What I Wore: Betsey in Wonderland

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Mandy and I got all fancy on Friday for dinner in Mexicantown (complete with a rockn’ mariachi band serenade) and the Wonderland DVD release party, a local sideshow type production based on Alice in Wonderland. We set up the camera… Read more

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New Years Eve

This pretty much sums it up – B3 at it’s most silly and entertaining. I had the girls and their dudes over for dinner. Pants and I made eggplant parm and vegan Red Lobster biscuits. There was a lot of… Read more

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B3 Farewell Dinner

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As of Saturday of my besties is on her way to a new home in Hawaii LOST. While I’m sad I won’t see her smiling face every couple weeks, I’m very happy for her new start and that she is… Read more

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Delicious Weekend

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I knew I had a good weekend when I looked through my photos this morning and realized they were all of food. Friday Pants took me on a little date to Grand Trunk Pub downtown. He wouldn’t tell me where… Read more

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Theatre Bizarre: The Initiation

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Saturday night was our biggest Weird Sisters show to date at Theatre Bizarre: The Initiation. After weeks of rehearsal and preparation by the TB family over at the Masonic Temple it was amazing to see everything come together. They built… Read more

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Tashmoo Biergarten

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A classic Detroiter move – open a biergarten in a vacant lot on the east side of the city. A haphazard wooden fence, trees wrapped with twinkle lights, homemade benches, tables made from old doors, a bar loaded with local… Read more

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I Heart Detroit: La Gloria Bakery

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Tucked away on the edge of Mexicantown is La Gloria bakery. The air is soak in sugar and an entire wall is loaded with cookies, cakes, biscuits, and buns. Mandy and I ooooh-ed and aaaahh-ed in a completely inappropriate way… Read more

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This weekend was for…

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Red lips and a quick glass of wine before walking into town for DIY, the local art and music festival. We crossed paths with a  Juggalo, which confirmed the rumors of a surprise performance by ICP. We watched people take… Read more

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I Heart Detroit: Dally in the Alley

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After spending the day gallivanting all over Detroit, Mandy and I met up with Mae at Dally in the Alley, a street fair in Cass Coridor started in 1982. The streets were full of drunken college kids, hippies, hipsters and… Read more

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Detroit Date with Mandy

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On Saturday Mandy and I went on a romantic date, running all over Detroit, taking photos for a travel blog post I’m working on. We stopped at a bunch of old faves and found a few new places we’ll have… Read more

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B3: Silly & Sweaty

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Romantic dinner? How about a bottle of champagne? ‘Don’t shoot me with the cork!!’ And then we hooped… And looked tough… And got very sweaty! I love these girls. I didn’t want to get all sappy and barfy in my… Read more

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Pig & Whiskey, Secret Speakeasy, Tigers Game

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On Thursday we heard there was a speakeasy newly opened near my house. Black curtains over the windows and no sign besides a title elegantly scrawled in white on the door. We walked into the 1920s. Black walls, velvet furniture,… Read more

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B3: Da Nang Vietnamese

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When Jenn told me she was working at a little Vietnamese restaurant, this was not really was I pictured. I assumed, like most of the other Vietnamese places I’d been to, I would be walking into a crappy hole-in-the-wall restaurant.… Read more

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B3: Everybody’s Going Hooping

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Post-gorging ourselves on delicious Vietnamese food Mae, Mandy and I laid around at my house for a while until we digested, watching YouTube videos and being entertained by Slayer, which seems to be a theme lately. Then it was hair… Read more

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Design + Dessert

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Spent the weekend running errands, finishing up my new portfolio site & business cards, and staying out of the heat with the piglet. We watched a bunch of awful movies and I worked on a new templates. I’m really excited… Read more

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