From an Earlier Web

2014

December

It had to come at some point. #snow #michigan

Emily shoeing me from her stacks and stacks of #paper. We all love the #Bureaucracy!

Margaritas as big as your head.

Always nice to be #home.

#saintnick #christmas #snowglobe

Family tradition. #glenlivet

‘Use with extreme caution. Or don’t. We Arnt your mom’. #ghostpepper #bloodymary

Well this is fun.

I see that my white elephant gift of a white rhino head was well received. #work #holiday

I was recognized with a coin today from the government. It should have been cash and pizza.

No, Trulia. No.

November

Always a welcomed reprieve. #home

The beauty of Northern MI. #michigan

#northernnatural #traverse #tc #cider

Whiteout in the D. #detroit #riverboat #snow

Thinking back to one of my favorite days. Greeting the morning in #Paris. #sunrise #init

Leggy the lamp does NOT approve of the snow and cold. “In these heels?!” he says… #brrr #fragile #leglamp #winter #novelty

#westsidemarket

Nature hug in #Maine. What a great trip. 10 states in 5 1/2 days. #newengland #roadtrip #bucketlist #waterfall ✔️ Sorry it didn’t work out, but I’ll be back for you, NYC.

Cleaning out my trunk. What the hell is this??

Maintenance weekend. #Subaru #roadtrip

October

First item on the bucket list: knock out New England and add 6 states (for a total of 41), with a pitstop in New York for good measure. #roadtrip #alifealive #doinit #subaru

#decepticon #chevy #1500 #van

No thanks. #spider

It’s only been about 10 years since I’ve seen this kid. #college #roommate

#sharonvanetten #thelovingtouch #ferndale

#grandhaven #lakemichigan #surfing #lighthouse #pier #puremichigan

September

#Zoobies #latergram

#Thursday #gonzo

Winter is coming. #subaru

I’ve had these middle-of-the-road #headphones for about a year. I will never go back to #earbuds. Well rounded sound quality and they drown out this chaotic office. What’s your favorite pair?

#tigers #fullmoon #puremichigan #detroit #baseball

Not bad, McGillicutty! #snackattack

Mad’s first day of 3rd grade. #latergram #growingup

August

She doesn’t get out much #catstagram

Few things more beautiful to me than a sycamore tree.

#Shinola clock at #EasternMarket #Detroit #Shed3

Maggie’s handiwork on an industrial desk I found at #MSU Surplus Store for $15. Steel construction with solid wood top. I like the distressed wood with the clean white paint job. Nice job! #detroit #diy #desk #furniture…

Drinks and movies. #detroit

You can have your #DollarShaveClub. #Muhle

This place is amazing. #UMich

“Flying high!”

Trimmed dat beard down to the #stubble. Feeling #naked.

Merikuh. Brad in his #flag tank #madeinchina #america #wtf #brothers

I do like this town a little bit. #detroit #peoplemover #rail #skyline

July

Missing this old grump something fierce. #gunther #boxers #lounging #oldman #mansbestfriend #wayback #doggie

Doesn’t make me feel old at allllll.

Plenty of great #Motown entertainment tonight at the Detroit Economic Club’s Chairman’s Dinner. #econclub

Dan breaking in my chair at the air show. #latergram

Beautiful day for a game. #tigers

#detroit #fleetwood #cadillac

Movie in bed with the munchkin.

Brad, Madisyn and Amy.

Down on the centennial farm for the family reunion. Uncle Terry’s #3100 #Chevy #Truck.

Had trouble finding my keys. #recovery #fiscalyear

A shell of his former self. #crawdad #nofilter

#eyespy #detroit #windsor #international

June

#canned #bells #twohearted, take me away.

The mayor of happy. #happycity #alexander

Jim and William debating the future of the city. #cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #jhk #jameshowardkunstler

I found the sunshine between two hulking buildings.

#cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #silocity #bus #sunset

#cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #skyline #sunset

#cnu22 #meetbflo #buffalo #silocity #duany

#cnu22 #buffalo #meetbflo

#cnu22 #buffalo

#buffalo #cnu22

#detroit is one strategically located SOB.

May

#motorcity #detroit #jefferson #saturday

Doing it right.

My old neighbor Marty paints on the backs of tall boy beer flats. He charges the cost of the beer +deposit for his work.

Ok find today. #kinks

Summer cut. Free

After the storm. #spring

The second longest relationship I’ve ever had. #shedoesnttalkback

April

Well isn’t that cute.

#Kiting, sorta.

#tbt #thebighouse #obama #commencement #potus #michigan #otherhashtagsaswell

#michigan #backroads #blue #barn

#ionia #ontheroad #thenational #riverside

Rllly wish they’d get back to me on my offer. #realestate #bungalow

Last few days of the big hair!

Hilton Head. It’s dark here. #longday

City bucket list 2014: onward to Savannah. #journey #roadtrippin

After the winter we’ve had, this definitely does not suck. #vacation

Apollo 8. #nasa

So…one of our engines had a fuel leak so they had to turn it off and land with one. Taxi escort by the fire department. #delta #deltaairlines #atlanta #nofoolin

March

Digging the 12er of Centennial cans @gaybrains.

There are 1399 people from Gaylord who don’t know the difference between you’re and your.

James doing his thang. #jhk

Outlawing Main Street - John Norquist, President of CNU, on Hoover and federal impediments to mixed use development.

Robert Gibbs at the Economics of Urbanism Symposium. #birmingham #michigan

#mes14 #ricksnyder #grandrapids #puremichigan

Michael Finney and Rick Snyder. #MES14 #puremichigan

DeGraff opening day two of the #GES14 #innovation #puremichigan

March Hop Madness with my dad! #hopcat

Whoopsie daisy. #kroger

Proud of my dad and his “First Lady”.

Not bad for a Monday.

Detroit Public Library #DPL

Nice ride! #shinola

February

Working in #detroit

Unfashionably effective.

#stephenmalkmus #jicks #ferndale #detroit

Coming together. #thrift

So this is happening…

youreadirtyleg !

Waking up in the D.

Winter: it’s been real, but move along now.

A beautiful February day for a move. #puremichigan #detroit

This #PureMichigan winter sponsored by #Subaru.

January

I Dream’d in a Dream, or From Cook to Urban Planner. 9-year-old bookmark. #whitman

This is not ok.

Mad at the #naias2014 #detroit #smartcar

Best autocorrect #fail ever.

80s party. #pixystix

Enjoying a #homebrew pale. Happy #Friday. #beer

Brad: “Amazing!” Me: “I call bullshit.” #tbt

Vino of course.

Today I pick up from layaway my first amp in over 8 years. I will be unreachable for the remainder of the evening. #fender #bluesdeluxe #bargainbasementsnatchofthe year