Detroit | 96x24” acrylic on concrete

Dedicated to the city I’ve called home for a decade.

I originally sketched this piece two years ago, intending it to hang here on my basement wall. To see it painted and hung feels amazing.

Good times were had here man…

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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to our friends in Detroit. This was very thoughtful and appreciated.

Mayor Mary Sheffield @MsMarySheffield · 10h On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Detroit honors the first peoples of this land and the enduring legacy they carry. We must know our history, honor Indigenous voices, and ensure their stories are recognized as part of Detroit’s past, present, and future.

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It’s a foggy one this morning. Definitely feels spooky 🦇👻. Have a fantastic week everyone!! I love you all!!! 🎃✨

😉 Song of the day: Harmony- Starflyer 59

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 43-year-old Daniel Nathan Labadie with one count of bank robbery in connection with the October 7 robbery of the Bank of America on Telegraph Road. In Michigan the charge of Bank Robbery carries a maximum of life in prison.

I never get tired of seeing the city from the air. The view was so great tonight! !

So DPD and chief Todd Bettison spread disinformation in an attempt to blunt this tragedy by saying he was not shot? Profuse bleeding from a gunshot wound to his skull

I’m posting anonymously for now because I’m curious if there are any families who might be interested in having someone provide one-on-one companionship and skill-building support for their autistic child/teen/adult loved ones starting in November!😊

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A playground, made of just poles sticking out of the ground. I went there once as a child.

maybe it was like an art exhibit. but it was like these long grey metal poles that were just sticking out of the ground. some of them are straight up, some are diagonally, and you'd climb on them.

I remember it so vividly, you know how you remember something but you think maybe your mind made it up .

Does anyone know anything about this?

coming to detroit for a show at saint andrew’s tomorrow and every spot i wanted to try is closed

closed - roses, puma, flowers of vietnam , leña, bar chenin, bar gabi, barda. ….

where do i eat something dope and grab drinks before the show ?

edit : doesn’t have to be downtown. wanna branch out! i guess i want kinda fancy hipster food

Former President Barack Obama is headed to Detroit Oct. 24.

The event will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in Detroit with more details to be released 24 hours beforehand. Registration underway on the One Team Michigan website.

Hey all, my girlfriend is a trans woman who has had a previous hair transplant (before she came out) but is now looking to get another. She is struggling a lot with it, so we are trying to make it happen.
BUT we really aren’t sure who to see in the area/if there is any hope of getting it covered by insurance. She is also hoping to get it done with the ARTAS FUE.
Any input or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I almost exclusively spend time at nature areas north of Detroit such as stony creek, bald mountain, bear creek, heritage park etc. I want to explore more of the areas south of Detroit. My favorite by far is point Mouille, but I was wondering what the other metroparks are like (Lower Huron, Oakwoods, Willow), as well as any other areas I likely am unaware of. Looking for actual nature (as in deep woods, fields, a bit of distance from a busy road), not just a park with grass and trees if that makes sense. Especially looking for good views with fall time!

Made a last minute decision to head to Detroit for a concert this past weekend at Little Caesars Arena. I have a friend who lives 20 minutes outside of the city so I stayed with her and she brought me to downtown and midtown Detroit. First, can I say how NICE everybody I interacted with was?! So friendly, warm and genuine. The city itself is so pretty, lots of history there that was fascinating to learn about. While we were driving around, we stopped at the Michigan central station and it’s Absolutely beautiful. I could spend all day in that study room. If I could get married there, I would! Also lot of great bars and restaurants. We went to second best for a cocktail and then grey ghost for dinner. Both were 🤌. Walked to LCA, saw the concert and then went to Sid’s gold request room and wow what an amazing atmosphere with the piano karaoke. Yet again everybody was extremely welcoming and friendly. Such a high energy place, no bad vibes and everybody was having just a wonderful time singing along, cheering everybody on and dancing. We headed to tin roof to dance and even there where I figured it would feel a little more college bar (which is okay!), and people were still respectful and just so damn fun. Growing up in the Midwest and having since moved away, being in Detroit made me realize how much I miss the Midwest friendliness. Truly a great city, extremely underrated and I’ll 100% be coming back!

Hearing that Dan Miller's wife, Cindy, had passed away brought all of this to mind. My heart goes out to Dan and his family.

You spend years listening to these guys, through great seasons and absolutely miserable ones. Their voices become part of your life. Hearing news like this makes you think about how much the people behind those voices mean to you.

For me, that goes back to watching the Wings and Pistons on Channel 50, and falling asleep to their games with that stupid clock radio shoved underneath my pillow. Especially those late Red Wings games out West. Those voices are as much a part of growing up with Detroit sports as the players.

I wanted to put some of those calls together and give these guys some appreciation. Starting with Dan.

Lions

Dan Miller is my favorite football announcer. Period.

He's been calling the team since 2005, through years when following the Lions felt like a test of your patience. That's part of why his call of the playoff win over the Rams in January 2024 hits so hard.

“Detroit, stand up! You've waited for this!”

He understands who's listening and how long they've been waiting. The joy in his voice feels like the joy you want to let out yourself. I'm glad we got to hear him call that.

Before Dan, we had Mark Champion and Jim Brandstatter. Champion called the Lions for 16 years, and he's also been a huge part of Pistons radio. Some of these voices run through more than one part of your life as a fan.

I remember Thanksgiving, everybody sitting around listening to the Lions on the radio because the game was blacked out on TV. The team sucked, the game hadn't sold out, and there we all were anyway, listening and trying to picture what was happening.

And a special mention for Tom “Killer” Kowalski. His reporting and radio work belong here, too. Killer on WDFN, including Sean, Terp and Killer, was part of the everyday experience of following the Lions. The games ended, and there was still so much to argue about and try to make sense of. The Lions named their press room after him following his death in 2011.

Red Wings

Dave Strader and Mickey Redmond were such a great TV pairing. Go back to their local call of Steve Yzerman's double-overtime winner against St. Louis in 1996. “Steve Yzerman wins it with a bullet!” Then Mickey reacting to that shot. That's exactly the call you want attached to that memory.

And we've had Ken Daniels and Mickey together since 1997. Ken can keep up with everything happening on the ice, and Mickey brings the stories, the humor and all that knowledge. I love that they can appreciate a great play by the other team, too. They make an ordinary game enjoyable, and then you get something like Patrick Kane's overtime winner on his return to Chicago in February 2024. Showtime.

The radio side deserves every bit as much love. Bruce Martyn, Budd Lynch, Ken Kal, Paul Woods.

One of my favorite things I found while putting this together: Ken Kal invited Bruce Martyn back to call a period of Game 4 of the 1997 Stanley Cup Final. Martyn had retired without getting to call a Detroit Cup championship. He took the second period, which meant Bruce got Darren McCarty's Cup-winning goal. Kal told the story himself here.

Then in 2008, Kal had laryngitis and Daniels filled in on the radio. With the championship about to be decided, Daniels insisted Kal take the final minute. Here's Kal finishing that Cup run. Those two stories say a lot about the people we've had in those booths.

Pistons

George Blaha has been calling Pistons games since 1976.

Nearly fifty fucking years. His 50th anniversary is October 23, less than two weeks away.

The Bad Boys, the Going to Work team, championships, rebuilds, and all those ordinary games in between. Generations of Pistons fans have grown up hearing the same guy.

“Count that baby and a foul!” You can probably hear it before you even click.

And here's Blaha calling Chauncey Billups' half-court shot to force overtime against New Jersey in the 2004 playoffs. That's his radio call with Rick Mahorn, replayed during an ESPN broadcast.

Greg Kelser deserves a lot of credit, too. His knowledge and the easy way he and George work together are a huge part of why those broadcasts feel so familiar. You get attached to the whole conversation.

Blaha received the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Electronic Media Award in 2025. That recognition was a long time coming.

Tigers

Ernie Harwell is the GOAT to me.

Here's Ernie calling the final out of the 1984 World Series. That's his radio call over the footage. You hear that voice and understand why people felt so strongly about him.

And there was Paul Carey alongside him. George Kell and Al Kaline on television. Think about how much baseball knowledge we got to listen to.

Then Dan Dickerson had the job of following Ernie, and he's built something we can be just as grateful for. His call of Magglio Ordóñez sending the Tigers to the World Series in 2006 belongs to that moment forever. Jim Price deserves his place here, too. He and Dan gave Tigers radio its own familiar rhythm for so many years.

And now we have Jason Benetti on TV while we still get Dickerson on the radio. Benetti is my new-generation GOAT. He's funny, curious, prepared, and he makes you want to stay with a game. Then something enormous happens and he meets the moment. Parker Meadows' ninth-inning grand slam in San Diego in September 2024 is a great example.

When the Tigers clinched their playoff spot later that month, Benetti worked in a tribute to Ernie:

“Everyone else stood there like the house by the side of the road and let the Tigers go by.”

He'd been listening to Harwell's old broadcasts as the season wound down. The new guy understood what that voice meant here.

The championship calls are the ones we save and share, but these guys also gave us thousands of regular nights of baseball, hockey and basketball, and all those Sundays with the Lions.

For me, it still comes back to that clock radio under the pillow, trying to stay awake for a West Coast Wings game. We were lucky to grow up with those voices. We're lucky to still have so many great ones.

What calls do you immediately hear in your head? And who else deserves some love here?

Much love to Dan and his family.

My boyfriend wants to try lobster and his birthday is coming up. What’s the best place or lobster dish around metro Detroit / Ann Arbor?

Doesn’t have to be fancy, but I’m good with paying a premium if it’s worth it.

Thank you so much!

Just found a wallet. SS card, insurance, etc inside.

Are there any good sized dirt parking lots or really any large public areas that aren't paved? Trying to teach somebody dirt bike and off-road techniques\ maneuvers before we go trail riding and would like a solid place to spend a day doing drills. Not doing wheelies or anything that would attract LE attention, mostly turns and hard braking simulation.