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I was at Roast last night and the place was jamming. Very hard to get a reservation at any time lately. I don't see why the LCH won't be a big success too.

Had an enjoyable stay at the Westin Book Cadillac this weekend which prompted me to dig out these old post cards from my collection of Detroit stuff. The first one from the 20s or 30s and the...

Zip Sauce!

Thanks to all for their responses, especially Whitehouse for his careful research. I would eventually like to include some of this most basic info in the YouTube description if nobody objects. I...

No, I have no idea who that gentleman is!

Just this morning I discovered this home movie of random shots of downtown Detroit. It is apparently a test roll shot by my father - the film box was just marked "April 1964." I'd appreciate it if...

The results of the 9th Congressional district went against the national trend this last week. In a district that has historically been GOP, the Democrat incumbent [[Peters) beat back a Tea...

Does anybody remember when Tom Ryan was the Sergeant Sacto character on channel 50 in the 1960s? A Mr. Spock-like character who did bits between the kids' shows in the afternoon.

Yes, Booth's Father in Law was James Scripps who founded what would become the Detroit News. Booth himself founded the Booth Newspapers chain.

That's not Trotsky, it is George Booth, who along with his wife Ellen [[Scripps) Booth founded and funded the building of Cranbrook over many decades in the 20th century. I have no ideas about the...

In better days, here's a shot of the Carl's bar that I took in Jan 2005:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e171/polaar/carls.jpg

"Eighteen" Alice Cooper 1970

His pre-Beautiful Loser stuff was some of the best music to come out of Detroit - Smokin' OPs, Mongrel, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Back in '72. Singles like Lucifer, 2 + 2 = ?, Too Many People Lookin'...

My grandpa used to have a drink at the German "Snow Owl" on his way back home from the Chrysler Mack plant back in the 60s, possibly earlier. I found this site describing what it is today. Does...

Also loved Ronnie "Play the Dolls" Legge across the river at CJOM in the early 70s.

WRCJ 90.9 FM [[Classical/Jazz) - Their studio is in the Detroit School of Arts near Mack & Woodward. They have one transmitter in Detroit near Brady Elementary school and a tiny 10 watt one in Warren.

Car windshields influence Saarinen!

According to this WSJ piece:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004574600423256592530.html

"The General Motors Technical Center,...

Iggy played there for a whole week in the fall of 1980.

http://www.sixtiesposters.com/images/bookies_iggy.jpg

Wasn't this Bill Bonds' hangout? [I miss him]

Leo's at Telegraph & Maple had a stack of copies in their in-house newspaper bin today [[Nov 24).

My parents took me to the last night of the Billy Graham Crusade at the Silverdome in 1976. Johnny Cash performed several songs and Bob Dole was in the audience as he was campaigning as Ford's VP...

There's a quick shot of it in this video from 1950:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EREwIfmWSzU

These movies were shot by my grandfather Fred W. Boegelein, who at that time lived nearby in Harper Woods and probably just saw it as an interesting filming opportunity. The woman is my grandmother...

I just added a sequel today, more Eastland film two years later in 1959, same photographer. This one shows the Lion & mouse & some cool old Chevys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPWwuoEQL7g

Shangri-La at 6407 Orchard Lake Rd. in West Bloomfield is where I always get carry-out, and it is better than anywhere else in this area that I've tried. Passes Jennifer Lee's [[Fortune Cookie...