Fire Department Responds To Burning Mattress,
Unsafe Concerts, As UM Students Return
(Ann Arbor News headline – college move-in week)
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‘the unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life,
is that there is no core curriculum.
the entire place is an elective.’
-jon stewart
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source credits: click detroit wdiv, mlive, ann arbor news
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.
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source credit: ryan stanton@mlive.com
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.
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“many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
~ henry david thoreau
so many colors and aromas and tastes and sounds and things to touch
all senses engaged
a beautiful morning at the market.
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‘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.
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
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saturday. night live, 1975, nbc
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
‘lots of good, cheap food, and dozens of beers’
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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.
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‘nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit.’
*george santayana
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*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.
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.
‘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
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!
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“i think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade.”
-gene kranz
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image credits: brad galli, wxyz, me
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