February 18, 2008
Mmmm….Vernors…. again, originally uploaded by DetroitDerek.
Back in the day there was a Sanders ice cream parlor on the main street of my town, and a big day was when I got to go there and order a Detroit Cooler–Vernors and ice cream. Vernors was one of the first soft drinks in the US, of course [...]
February 3, 2008
Last night I saw the spectacular, athletic, precise, and joyful Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Detroit Opera House. On the way in, I marveled, as always, at the looming ruins in Detroit - burned out and boarded up homes adjacent to the freeway, the Amtrak building, tall and empty. The desolation makes me [...]