Students are sitting outside, studying, at Espresso Royale. Is it really going to snow? Doesn’t seem like it.
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Students are sitting outside, studying, at Espresso Royale. Is it really going to snow? Doesn’t seem like it.
“Nation” streaming from London stopped. Looks a lot like their “streaming” is a wonky hard drive.
Medical Marijuana comes to the far west side! [photo]
“Winter Warriers” sitting in outside seating enjoying deals on food and drinks.
Tables full outside of Grizzly Peak and down the street at Arbor Brewing and Blue Tractor – looks like lots of people are Winter Warrioring. [Photo]
Packed house for Bach Heritage Festival international fashion show. [photo]
This watch has lost its owner – can be found at Washington & 7th. Did it fall out of your pocket? It is on the NE curb sidewalk. [photo]
Man walking toward the Y, playing a harmonica.
Channel 4 News van, headed east on William.
The downtown Tortoise & Hare store at 209 E. Liberty, between Fourth and Fifth, is empty. A sign on the door directs people to their Plymouth Road store, in the Kroger shopping complex.
That car with all of the plastic toys glued to it.
Hordes of schoolkids flowing in for Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Silvio’s is looking all new these days! [photo]
Traffic light replacement taking place at Stadium & Pauline [photo]
Several teams of ice sculptors working, attracting crowds.
Sign on entrance to Borders bookstore, announcing that as of Feb. 1, the store will no longer allow “non-service” animals through the doors.
Three Smartcars parked across from Dawn Treader, available for test drives. Saleswoman says they’ll be in the downtown area through the weekend, hoping to tap the Sundance crowds at Michigan Theater. They’re from Roger Penske’s Bloomfield Hills dealership, she says: “He loves Ann Arbor!”
Apparently the fish in the tank at Kai Garden aren’t named, with the exception of the largest one, a midnight-blue thug with bugged-out eyes. Its name is E.T., according to the waitress.
AATA bus #1 clips mini-van. No one hurt.
Big vacant space on Schlotsky Deli lot. Heavy equipment on site. Next up: new Walgreens.
The BIG DRILL arrives today, as John Splitt indicated it would at the last DDA board meeting. [photo]
Light out at Jackson and Dexter. [Editor's note: Reported to the city of Ann Arbor at 734-994-2744]
Stoplight out. Four stop signs in place, and a crew on the scene.
Water main break – city says repair to be done by 5 p.m. [Photo]
Downtown Home & Garden has plastic taps in stock for maple syruping. Michigan’s first crop each year. Sap is running today, but likely to stop tonight. Mid to late February is more normal.
Saturday around 11 p.m.: Four cars pulled over – lots of people out talking to police.
Protest sign left at the corner by the liberty post office. [photo]
Random confluence of city, county, and state level elected officials, at one intersection: Hohnke, Gunn, Brater. All in pedestrian mode.
In parking lot, handwritten sign in car’s back windshield: Caution/New Driver/Stick Shift/Stay Back. [Photo]
Students are sitting outside, studying, at Espresso Royale. Is it really going to snow? Doesn’t seem like it.
The New York Times reports the story of Shon R. Hopwood, a former bank robber who studied law while in prison and now makes a living writing briefs for Supreme Court cases. The article quotes Richard Friedman, a UM law professor who worked with Hopwood on a recent Supreme Court case. Friedman, who has talked to UM admissions about Hopwood’s application for law school, says: “His gratitude for the quality of his life is that of someone who has come back from a near-death experience.” [Source]
All after-school activities for the Ann Arbor Public Schools – including athletics, parent meetings, and Rec & Ed activities – have been canceled for Tuesday afternoon and evening due to weather conditions. As of Tuesday morning, no decision had been made about closing schools on Wednesday, according to AAPS spokeswoman Liz Margolis. [Source]
In a recent city council meeting report, we misidentified Sol Castell. He is a member of the citizens advisory committee to the environmental assessment currently being conducted regarding the possible runway extension at Ann Arbor’s municipal airport. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original story.
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