plainpaul

it is what it is

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Tim Allen does the voice-over for this great Chevy commercial promoting the Chevy Volt as the car that America needs - the important point is that it is shot in Hamtramck, a city that is embedded w/in Detroit

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all of this amazing development is taking place in Midtown and it should tip the scales towards a more walkable, vibrant community for our city and state to showcase

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a little cheesy, but nice seeing some love for the D from Fox 2

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too heart breaking to watch again, but a great piece of video journalism from the NYTimes - it paints a haunting, post-apocalyptic picture of a city rotting at the core, full of 'hookers and drug dealers' and scrappers willing to sell our steel to China for 11 cents a pound.  the video fails to report that this activity is occurring on the fringes of our city, in the southern, more heavily industrialized areas with a low population density and a lack of economic activity.  unfortunate, yes, but representative of the state of the city of Detroit? no.

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dead silence in the operating room

dead silence in the OR today 

one of the attendings was waiting on an instrument

everyone is standing around, twiddling thumbs

he says

“anyone know a joke”

i says

“a man walks into a bar with a giraffe

they both get hammered

the giraffe passes out

the man gets up to leave

the bartender says ‘hey man, you can’t leave that lyin’ here!’

the man says ‘it’s not a lion, it’s a giraffe!’

dead silence in the OR today

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Vintage Red Wings with a patented Gordie Howe Clothesline Special at 2:37.  Enjoy!

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It's almost like they filmed this in my front yard - gotta love creative people in Michigan.

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From Fox 2 News in Detroit :

"I wonder if Andrew Shirvell is gay.  Is he trying to fight some latent homosexual tendancies?"

-Huel Perkins, anchor

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First Governor of Michigan, Stevens T. Mason, buried in Capitol Park - a newly renovated public space west of Woodward.  Video from the Detroit News.

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Meet your local Detroit Bloggers - Big Fun.

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Datsyuk strikes again!  In the words of Mickey Redmond, "Boy, oh Boy".

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Bike lanes in Detroit?  At first, I thought this was a prank, but then I realized that it wasn't April 1st.  Wow.  Hopefully this will be the first of many to come:

Bike lanes on this portion of Michigan Avenue will also play into the Corktown-Mexicantown Greenlink that will be built in Spring 2011. The series of bike and pedestrian pathways and bike lanes, which is funded primarily by MDOT and the Greenways Initiative of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, is intended to connect the neighborhoods of Corktown and Mexicantown to each other and to the Detroit River.

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This just got me so pumped up for the Marathon tomorrow! Thank you Gerard Butler, thank you Coach Izzo - proud to be a Spartan.

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A Dutch photographer, living in Detroit, Corine Vermeulen showcases her work on her website - some really nice shots - these are the ones used in the NYTimes article posted previously.  Enjoy:

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Lafayette Park is a beautiful place to live, from the high rises to the town homes - I love the greenery and the scenery, close to downtown, Eastern Market, trails, and the river.  Brings back good memories of soccer practice with the Downtown-Lafayette Park team...

  From the NYTimes:

These photographs of residents of Lafayette Park, a residential community in Detroit designed by the architect Mies van der Rohe, were shot in the same room in each of their townhomes. The homes share design features, including a floating staircase and floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Picked this little bit up from BoingBoing.net, a good follow up to Soup Detroit.

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Soup Detroit - where ideas about saving Detroit have sex.