My year in Detroit has been hard at times. I moved to Detroit with no friends or family in Michigan, if it weren’t for my wonderful girlfriend, I may have gone completely crazy. It is no wonder at times that I miss my hometown of Brooklyn. Sometimes I questioned why I moved here, but spending […]
In the spirit of my last post, I would like to endorse travel by foot as a worthwhile activity that almost anyone can enjoy! Pokemon Go has gotten me walking more steps than I have been the last few weeks, and in addition to the Hitmonlee I was able to catch on Atwater, it has […]
Recently I’ve added running to my weekly list of things I do but don’t really want to do. It is kind of growing on me though. This past Sunday, I ran from my house in the West Village to the Ren Cen and back. Working downtown, and frequently biking the Riverwalk, this is a path […]
Ah Summer. So hot that touching the metal on my seatbelt hurts, and I can sweat by just standing in place. A far cry from the harsh Detroit winter. Summer though really is when Detroit shines brightest. A new event every day, and bikes paths finally unearthed from the mountains of snow. I’ve found myself enjoying […]
I’ve surprisingly had a lot of friends visit me. That’s not only a sly compliment to myself, but also a legitimate surprise considering how few I had expected. In truth, I’m one of the few people of my college friends who stayed in the midwest (where my college was), so when someone’s in the area, […]
A few weeks ago, I was talking to fellow Fellow Dave Engel and I realized I needed a new hobby. One of the toughest parts of not being in school anymore is the lack of stimulation. Though I did not love every class I took in school, it always kept me on my toes that […]
Recently I joined a Detroit Ultimate team. In college I was on my school’s Ultimate team, and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. More than just forcing myself to get outside, it was a way for me to feel apart of something greater than myself. That I was just a small, […]
Over the past few weeks I have been undertaking a new personal project, creating a dark room. Aside from the fact that it will be cool to develop my own photos, I decided to make a dark room because of the self discipline in shooting film. When I take my dslr out, I turn into […]
Tonight I went Fowling for the second time, and it reminded me about why Detroit is so special.
For those not in the know, Fowling is sort of a sport Creole. It’s a mix of bowling and football where the player throws the pigskin down a lane, and the first team to knock down all ten […]
One of my first introductions to the city of Detroit was the 2012 film, “Searching for Sugarman,” a documentary about the fame of Sixto Rodriguez. Rodriguez is a Detroit-based musician who made a couple of little-known records in the 70s and works as a construction worker. Though he didn’t make it big in the States, […]