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Krampus 2013 recap

By Mark | December 24, 2013

Judging strictly by the quantity of vomit I encountered outside the Corner Brewery yesterday morning, I’d say Saturday night’s Krampus event was a success. Thank you to all of you who came out to shake your asses with us and join our midnight march by torchlight. Here, for what they’re worth, and in no particular […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, auctions, Ben Connor Barrie, bonfires, Chris Sandon, Christmas, Clementine, condoms, Detroit Party Marching Band, Detroit Public Schools, Fluevog, FLY Children's Art Center, fur-lined condoms, inside-out animals, Jason Wright, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Kurt Anschuetz, Linette, marching bands, moonshine, parades, photo bomb, prehistoric condoms, taxidermy, time travel, torches, uniforms, Ypsi Shitty Marching Band | 9 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Scott Straley

By Mark | July 14, 2013

Feeling as though I needed to post an awesome Ypsi Immigration Interview to counterbalance last week’s depressing Exit Interview with my friend Melissa, I started going through my email archive, looking for letters from people who had written to me over the past year, telling me that they were thinking of moving to Ypsilanti, hoping […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged adoption, California, Christine Schultz, Color Run, dollar store, EMU, Family Dollar, Fashion Institute of Technology, foster children, gay adoption, gay bars, gay marriage, gay rights, Growing Hope, Huron River, internet business, Melissa Dettloff, Morristown, New Jersey, Parkridge Community Center, perception of crime, Proposition 8, Rutherford Pool, San Bernardino, Scott Straley, seed bombing, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Water Street Redevelopment Project, web development, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti real estate | 17 Comments

On finding Mox, and being proclaimed the best dad in the world

By Mark | November 6, 2011

Here’s a tip for all the fathers in the audience. If you really want your kid to love you, all that you have to do is head out into the night, in your pajamas, drive to Ann Arbor, and backtrack your steps through the dark, with a flashlight in your hand. Assuming you eventually find […]

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged best dad, Clementine, crying, Mox, parenting advice, parenting tips, stuffed animals, totally quotable Clementine | 14 Comments

I like our pumpkin better now that the squirrels and rats have eaten off its face

By Mark | November 5, 2011

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged face eating, faces, Halloween, pumpkin, rats | 3 Comments

Celebrating the life of Stanley T. Mad Hatter with a parade tomorrow

By Mark | June 10, 2011

In early January of this year, a Detroit rock icon passed away in Ypsilanti at the age of 62. He was born Stanley Zillifro, but, in the mid-1960s, as the Detroit rock scene took off, was reborn as Stanley T. Mad Hatter. And, it was under that monicker that he became famous, emceeing countless historic […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1967, 2 Live Crew, 217 South Adams, altruism, animal-grade bread, another famous person has died, Aunt Millie's, birds, candy, candy throwing, Cinderella, Detroit Party Marching Band, Detroit Riot, emcees, First Church of Rock 'n' Roll, floats, Found Object Orchestra, generosity, Get Back, gorilla gardening, Grande Ballroom, grilled cheese, hats, hugs, J. Geils Band, Keelan, Ludacris, memorials, men in hats, Michigan Avenue, Nectarine, Necto, New Dodge Lounge, parades, Patrick Elkins, pot, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll, Second Chance, Stanley T. Mad Hatter, Stanley Zillifro, Totally Awesome Fest, wrestling | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: squirrels

Krampus 2013 recap

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Scott Straley

On finding Mox, and being proclaimed the best dad in the world

I like our pumpkin better now that the squirrels and rats have eaten off its face

Celebrating the life of Stanley T. Mad Hatter with a parade tomorrow

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