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Ford Reception at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Blog: The Silent I - 18 January 2011
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a private event, sponsored by Ford Motor Company, at the Detroit Insititute of Arts. The building itself was an impressive, classical-style building that reminded me of the Art Institute of Chicago and...
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Road Trip Music: Michigan
Blog: Music Road - 25 August 2010
Michigan has a sunrise side, a sunset side, an upper peninsula, apple orchards, cherry trees, lighthouses...and let’s not forget the football teams, the gardens, the busy cities, the small Amish communities, the quiet back roads and lake shores. It’s a heartland state, with its own identity.
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Chasing Sparks: Jeremy Kittel
Blog: Music Road - 23 August 2010
Prepare to go on a journey when you join Jeremy Kittel in Chasing Sparks.
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Milestones in Motown
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 25 February 2010
Our friend, fellow beer traveler and guest contributor Matt Venzke joins us in the 500 brewery club Just a few months after Chris and Merideth both visited their 500th breweries, Michelle and I recently reached major beer-hunting milestones of our own. In late January, Michelle tallied her 400th brewery! And just a few days later, I recorded [...]
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Dee-troit Dee-lights
Blog: No Borders - 3 August 2009
Somerville, Mass - As a follow-up to my previous post, here are some great things about Detroit that you probably didn't know about - unless you are from Detroit yourself. One for each day I spent in the Motor City.
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Motor City Madness
Blog: No Borders - 29 July 2009
St Clair Shores, Mich - I'm proud to say I'm from Detroit. It makes people think I'm tough, which I am, although that may not be apparent at first glance.Seriously, though, the Motor City gets a bad rap. I won't argue that the city isn't going through some tough times (and has been - since before I was born). It makes the city an easy target for criticism. Maybe that's why I find the videos and photos of Detroit's abandoned buildings so boring. This has been going on for years, people - can't you find something new to say?
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