High Speed Rail + Big Three = opportunity for Detroit?
The economic situation as I see it: On the one hand, US Automakers are teetering (save Ford, which, miraculously, appears to be doing pretty well). On the other, there is a push to finally get...
View ArticleThe Fine Art of Deconstruction
It started out a little damp on the TDH this morning, but ended up breezy and unseasonably chilly for a Memorial Day weekend. (It seems to me we always used to be swimming by Memorial Day). Detroit is...
View ArticleCouldn’t ride this weekend, but here’s a pothole for your amusement.
I had to work this weekend, and couldn’t get in a ride. To keep your appetite for exciting TDH news at bay, here’s a 2009 contender for pothole of the year. Pothole cum crime scene cum tire recycling...
View Article“You can lead a horticulture…
…but you can’t make her think.” So said Dorothy Parker, when challenged to use horticulture in a sentence. I guess people were wittier then than they are now. I present to you one of the things I find...
View ArticlePimp your Pontiac
It started out cloudy on the TDH this morning, but a brisk breeze from the SSW has blown them away. While it was still cloudy, this pimped out Pontiac brightened my morning. Pontiac Sunfire:...
View ArticleThe return of Detroit’s Mounted Police
Nice news. I took a day off from work today – mostly to catch up on trying to make my yard less of an eyesore. Had to spin through the hood, though, as it was a beautiful day. For those of you who...
View ArticleAretha’s Hat
Think back to last January, when President Obama was inaugurated. Aretha Franklin made a lot of noise by sporting a unique chapeau, designed and built by Detroit’s own Mr. Song. Here’s Aretha in said...
View ArticleBlessed Elephants, Polar Bears, and Atomic Dogs – TDH visits Wyoming,...
Took a rather extended loop on the Tour De Hood today. It was the same day as the Tour De Troit - which we intersected on our end stretch near Indian Village. Went our own way, as the legal eagle and I...
View ArticleSpring, Sprang, Sprocket.
Spring brings out the optimist in all of us, right? With that in mind, I set out on today’s Tour De Hood, looking for the best in all I rode by. (That’s the Sprocket to which this blog post refers.)...
View ArticleHappy 2012 from the TDH
May 2012 bring you miles of cycling pleasure, and the discovery of things you never expected to see.
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