Once again, I'm proud of my city. Ann Arbor officially opposes two bills designed to eliminate domestic-partnership benefits in Michigan.

One of the Republican excuses for this crap is that it's a matter of fiscal responsibility. This one is always, always bullshit: A gay couple and a lesbian couple are four people, two male and two female, but ( Read more... )

End of an eraWhen I moved to Washtenaw County, Borders was one book store, at the intersection of State and Liberty Streets. Best bookstore I'd ever been in to that point, certainly the biggest. (Yes, yes, Powell's in Portland, OR is much bigger. That's Portland's store. Borders' was mine.) First two-story bookstore. First bookstore I'd ever ( Read more... )

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The best deli on the planet has permission to build an expansion. Man oh man. They've been working to get this for awhile now, and the plan looks superb. I know the neighborhood very well (I was living one block over when the deli opened), and this will really liven things up nicely ( Read more... )