2019 Detroit Lions

I get Philly was banged up, but a road win in the NFL is a road win, ugly or not. Philly is still a good team, and the Lions weren't good enough to ice the game, but the defense was good enough to deny Philly to tie or take the lead. Overall, I don't think the Lions are a great team, but they impressed me a little today (I thought they were going to get crushed despite Philly's injuries).

Interesting story. No wrong doing, but favorable treatment was provided to Make your Date.

The most troubling element is the attempt to cover something up with deleted emails. I think most Detroiters are really wary of corruption with Kwame, Louis Miriani and others, but this isn't enough to warrant anger. Happy to have a strong media watchdog in the Freep and DetNews, but in all the smoke, not a lot of fire. I wonder what will happen to Alexis Wiley. Curious to hear your thoughts.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/10/21/detroit-mayor-mike-duggan-deleted-emails/4054764002/

Let's start a list (don't be shy - I too ate one of those pickles from that jar at the local neighborhood store!)

1. Briny Dill Pickles floating in that giant jar at the store. They'd pick one out for you (unsanitary no kiddin'). The brine was murky dark, the pickles huge and salty (high-blood pressure cookers!)
2. Red Pistachios Nuts? They used to be dyed bright, some horrid #332 red or something. You never see those any more.
3. Sassafras Tea! My parents made me drink that when sick. Isn't it a poison in large doses or maybe the root not the leaves (someone please clarify)
4. White Castle Hamburgers... well they're are back to being good though not recommended - LOL!
5. Candy Cigarettes? Chalky looking candy sticks that looked like cigarettes! Stuck to your rear molars like cement!
6. ...............?

Who wants to bring 'em back to Michigan ? Their tacos and sandwiches were quite good

https://detroit.curbed.com/2019/10/1...ick-band-shell

-The nonprofit Music On Belle Isle Group (MOBIG) is in the process of organizing, raising funds, and raising awareness to revive the Remick Band Shell into an active music venue again.

-MOBIG president Craig Strain says the group’s top priority is to establish a music venue on the island, and for a return to the days prior to the 1980s when concert bands, symphonies, and similar acts made music in the park.

-“A lot of us remember those days and Belle Isle is a perfect place to play—it’s close to downtown Detroit, it’s on the water, and it’s just a beautiful island,” says Strain, who also composes, arranges, and directs various metro Detroit music ensembles.

-The shell appears to be in good shape from the outside, but its wiring and plumbing would need to be redone, and Strain says the dressing room underneath the stage is wet and damaged from flooding.

-But there’s another factor complicating a possible Remick renovation more than cost. Acclaimed Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf is building a new garden on a lot across from the stage. MOBIG envisions putting on concerts that draw thousands of people, and Strain said it planned to use the lot on which the garden is being built for seating. That’s forcing MOBIG to consider alternatives like Sunset Point.

https://www.freep.com/story/entertai...ia/3988409002/

-The handsome depiction of Bagley was completed by 19th Century American sculptor Carl Herman Wehner in 1889.

-The monument to Bagley once prominently overlooked Campus Martius just south from the old Detroit Opera House, in front of the Merrill Fountain

-Was removed in 1926 for the widening of Woodward and has been in storage by the Detroit Institute of Arts ever since

-John J. Bagley was a member of the Detroit Common Council and was governor of Michigan from 1873-1877