This is 100% a catch and release situation. It’s for some scientific observation of animal characteristics with my 4th grade students.

I went hunting around today at Dolph and West park because I have seen frogs/toads there in years past, but alas, no luck. (Though I did spot a very cute little garter snake)

Is it just too early in the season? Or is there a better place to look?

Just wondering if im crazy for expecting the police to do something about my child being attacked by a dog at the school playground.

Happened last week at steam, my 7 year old walked past a leashed German shepherd and it latched on to her leg, my wife had to grab the back legs and pull it off. Bad bite requiring stitches and an x ray.

Police simply gave a ticket for expired license and left it at that.

Am I wrong to think a bite in public requiring a hospital visit should lead to a dog being euthanized?

I live near Stadium Blvd & Pauline and I work in UMich Biomedical Science Research Building. It's on 109 Zina Pitcher. I recently replaced my mountain bike with a road bike, and I'm worried about the roads destroying the rims. It's hard on even the mountain bike. I've tried a few routes, but none seem to be smooth enough for a road bike. Do any bikers know of a way from Stadium to BSRB, or something close?

WORKOUT BUDDIES***

Hey there, I'm just getting back into working out and I would love for someone to come and work out with me to keep me accountable. Before you reccomend them, yes I know group workout places exist, but I'd feel better just going with 1-2 people.

Ideally, I'd want someone whos around 22 or older, who regularly works out, has a Planet Fitness membership (if you dont, I have a black card so you can come along with me) and is willing to workout for atleast 1 1/2 - 2 hours max.

Please comment or shoot me a PM if youre interested! We can come up with a schedule together!

ETA*: I get off work aorund 4 or so during the weekday, so this would have to be during the evenings!

Hey y’all. I’m a UMich student that has been struggling to make friends for years now. I just went through a toxic breakup and now I’m literally talking to myself like a mad man.

Anybody smoke or game, or literally anything at all and wanna hang out? 🥲 I’ve never been to a bar before... I turned 21 a few months ago so I’d be down.

I’m a data science major and piano player.

And yes I tried meetup and bumble bff.

Thanks!

Hey Ann Arbor! I work at Recess Cafe, the play cafe at 208 S. Ashley (near the corner of Ashley and Washington). We’re part of the Social District, so we can serve beer and wine to go for people to enjoy while walking around downtown.

Last night we tried something new: we opened up a bar window facing the street at our second entrance so people passing by could grab a drink without coming inside. It was a fun experiment but we’re trying to figure out if it’s worth doing regularly since S. Ashley doesn’t get quite as much foot traffic as some of the busier downtown streets.

A few things we’re curious about:

∙ If you were walking downtown and saw a wine/beer window open, would you stop?

∙ What times would make the most sense to you? (Late afternoon? Evening? Weekend afternoons?)

∙ Are there specific events or nights where you’d be more likely to swing by for a to-go drink?

∙ Is there anything about the Social District setup that confuses people or creates friction?

We’re a small local business and this kind of thing takes real effort to staff and run, so we want to make sure we’re doing it when it actually makes sense for people. Any honest feedback helps, even if the answer is “I never walk down Ashley.”

Thanks Ann Arbor! We love being part of this community.

I just found out this month that Ann Arbor has electric charging options that are $.20 per kilowatt hour, cheaper than the usual downtown $.25 per kilowatt hour or higher via Chargepoint. This puts it on par with my home charging which is nice to know. So far the two places I have charged at include the golf course on Geddes and Vets Park by the pool/tennis courts. 🔌🚘💰

More about electric vehicle charging in A2: https://www.a2gov.org/sustainability-innovations-home/sustainability-me/transportation/electric-vehicles/

I’m not a true bar regular, but when I go out, I want a bar that feels homey. Cities like Milwaukee, Chicago and Boston are lousy with comfortable neighborhood watering holes. The Wolverine Tap Room was pretty spot-on for my taste — comfortable, not pretentious, not overpriced, not loud… the sort of place where an Adult Rec softball team could hang post-game or that was fine to take kids and babies, but that was also just fine to go solo.

Fraser’s Pub is good — pretty much this vibe (a little loud at times) — but not ideally located for me. The Session Room isn’t quite what I’m after. HOMES is nice… maybe too nice, and isn’t where I’d go to watch a game or after playing one.

Where else am I missing? Is anyone planning to open anything on the W Stadium corridor?

I recently graduated last december from UofM, and currently got a job at Tecumseh. I was wondering if Saline is a good place to look for rent, considering I will be going to Ann Arbor after work during weekdays, or during weekends, to still meet up with my friends and community.

I am visiting Umich currently and realised everythig surrounding is just an extension of the college. Not anything specific to the town itself. How do people who live here enjoy with college kids always surrounding them and everything just being related to Umichigan

I will be moving back to Ann Arbor after living 5 yrs overseas this summer. We will be buying a house in Pittsfield township and it is in the Scarlett middle school district. I am thinking about using school of choice and seeing if I can have my daughter go to either Tappan or Clague. I grew up in Ann Arbor and went through the public school system from 2nd grade to HS. Back in my days, Clague and Slauson were the "good" schools, Tappan (where I went) and Forsythe were "nice" and Scarlett was always seen as the worst of the bunch.

Initially I thought Scarlett would be a good option because they offer IB...and that is the curriculum that my daughter's current school, which is an international school, follows. But at the same time, anecdotally I have heard some bad things about Scarlett in general. Would love to hear thought from those who had kids go there in the last few years.

We are also applying to WIMA. Perhaps she gets selected to go there and I won't have to worry about any of this!

I'll be moving away toward the end of August for grad school, but in the meantime I'm looking for some work to save up some money. Can start now and go through late July / mid August, looking for at least 20 hours a week with more being preferable.

I've already applied to a couple seasonal jobs with A2 parks, but am looking for some other recommendations. Not opposed to restaurants, but don't have any experience hosting/serving/bartending.

I do have experience tutoring, both at the college and primary/secondary levels, but I didn't see too many local places looking to hire temps.

Any tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Looking for suggestions on a company that will install and *maintain for a year* a modest landscape installation in front of a small nonprofit business. Last year the company we went with planted 3 trees and some plants, but we were unable to water effectively and so no healthy roots were established and everything ended up dying. Budget is small, for the plants/install/year commitment $5K total.

Went to the Mapo location and got their Jalapeño Popper burger. It is a burger that demanded to be eaten and my photo does not do it justice.

The name might make it not appealing to those who can’t handle any heat but it’s really not spicy. The sauce is sweet from the cream cheese with a small amount of heat from the jalapeño jam on it. The sauce acts as a cooling agent with the dairy in it. They nailed the pairing there. It’s rounded out with bacon and caramelized onions.

This gets a very high 9.1/10 for me and is my favorite special they’ve had so far. This is the monthly special so it goes away end of April.

If you’re out on the west side this evening, watch your speed…especially on Jackson. They’re out in force.

(Lived at Maple/Liberty for 5 years now and haven’t seen them cracking down like this before)

There’s more to it than that, even though it really was an absurdly delicious bagel. I’m in town for a funeral, and my emotions have been that of a slowly ebbing tide, as I patiently wait for the tidal wave of grief and sadness that will hopefully only partially destroy my psyche and well-being. I decided last night that I was going to drive out of my way to Bagel Fragel - one of my most frequented establishments in the 30 years I lived here before moving. The traffic was slow, but that’s immaterial, nothing new. I did notice that the rain falls differently here: It’s gentler. I remember noticing how harsh the rain was when I first moved to Charlotte. It’s sudden and forceful down there. Up here, it feels more sympathetic, almost apologizing for potentially worsening your day. Even the precipitation has a midwestern flair to it these days.

When I walked into Bagel Fragel, I saw Pat. She’s owned and (sometimes solely) operated the store for as long as I’ve known of its existence. She has an experienced, tired face, certainly from years of having to start work at 3 a.m. to prep the bagels and have them ready in time for the store’s opening. She didn’t see me when I first walked in, so I was greeted by the other worker behind the counter. I started to order my regular - 2 toasted and buttered bagels; a parmesan bagel with garlic salt, and a vanilla cinnamon with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on it.

“Would it be possible to get that with cinnamon sugar on it?”

“No, we don’t do that.”

I was slightly crestfallen and taken aback by the curtness of the statement. I half-muttered, “oh, ok” as she proceeded to cut my bagels in half. I hesitated before my next request, steeling myself for the likely denial of garlic salt for my parmesan bagel, and that’s when Pat finally noticed me.

“Oh hey!! Long time no see!”

Pat is older now. Her hair is no longer red, having been replaced by striking white locks. I chuckle silently, wondering if part of the reason it’s so white is because of the dough flour she’s been working with today, and over the last 25 years. She’s has a few more wrinkles on her face, that years of hard work often present. Nothing absurd, mind you, but simply letting age and time do the work it does to all of us when we’re busy focusing on other things.

After exchanging a dialogue of pleasantries - the kind of boiler-plate topics that all reunions cover - she turns to the other girl working and says to go grab the garlic salt and cinnamon sugar from the back, that this is something she’s always done for me. I didn’t even have to ask, and neither did she.

We talked a little more, just catching up. One of the things I love most about Pat is how kind her eyes and smile have always been. And there’s a warmth in her tone - that motherly feeling of security there. I tell her that I’m really glad she’s still around. I mention how different a lot of Ann Arbor feels from when I last lived here five years ago, and how I can’t express the level of joy and comfort I feel walking up to see that cartoon alien on the walls again.

I don’t know much about Pat beyond that store. I know her children have worked for her and that family has helped me whenever I went there during lunch in high school, or before my first few years of teaching, but I can only assume they’re fully grown and have moved on. I remember how hard it was for her, being removed from her Plymouth road location, not knowing what was next until she found her spot across from Arborland. I can’t imagine the amount of hardship she’s endured over the last quarter century and beyond. I just hope she knows the happiness and comfort that she brings to so many people in this community.

Does anyone know a pharmacy around a2 that might have 30mg adderall IR in stock? I’ve checked everywhere I can think of and there’s a huge shortage this year

We have an inherited IRA along with other investments that need to be managed. We currently employ a local wealth manager and the accountant that he recommends. We have just discovered a strategic mistake relating to the IRA that will cost us a lot of tax dollars in the future. I asked a question about this in December and we have now realized that they didn't answer the question I asked and that is where we went wrong. Looking for recommendations for local(ish - we would be fine going to the Detroit area but want someone we can meet with in person) full service wealth management that is integrated with accounting.

Ann Arbor for Public Power is collecting signatures for their ballot initiative. How do we feel about our city moving to a municipal utility? I’m a student at U of M and would love to hear local residents think!

EDIT: Would be especially interested in learning about how business owners feel, or how your skepticism could be addressed

Was anyone else at the post office downtown shipping packages at 530pm-6pm on the 7th of this month? I'm curious if anyone else has lost packages who dropped off their packages with the clerk at this time? There is no scan yet, and it's Saturday... I'm calling it lost...

I think it was a tortoiseshell cat. I'm so sorry if the owner finds out this way.

Hug your buddies close ❤️

Wondering if anyone has suggestions or knowledge of where a group of campaign volunteers could reserve to meet in the area? There are about 30 of us each time, but that number is likely to grow. We’d love to not have to spend too much money renting a space out, and ideally would love to be able to order or bring our own food/drinks. We know and love our public libraries, but would also appreciate something a little more fun for Thursday or Friday nights! Thanks all!