tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post4371953137188189336..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: End of Week Mish MashYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-2938577005000908882008-03-17T22:08:00.000-07:002008-03-17T22:08:00.000-07:00Alright ladies, so I made a small typo; what I mea...Alright ladies, so I made a small typo; what I meant to say is <I>"all <B>my</B> gays"</I> . . . <BR/><BR/>Geez, one little word and the claws come out . . . <BR/><BR/>;-)lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-9412622347200466502008-03-17T22:05:00.000-07:002008-03-17T22:05:00.000-07:00Sandpiper,Are you familiar with the website "The F...Sandpiper,<BR/><BR/>Are you familiar with the website <I>"The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit?"</I><BR/><BR/>http://detroityes.com/home.htm<BR/><BR/>It breaks my heart every time I visit it.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-17985104421233345902008-03-16T20:55:00.000-07:002008-03-16T20:55:00.000-07:00Aunt Mary, You're stirring up memories. I was a fe...Aunt Mary, You're stirring up memories. I was a few steps behind you. Those were times one had to experience to truely understand. Yes, it was a revolution, wasn't it. Makes us who we are today. I still have a stained glass peace sign on my kitchen window. (Smiling.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-26371684453943222192008-03-16T18:17:00.000-07:002008-03-16T18:17:00.000-07:00Sandpiper, it's sad what happened to your home tow...Sandpiper, it's sad what happened to your home town of Detroit. I've only flown in and out of the airport, but I know it has a grand history. I was struck by your mentioning that you dressed up to go shopping. So did we. My mother, sisters and I never left the house to go to "town" without our hats and gloves. OK, so I'm old. To give you a hint: as a freshman in college I took hats in hatboxes (to wear to Mass, not class). We dressed for dinner in our dorm. We had a 9 o'clock weeknight curfew. When I graduated as a senior I left in hip hugger bell bottoms and ironed straight hair. There were cops everywhere and martial law was in force. It was a revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-83296333984257641622008-03-16T14:10:00.000-07:002008-03-16T14:10:00.000-07:00i love the poor. they have an authenticity one fin...i love the poor. they have an authenticity one finds less and less nowadays.<BR/><BR/>detroit never recovered from the racial eruptions of the 60s and the downward spiral of an auto industry thrown into sudden change when gas started becoming very very expensive and the japanese came in with better cars offering better mileage.<BR/><BR/>the wealthy white folks fled the city, and the blacks and white that were left faced unemployment due to the sagging industry.<BR/><BR/>60s detroit was the center of black culture in some ways, which was epitomized by Mowtown and such.<BR/><BR/>but as we know, even Berry Gordy wanted to head to LA and miss ross to connecticut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-1289569792399676432008-03-16T11:55:00.000-07:002008-03-16T11:55:00.000-07:00Sandpiper what I was trying to say is that I wasn'...Sandpiper what I was trying to say is that I wasn't scared,in fact it was a great adventure for me,my first time visiting the USA for the Bicentenial and my point of entry happened to be Detroit.That first contact with the poorer black residents of the city was in fact a revelation because I was blown away by the colorful,loud experience of it all and the extreme kindness shown to me by everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-16857010360960561542008-03-16T10:52:00.000-07:002008-03-16T10:52:00.000-07:00Little Buddy,I might be the only active poster her...Little Buddy,<BR/><BR/>I might be the only active poster here who understands the exact panic of Little English Boy's experience being stranded at the downtown Detroit bus station. Must have been terrifying, especially in '76. <BR/><BR/>It's my hometown, but I no longer defend it; and no longer frequent it, with the exception of visiting my beloved DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts) finally reopened and magnificent; catching a matinee at the gorgeous Fox Theatre; or having a meal at the many fantastic restaurants. It's getting there and back home to my lovely and well-distanced lakeside suburb that's terrifying.<BR/><BR/>Detroit never used to be this way. The city imploded in the early 70s...TMI to articulate here, except to say government corruption...Mayor Young elected in the early 70s...sealed the out-of-control downward spiral. As Mama expressed, it's sad, especially for the children. <BR/><BR/>I'll always have my 60s memories of a lively and vibrant downtown district. Had to dress up...wonderful high-end shops and department stores; no sense of danger. Not a trace of that remains. It's been leveled or boarded up.<BR/><BR/>There are good and wonderful people in Detroit, but there is also random gun fire, random dangerous high-speed chases endangering surrounding traffic, and hostile gangs that intimidate suburban / out-of-town visitors after dark, when straying out of the well-patrolled high visibility districts.<BR/><BR/>As for the now abandoned and/or condemned magnificent architecture once prevalent, I ache … grand plaster work, beveled windows, parquet floors with exotic wood detail, and so-so much more...now inhabited by squatters or otherwise unliveable. <BR/><BR/>Why is that? I answer my own question. Look up the newest mayor, "Kwame Kilpatrick ... text message scandal ... to learn how out of control acceptable government behavior has escalated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-25315185532063338472008-03-15T20:02:00.000-07:002008-03-15T20:02:00.000-07:00Little English Boy,What a charming story; I was br...Little English Boy,<BR/><BR/>What a charming story; I was brought up in a household where you could slip by the occasional "shit" or "fuck" but God help you if you EVER used the "N" word - Ivory soap time for sure.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-1507698964565927172008-03-15T16:38:00.000-07:002008-03-15T16:38:00.000-07:00Bisno is an evil man.Bisno is an evil man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-5576770624932197882008-03-15T16:11:00.000-07:002008-03-15T16:11:00.000-07:00The rich and their foreclosures:Entertaining but i...The rich and their foreclosures:<BR/><BR/>Entertaining but it will never happen, I knew that Bisno would get more time to catch up, he could afford a high priced lawyer.<BR/><BR/>A high priced lawyer can get you out of just about any problem and the more expensive the lawyer is, the more loopholes they know about end of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-58328366866228674992008-03-15T16:07:00.000-07:002008-03-15T16:07:00.000-07:00It's July 1976 I'm seventeen years old stranded a...It's July 1976 I'm seventeen years old stranded and lost all alone at the Greyhound bus station in downtown Detroit having lost my ticket after just crossing over the Canadian border,this is my virgin contact with urban African American culture and I'm being thrown in at the deep end.<BR/> The music,sounds,the sights,the giant cars,the clothing all coming at me like a Superfly explosion in technicolor.Was I scared?Hell no this was stimulation full on.The people could not have been kinder,a giant woman reached into her purse for a dime to call my relatives in Ann Arbor then took me to the station managers office,where on my word only a new ticket was issued and food and drink offered.<BR/> My relatives never let me go back to downtown Detroit and thought I was insane to want to go back.I wish I could have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-39723372800335240562008-03-15T15:21:00.000-07:002008-03-15T15:21:00.000-07:00I remember, as a very little kid, driving down a f...I remember, as a very little kid, driving down a freeway in Detroit with my mother. I saw a tenement building that was half burned down, laundry drying on a line from an apartment on a high floor in the non-burned part of the building. It is, to this day, a very vivid image to me. So sad. I wish I could remember my mother's explanation to my query as to why they would live in such a building. Later in life she did give me "Starving in the Shadow of Plenty" to read, which was a very sobering testimony to the plight of the poor in the US. <BR/><BR/>I do feel that many American cities are re-claiming their downtown cores from the middle class exodus to the suburbs. Thank God. <BR/><BR/>I am drinking a Grolsch and feeling schuper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-37232248695374569722008-03-15T11:36:00.000-07:002008-03-15T11:36:00.000-07:00LGB is a fun read,my penith is pidgeon puke in the...LGB is a fun read,my penith is pidgeon puke in the gutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-48883516019507751272008-03-15T11:15:00.000-07:002008-03-15T11:15:00.000-07:00my penith is a wanker.my penith is a wanker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-65295716359354782212008-03-15T10:31:00.000-07:002008-03-15T10:31:00.000-07:00yup, all us gays have been wanting Jude to be one ...yup, all us gays have been wanting Jude to be one of ours for years.<BR/><BR/>and now we can be satisfied that he's a good "daddy."<BR/><BR/>send in the fookin' clones, LGB you are a template for the term tired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-6630273804070484682008-03-15T10:29:00.000-07:002008-03-15T10:29:00.000-07:00Hi Bloomfield Hills Lady,That's too precious! Funn...Hi Bloomfield Hills Lady,<BR/><BR/>That's too precious! Funny. <BR/><BR/>By the way, is that the same famous grand piano she wouldn't pay for so it was reposessed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24675012908265676412008-03-15T10:24:00.000-07:002008-03-15T10:24:00.000-07:00Cheetos? At the piano? Ugh.Cheetos? At the piano? Ugh.Alessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219610307384386752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-59478873868112100302008-03-15T10:22:00.000-07:002008-03-15T10:22:00.000-07:00There's a funny story about Aretha that I just hav...There's a funny story about Aretha that I just have to share with you.<BR/>A few years ago she was having some trouble with her piano so she called the tuner in to look at it,when he opened it up the strings were covered in a sticky orange dust like coating that had to be cleaned off.Underneath the piano were several discarded bags of cheetos.Can you just picture her sitting at the piano stuffing herself with cheetos children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-54142280282829921172008-03-15T09:42:00.000-07:002008-03-15T09:42:00.000-07:00About a decade ago, she reportedly owed about a mi...About a decade ago, she reportedly owed about a million dollars to a couple of dozen people/companies. That is chicken feed compared to The White Lady but The Queen of Soul wouldn't pay her bills until the creditors started filing lawsuits. Supposedly the story then was she paid all her bills herself because she didn't trust anyone and she was "too busy" to pay them. This time it is supposedly an attorney's fault? <BR/><BR/>I'm guessing she just thinks everything should be comp'd. I hope those outfits she has been wearing lately have been free. Hard to imagine anyone paying for those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-78608362821782029172008-03-15T09:05:00.000-07:002008-03-15T09:05:00.000-07:00so_chic, that's a good story to tell but not a won...so_chic, that's a good story to tell but not a wonderful experience to have. I'm not surprised by Aretha's sense of entitlement. She is one of the original divas, but still...Alessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219610307384386752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-30712069285500273622008-03-15T08:41:00.000-07:002008-03-15T08:41:00.000-07:00I just googled Ms. Franklin's Detroit property. Ap...I just googled Ms. Franklin's Detroit property. Apparently it's just used for parties and functions. Here's a kicker: There was also a fire at another of her properties in Bloomfield Hills; suspected arson. This is a georgous and impeccably maintained neighborhood of high-end homes. From news accounts, fire investigators were unsuccessful in getting the Queen's cooperation, and her son was a serious suspect. Eventually the investigation was dropped. Following that mess were numerous ignored blight notices sent by the city requesting Ms. Franklin to haul away debris and garbage, tear out the tennis court, and restore the muddy vacant lot to a park-like setting. After many months, the city and neighboring property owners finally got a little RESPECT. <BR/><BR/>so_chic, how unfortunate about your experience with the jewelry loss. Seems a little like theft to me. You were a gentleman about it, but still...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-83773345347664737872008-03-15T08:18:00.000-07:002008-03-15T08:18:00.000-07:00"Many invoices were sent,no money was ever receiev..."Many invoices were sent,no money was ever receieved."<BR/><BR/>She is known for not paying her bills almost as much as she is known as the "Queen Of Soul".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-9162027075229883692008-03-15T07:56:00.000-07:002008-03-15T07:56:00.000-07:00Mr. Bisno appears to have vast amounts of cash cur...Mr. Bisno appears to have vast amounts of cash currently being released on various development projects. Surely he's not broke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-23337627395352413282008-03-15T00:50:00.000-07:002008-03-15T00:50:00.000-07:00All the gays have wanted Jude to be one of "ours" ...All the gays have wanted Jude to be one of "ours" for years; looks like we'll have to satisfy ourselves with him being a good <I>daddy . . . "</I>lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-67812455536631016802008-03-14T23:31:00.000-07:002008-03-14T23:31:00.000-07:00PCH,Looks like a great place for a wedding recepti...PCH,<BR/><BR/>Looks like a great place for a wedding reception - they ever have any there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com