Tag Archives: ann arbor

they’re back…

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Fire Department Responds To Burning Mattress, 

Unsafe Concerts, As UM Students Return

 (Ann Arbor News headline – college move-in week)

‘the unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life,

is that there is no core curriculum.

the entire place is an elective.’

-jon stewart

 

 

source credits: click detroit wdiv, mlive, ann arbor news

reserved.

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TheRide pays tribute to Rosa Parks with seats reserved on Ann Arbor buses

ANN ARBOR, MI — Bus riders in the Ann Arbor area may notice something different Tuesday, Feb. 4.

It’s Transit Equity Day and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, known as TheRide, is honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each of its buses.

very proud of my city

 

 

source credit: ryan stanton@mlive.com

 

quiet on the river.

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now that the kayaks, the canoes, and the rafts 

have left the river for the season

everything feels calm and slow and beautiful

in the meditative quiet

of the occasional fly-fishers.

“many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
~ henry david thoreau

market day.

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so many colors and aromas and tastes and sounds and things to touch

all senses engaged

a beautiful morning at the market. 

‘what makes the farmers market such a special place is that you’re actually creating a community around food.’

*bryant terry

*Bryant Terry is an African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author. He has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating. He won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food justice work.

ann arbor, michigan, usa – september 2024

land shark.

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land shark!

here i thought they were only legends

saw them knocking on doors

way back in the day on saturday night live

have never crossed paths with one

until now

hopefully just passing through.

‘there’s a cardinal rule that you don’t talk about sharks. if you don’t see it, it’s not there.’

-mark warkentin, all-american open-water swimmer/coach

 

 

 

saturday. night live, 1975, nbc

the artists have landed.

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setup began yesterday

streets closing 

unloading, building, signage, displays

artists on task

townies abuzz

beautiful skies

everything in full swing

high excitement in the air

can’t wait to visit.

‘an artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.’

-charles horton cooley

 

invincibly young.

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‘lots of good, cheap food, and dozens of beers’

celebrating four family birthdays

 12 to 73 years old

at casey’s tavern

neighborhood favorite

 historic building

once a lumberyard

casual, relaxed, friendly

nothing fancy

eclectic menu

we were happy, loud, full, laughing

a win for the day and a win for the birthdays.

‘nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit.’

*george santayana

 

*Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as Geroge Santayana, (1863 – 1952), was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.

 

amadeus.

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created in the style of an old-style viennese cafe

amadeus restaurant

downtown ann srbor

warm, intimate, lovely

live classical music on weekends

soft glowing ambience

attentive servers

with dishes

representing central europe

 (poland, hungary and austria)

european wines and beers

rich coffee

finish with homemade desserts, pastries or tortes

 after so much beautiful food, impossible to do

we must come back.

“*Rock Me Amadeus.”

-Falco

 

 * lyric from song recorded by Austrian musician Falco. To date, the single is the only German language song to peak at number one of the Billboard Hot 100. It was Falco’s only number one hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom, despite his popularity in his native Austria and much of Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pixie dust.

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‘We proudly support the local fairy community with cinema and live performances!

Our fairy door is located at the front entrance of our theater.’

(from the beautiful michigan theater)

the fairies have officially moved into the theater at last

(though most likely there long before anyone noticed them)


“trust the pixie dust.”

-author unknown

blue!

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a lovely, blustery, turn your fingers blue, afternoon

spent with my grandson

welcoming our team home with a parade

a city full of pride and joy

for our very own

national champions

university of michigan wolverines

go blue!

“i think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade.”

-gene kranz

 

image credits: brad galli, wxyz, me