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Foodist: Is the Rise of Food Prices All Bad?
by Francis Lam
Slayers of elitists and other warriors of the downtrodden: Look! I bare my throat to you, fleshy and fat and ripe for the kill. But before you draw your blade, let's talk about this for a minute. Is the increasing cost of…
The Parent Trap: Dealing With Stress—Baseball Bat Days
by Betsy McMillin
Most days I really enjoy my kids, my job as mom. I am, for the most part, amused throughout the day by what they say and do, and am emotionally on a pretty even keel.
Then there are those other days. I call them…
Foodist: Yelping About Ann Arbor’s Worst Restaurants
Yelp. Yelpers. Yelping. If you've not visited the online food community Yelp.com, you're missing out on some of the most frank, honest and spot on restaurant reviews around. The Ann Arbor Yelp.com community is full of reviewers whose…
Urban Exile: Memorial Day Feasts Versus Every Day Childhood Hunger in Michigan
by Erika McNamara
A quick review of the menu for Memorial Day grill extravaganza left me wondering if hotdogs, short ribs, steak, and all of the side dishes that accompanied the main meat feast this year would all be enough. Well if it…
The Parent Trap: The Art of the Back-Handed Compliment (Zingers)
by Betsy McMillin
Parent says: "Great job cleaning your room kiddo! Oh man, if only you did everything this quickly and thoroughly!'"
Ouch.
May as well give the kid a big hug then punch the kid in the gut.
Such back-handed compliments…
Solo Practitioner: In Love With My Crock Pot. Really.
A2P Notes: According to a study published in February 2011 by the Pew Research Center, Americans are pretty evenly divided in their attitudes toward the "sweeping changes in the structure of the American family that have unfolded over the…
Savaged: Thousands Rally at the State Capitol Building, Detroit Newspapers Decide it’s Not “News”
by Chris Savage
On Saturday, May 21st, 2011, at least 6,000 people gathered on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol building to protest Governor Rick Snyder's budget proposal which slashes nearly $1 billion from education funding in our state.…
Pushing Our Kids Away….Just A Bit
by Betsy McMillin
I am celebrating today. As well as mourning.
My tiniest tot, my sweet two and a half year old, fell asleep and slept in her own "big girl bed," all night. Okay, so her bed is right beside ours, but baby steps, right?
I…
Foodist: Styrofoam Takeout Containers Are Killing Us All (Maybe)
TKWU, my favorite Chinese restaurant, doesn't use Styrofoam takeout containers, but our favorite burger place does, and so do loads of other local restaurants, as well as local food carts. Takeout orders at TKWU are packaged in durable…
AnnArbor.com Is A Failure Because Tony Dearing Was “Clueless” Argues Former AA News Reporter
A2P Notes: Just after AnnArbor.com was launched, essayist Jack Lessenberry wrote in the Metro Times:
Now I like to think of myself as a fairly sophisticated newspaper critic. I've worked for a lot of them, have had bylines in The Washington…