Last night my wife, daughter and I watched Amadeus. It was the 3rd time my wife and I saw this brilliant film; my daughter’s first.
Toward the end of the movie it came rushing back to me that the movie’s star, Tom Hulce, grew up right here in Plymouth. The Joanne Winkelman Hulce Center for [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Rock me Amadeus
Posted in Plymouth history, tagged Academy Awards, acting, actor, Amadeus, Animal House, art, Best Actor, Best Picture, Joanne Winkelman Hulce Center for the Arts, movies, Oscar, Parenthood, Plymouth MI, Plymouth Michigan, Sheldon Road, Tom Hulce on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mom always said eat your vegetables.
Posted in downtown Plymouth, shopping, tagged bread, dairy, downtown Plymouth, food, locally grown, meat, organic produce, produce, shopping, Suburban Harvest, vegetables on May 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Now you’ll have no excuse for skipping your veggies. Coming soon to our town, on the southwest corner of Main Street and Wing, is Suburban Harvest, a purveyor of “organic and locally grown produce.” Check out the website.
http://www.suburban-harvest.com/
This has been a long time coming. With the coming of the meat/dairy/bread store on Forest Street and [...]
Kilwin’s is open…
Posted in downtown Plymouth, shopping, tagged candy, downtown Plymouth, fudge, ice cream, Kilwin's, shopping, store on May 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
and pretty busy.
A new Kilwin’s fudge and ice cream store, at the corner of Penniman and Main Street, opened last week sometime. I’ve been by there several times in the evening and it was very busy.
Since Kilwin’s sells ice cream, I’m curious about the effect that could have on the other local ice cream stores. [...]
Lord Stanley’s Cup comes to Plymouth
Posted in sports, tagged Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, hockey, ice hockey, Lord Stanley's Cup, NHL, pro hockey, Stanley Cup, Stanley Cup Champions, Stanley Cup playoffs on May 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
OK, OK, it’s not the Stanley Cup, but some cool replicas made by enthusiastic Red Wings (I presume) fans have turned up in the neighborhood. They’re hardly works of art, but they’re great anyway. Man do I love this time of year.
Here’s to the Red Wings bringing home the real cup in June.
Ozzie! Ozzie! Ozzie!
Posted in sports, tagged Anaheim Ducks, Chris Osgood, Detroit, Detroit Red Wings, hockey, ice hockey, Joe Louis Arena, NHL, sports, Stanley Cup playoffs on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a big — huge! — hockey game tonight in downtown Detroit. The Red Wings are playing the Anaheim Ducks in game 7 of the Western Conference semi-finals. Plymouth’s own Chris Osgood, as many of you know, is the Wings’ net minder.
It’s do-or-die for the Red Wings. Ozzie’s been solid in the playoffs. Here’s hoping [...]
Finally!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bread, cheese, downtown Plymouth, groceries, market, mart, meat, Plymouth MI, produce, shopping, store on May 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At our house, we’ve been waiting for one and it has finally arrived: a place to buy meat, cheese and bread.
Soon a little market will be opening on Forest Street. I didn’t catch the name or see an opening date, but one of the new buildings across from 1999 Tavern is going [...]
A company that needs to stay away from future Green Street Fairs: the Detroit Free Press
Posted in downtown Plymouth, events on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What little I saw this year’s Green Street Fair I liked. I was hardly blown away by it but, all in all, it was a good event. Just about any reason to hang out and walk around downtown is a good one.
There was one experience at the fair that was unpleasant and that was my [...]
Round up the kids and let’s play ball
Posted in sports, tagged baseball, children, Fairgound Park, games, kids, neighborhood, neighbors, recreation, softball, sports on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A really cool thing happened the other day at Fairground Park. It’s the kind of thing that used to happen all the time in the neighborhood where I grew up, but I haven’t seen it happen much anywhere in the last few decades. A spontaneous baseball game broke out.
Well, we didn’t really play a game [...]
Swine Flu in Plymouth-Canton schools
Posted in Plymouth-Canton Schools, tagged Canton MI, flu, H1N1, health, influenza, panic, Plymouth MI, Plymouth-Canton Schools, quarantine, school closings, swine flu on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A 16 year old student in the Plymouth-Canton School District has tested positive or probable for “Swine Flu.” The school district is closing all schools May 4 and 5.
I can just imagine that panic is going to start setting in around town. I’m personally not too worried about this, but if you are I do [...]
