Cities are living things. They grow older, like all of us, and they change. They evolve, or they die. I get that. I’ve grudgingly come to accept that the best things in life are transient. That realization doesn’t make it any easier, however, to accept it when good things, that genuinely make me happy, go […]
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By Mark | August 11, 2009
Just as the old Long John Silvers became Tuptim, and the old Dunkin’ Donuts became Pita Pita, I noticed today that the old Icescapes place on Washtenaw is undergoing a transformation. It seems to be turning into something called Mommie’s Soul Food. The name concerns me a bit, but I’m hopeful. If anyone has been […]