scenes shot at Ypsi’s legendary Sidetrack Bar and Grill – stills […]
Posted in Architecture, Art and Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Betty Anne Waters, Conviction, film incentives, Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, Michigan film incentives, Minnie Driver, pencil paparazzi, posts about Hilary Swank that don't reference her ass, Sam Rockwell |
It’s springtime and that means, thanks to Michigan’s arguably overly-generous film industry incentives, celebrities are flocking back to Ypsi/Arbor. My friend Jean, if I’m interpreting her Facebook updates correctly, has rented her home in Ann Arbor to the producers of a film named Salvation Boulevard… It’s weird. She has to hide with her kid in […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged born again christian, celebrity sighting, Ed Harris, film incentives, fundamentalist religion, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei, Mega Church, Michigan film incentives, pencil paparazzi, Pierce Brosnon, Salvation Boulevard, Scream 4, Ugly Mug |
