We Won’t Make Fun of that Part About Yogurt Flavors
We wrote this thing for Consider Magazine a while ago for their “Is Ann Arbor Over-rated?” issue. (Yes, they hyphenate “overrated,” although at one point they split the difference by making it two words. We do not. It’s a choice everyone has to make at some point.)
Now it seems to have appeared (although not on their website, so here’s a reprint) opposite Ruthie Freeman’s piece “Ann Arbor: Bright Lights, Big City.” The respective pull-quotes: “Ah, there, as P.G. Wodehouse would say, you take me into deep waters.” And, “There is romance in a big city, a city like Ann Arbor that offers…a cosmopolitan passion for newness and change that keeps a person’s heart rate going as they hurry from cafe to cafe in a sea of people who don’t go to sleep to dream.” A summation of the whole A2 debate — arch stuffiness versus heartfelt wonder.
Where must you be from to consider Ann Arbor a big city?
posted by Dave on February 1st, 2005 at 12:14 amColdwater?
posted by Joe on February 1st, 2005 at 12:59 amHate to debunk this delightful idea, but if you’re hurrying from cafe to cafe, it’s not a ‘cosmopolitan passion for newness’ that’s keeping your heart rate going.
Generally we call this ‘the coffee shakes’.
posted by art student on February 1st, 2005 at 12:28 pmAAIO–
Not only was that op/ed hilarious, but I love the propos to Wodehouse. You shoudl join us for a “Jeeves and Wooster” marathon sometime.
posted by Alex(andra) on February 3rd, 2005 at 10:55 amAlex(andra), I would love to. I adore Jeeves and Wooster. I’ve even watched “House” a couple times just to see Hugh Laurie.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on February 3rd, 2005 at 11:48 amGreat article, by the way. Nodding in agreemnet with the left side and laughing hysterically out loud at the right. Good times all around!
posted by Jen on February 13th, 2005 at 3:10 pm