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What memories! Thanks everyone. typing on phone so excuse errors. There's no people anywhere as great as Detroiters. I recall several nights, getting home from train trips at the old Michigan...

Man, I recall Elmers very specifically. I met a Detroit detective there who was so 'deep' undercover he'd forget to get his pay check, forget to report in. Then again, maybe he wasn't a cop. I wasn't...

The Kibitzer was on Cass, right in the heart of the old Appalachian area. It was the first area my southern relatives lived before moving on to Madison Heights and Warren, and later Rochester. I'll...

Going to one or both of these places puts you in the Real Detroiter category. Its a state of mind. Its an inclusive category, far from exclusive in any sense.

Great news on Brennan pools!! I'll swim there next summer! My father will be pleased to learn they are still open. I am surprised since I saw the Tennis Courts in ruins about 5 or 10 years ago.

Taking the Saxophone Player for a Walk -- An Anderson Gardens Story

I know I asked for stories about bars, but I also have a few to give. I was at Anderson's one night on Third near Willis talking...

Yes, Yes! I have my own Jumbo's story to share. I used to hang out there in the mid-1970s, was friends with an older German waitress from Germany. Usually I was with a friend, but one night after...

Where was Jimbo's? It sounds very, familiar. I've been gone over 35 years. One place I went to last summer on a visit, had that special Detroit quality, it was Penthouse, way out there near 7-mile...

Thanks...good to know how, why and when places met their demise. When I was going to the Tipperary Pub I lived downtown and the west side neighborhood between Southfield and Evergreen was devoid of...

When I googled I found a discussion on bars in this forum but can't re-find it. I got a pang of nostalgia for the bars where you could really wallow in Detroitness...a pass time I did far too much...