Raccoon! It’s what’s for dinner…in Detroit

Raccoon hunter/chef Glemie Dean Beasley has a unique approach to urban living.

Memorable MSU riots

Following the MSU Spartans’ loss to North Carolina in last week’s NCAA men’s basketball national championship game, there wasn’t much rioting back in East Lansing.  So I found a couple videos on YouTube of memorable MSU riots past.  The first one is from 2008, and the second from 2005. 

Starving artists from around the world flee to…Detroit?

This Boing Boing item describes an emerging movement, just a trickle so far, of artists and others attracted to Detroit by its rock-bottom housing prices.

Forbes picks Ann Arbor as best “college sports town”

This really seems to rank “best towns with large universities.” Four of the top ten are Big Ten towns (Madison, State College, and Bloomington also make the list).

Video: Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger

Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger is an Ann Arbor institution, convenient to West Quad and South Quad. The segment on “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” gives a good overview.

Make mine a quad with bacon and provolone on an onion roll with ketchup, mayo, and hot peppers with a side of fried mushrooms.

University of Michigan’s building boom

The New York Times takes note of the University of Michigan’s building boom, among the largest in the country. Nineteen major buildings have been completed in the past two years or are currently under construction, at a total cost of about $2.5 billion.

Pictures: Ann Arbor October 2008

Here are some pictures of Ann Arbor and the U-M campus, taken October 4, 2008.

Michigan Stadium construction, looking south on Main Street

Weill Hall, Ford School of Public Policy, Hill and State

U-M Law Quad

The Diag and the Graduate Library

Hill Auditorium

Burton Tower

Michigan Stadium from South Fifth Ave.

Pictures: Woodward Dream Cruise 2008

A few pictures I took at the Woodward Dream Cruise, August 15-16, 2008.

Lowrider

 

Lincoln convertible

Caddy

Wagon