Rrrowr!
“Choose any area of Ann Arbor, and you won’t be disappointed” in finding something to do, writes the Daily’s Ashley Dinges. Like Kerrytown. It’s got “much more for students than simply Zingerman’s.” The Farmer’s Market, for example — if you find yourself looking for wreaths, jam and honey at 7 am on a Saturday, as many students do, nothing beats it. And don’t forget Vintage to Vogue home accessories.
Also today, the Daily’s editorial page urges the university to “Make LEO Purr.” We’re just as supportive of the lecturers’ union as anyone else, but, um…
Shazam! when I was a studen I was just going to sleep at 7am on a saturday, not shopping for wreaths or honey.
posted by JJ on December 2nd, 2004 at 1:10 pmI guess it’s all relative; if you’re from Allentown and you choose any area in AA you won’t be disappointed. If you’re from, say, Chicago, your disappointment might be quite intense.
posted by Anna on December 2nd, 2004 at 1:23 pmBuffalo Wild Wingz?! HOT DAMN!
posted by OFW insurgent on December 2nd, 2004 at 3:45 pmanna, coming from chicago, what in the world did you think a town with a fraction of the population be like? chicago is great, but its like comparing salt to fresh water. similar but radically different to those raised in the other. if people want dissapointment they can fin it anywhere. as father zosima said during his meeting with the karamozov family, it is often a great pleasure to be offended. any flavor you like
posted by nudnik_numan on December 2nd, 2004 at 3:52 pmExactly. Suckiness is all relative.
posted by Anna on December 2nd, 2004 at 7:59 pmcoming from chicago, what in the world did you think a town with a fraction of the population be like?
Less expensive.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on December 2nd, 2004 at 8:01 pmka-dunk-boom (rim shot)
good one aaio
posted by OFW insurgent on December 2nd, 2004 at 8:14 pm“If you find yourself looking for wreaths, jam and honey at 7 AM on a Saturday…”
…then you’re probably an idiot. Or, in other words, a journalism major.
You should start a slogan contest, AAIO. My suggestion:
“Ann Arbor: The cost of a big city with none of the benefit!”
posted by Ally McBeal, JD on December 2nd, 2004 at 8:47 pmThe purple brick walls of the Bellanina Day Spa must be spectacular!
Whats a chipati?
posted by Michigan Wannabe on December 2nd, 2004 at 10:27 pmNever mind, I searched the site for a chipati description, and, well . . . Wow!
posted by Michigan Wannabe on December 2nd, 2004 at 10:41 pmFarmer’s Market is best in the summer and fall when there are actually things from local farms that are in season. By December you can’t expect fresh local peaches, can you?
posted by Edward Vielmetti on December 3rd, 2004 at 12:09 pm“One of the newest attraction’s in Detroit’s club scene, Bleu has been rumoured to attract Detroit’s A-listers, like Eminem.”
Wow, where do I sign up! I’ve always wanted to be packed in a hot club at the same time as a piece of garbage from Warren is in.
Laffo. And people wonder why the Michigan Daily is looked at as a joke.
posted by NG on December 3rd, 2004 at 3:44 pmBeing on Detroit’s A-List is like being the most talented writer at the Daily.
posted by Ally McBeal, JD on December 4th, 2004 at 11:11 amAnna, whatchoo got against Allentown?
posted by AP on December 5th, 2004 at 1:41 amMost college newspapers are looked at as a joke on their own campus.
posted by DMR on December 5th, 2004 at 4:54 amI’m a first-year grad student here and, as you may guess, think Ann Arbor is insanely overrated. Before I came here, I was warned the following: “Some people think this is a great town; other people think it’s a provincial, jock-infested hellhole. Depnds who you ask.”
I think the guy who first made the Allentown point is right. It’s relative. I think I wouldn’t mind AA so much if so many people didn’t rave about how great it is here. I think if I were loaded it wouldn’t be bad. And you can get around fairly easily.
But even then, where are we? rural southeastern Michigan, people. If it were branded as such, it would have exceeded my expectations. But I really do feel like it’s overcrowded with spoiled little bitches and dickwads from the EC that are bummed because they landed at an Ivy League safety school. Add to that the pathetic attempts of the grown-ups to style the place as “European” (whatever the hell that means).
Just give me someplace that’s real.
Granted, it’s only my first term here, but I wonder how long I’m going to last…While I’m here I might as well make the best of it.
posted by Ricky Pfenis on December 6th, 2004 at 8:41 pm