Tag Archives: trough urinals

The Reality of Doing Business in Ypsilanti: a roundtable discussion with a half dozen of Ypsi’s most well known entrepreneurs

By Mark | April 30, 2013

This Thursday evening, from 5:00 to 7:00, I’ll be on stage at Woodruff’s, facilitating a conversation between Bee Mayhew Roll (Beezy’s), Eli Morrissey (The Rocket), Darryl Daniels (Jacobsen Daniels Associates), and Wonder Woman (Bona Sera Cafe) about the challenges that entrepreneurs face in downtown Ypsilanti, and the opportunities, as they see them, that currently exist. [...]

Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Mayhew, Bee Roll, Bona Sera, Concentrate Media, Darryl Daniels, Eli Morrissey, Jacobsen Daniels Associates, The Rocket, Wonder Woman | 14 Comments

The Wurst Bar’s Jesse Kranyak marks his first year as an Ypsilanti restaurant owner by spilling his bratwurst-filled guts

By Mark | January 7, 2013

One year ago this month, the Wurst Bar opened its doors in Ypsi. To commemorate the event, I thought that I’d interview the bar’s owner, Jesse Kranyak, and see how things have gone since we last spoke… MARK: I’m not sure if you want for it to be public knowledge, but you’ve mentioned to me [...]

Posted in Food, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Marketing, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alcohol sales, Bar Rescue, bratwurst, Chopped, College Place, Cross Street, Dan Klenotic, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, entrepreneurism, food entrepreneurship, foodie, Jesse Kranyak, Julia Child, Kelley's Island House, lobster rolls, restaurant ideas, restaurants, Sweetwaters, Upper Peninsula, urinals, Wurst Bar, Ypsi entrepreneurs | 15 Comments

Tonight’s blogging has been preempted by a toilet repair emergency

By Mark | February 29, 2012

Apparently we exceeded our lifetime flush capacity and blew out the inner workings of our toilet tonight, so I’m desperately trying to reconstruct it from scavenged parts. (At this point, I was going to suggest that I was in the process of using said toilet, while heroically trying to fix it at the same time, [...]

Posted in Local Business, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Charles Lindbergh, Davy Jones, diffusing bombs, Jesse Kranyak, Karen Maurer, Mark's penis, paruresis, pee shyness, Spirit of St. Louis, toilet, toilet repair, urinal, urination, Wurst Bar | 10 Comments

Ypsilanti City government takes a stand on my penis

By Mark | January 28, 2012

A few days ago, at lunch, I received a strange call. Ypsi’s new City Manager had somehow gotten his hands on my cell phone number. He was calling to apologize. I can’t remember his exact words, but he said something like, “Uhhhh… The City just launched a new website, and, somehow, it was hacked. You [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AnnArbor.com, City Manager, hacking, John Hansen, Karen Maurer, Mark's penis, Mitt Romney, Neutral Zone, penis discoloration, penises, Queer Zone, sabotage, urinal, Wurst Bar | 20 Comments

In defense of my beautiful body… majestic penis

By Mark | January 25, 2012

Last night, in a post about a new bar in Ypsi, I noted my dislike of trough urinals. This admission attracted the following comment from an Ypsilantian by the name of Karen. If you’re ashamed of your penis that much, you should get a catheter for when you go out to eat. In a later [...]