By Mark | October 2, 2019
On Saturday, October 2, 1999, Linette and I were married. Here, to mark the occasion, is a little something I wrote a while back, slightly updated to reflect that yet another year has passed. Twenty years ago today, after seven years of living with one another in sin, I married my friend and collaborator Linette […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged American Studies, anniversary, Arlo, Chevy Blazer, Clementine, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, Doug Coombe, Leisa Thompson, Linette Lao, luck, Mama June, marriage, Matt Krizowsky, milestones, Northville, Plymouth, thankful, things I'm thankful for |
By Mark | October 2, 2018
On Saturday, October 2, 1999, Linette and I were married. Here, to mark the occasion, is a little something I wrote a while back, and shared every few years since, slightly updated to reflect that yet another year has passed. Nineteen years ago today, after seven years of living with one another in sin, I […]
By Mark | October 24, 2016
This past weekend marked the 22nd 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 to […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Monkey Power Trio, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, aging, barbecue, Black Mirror, Brooklyn, bulldoze the suburbs, Carrol Gardens, celebrity sighting, Cherokee, collaboration, community watch, conservatives, creative process, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, dead birds, depressing stuff, Donald Trump, exurban, Forsyth County, Foxy, fringe suburbs, Georgia, golf carts, Hillary Clinton, Jim Cherewick, Kellie, Left Behind, Linette Lao, litany of ailments, Mark Maynard, marriage, Matt Krizowsky, McMansions, Mike Bell, Monkey Power Trio, neighborhood watch, old friends, Pelican Cove, Phil Hendrie, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, psychic abilities, Pussy Grabber, Queen Latifah, racism, suburbs, Summing, The First Hour, tradition, Trail of Tears |
Several weeks ago I had Bee Roll, the owner of Ypsilanti’s Beezy’s cafe, on the radio with me to discuss her plans to expand into a second location. And, today, after eating lunch at her place, I asked Bee if she’d show me around the space, which is directly across the street from Beezy’s, and […]
Posted in Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bee Roll, Beezy's, catering, Crow's Nest, dining, entrepreneurism, events space, grab-and-go food, North Washington Street, pies, pop-up dining, pop-up retail, Riki Tiki Pies, Star Wars, Theresa Rickloff, Zingerman's Community of Businesses |
By Mark | February 12, 2014
MARK: Let’s start at the beginning… Back in the mid to late ‘90s, you had a show on Ann Arbor’s Community Television Network (CTN) where you’d talk about sex, answer viewer questions, demonstrate various toys, and the like. How’d that show come about? TANYA: The show was called Get Curious with Safety Girl, and it […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, sex | Also tagged 50 Shades of Grey, 9/11, adult toys, anal lube, anal play, Ann Arbor, Arrowood, Bob Berkowitz, Bongz And Thongz, bussing, Butch Curious, butt plugs, censorship, clits, community access, Community Television Network, condoms, CTN, Dan Savage, Depot Town, female maskers, fetishes, Frenchie's, Geoffrey Fieger, Get Curious with Safety Girl, high school dropout, In Search of The Lord’s Way, independent retail, Jiffy Lube, kink level one, kink level ten, Laura Abraham, Liberty Street, Liberty Street Video, lingerie, oral sex, pegging, polyamorous, porn, prostate massage, safe sex, safer sex, Safety Girl, sex, sex therapist, sex toys, Sidetrack, single mom, Suzanne Somers, Tanya Brown, Tanya Veilleux, Valentine's Day, vulvas, welfare, Ypsi Girl |