C'est le ton qui fait la musique.

fuckyeahtattoos:

jasonrobertballard:

So I heard about this story at a Zumbathon I attended this weekend. To my understanding, a 3 year old was bit by a pit bull and needs facial reconstruction surgery. The community however isn’t doing a very good job at helping because the mother and father of the child have a lot of tattoos.

All I could think when I heard this was - Tumblr wouldn’t stand for that.

Here is the link to the news story and to the fundraising site, please signal boost :)

Boosting the signal.

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tellhimtoshrug:

Are you a Michigan resident of Wayne, Macomb, or Oakland county? Then August 7 vote “yes” to pass a millage to support the Detroit Institute of Arts. 

This is a dire situation. If this millage does not pass, the DIA will probably not make it another five years. One of the best art museums in the entire country will be lost.

If it does pass, the museum will be financially set for the next ten years. It will probably open six days a week (instead of the five it currently does). More money means more acquisitions, more exhibitions, and more public programming. 

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Downtown Detroit Days

Along with the opening of the new Somerset Collection City loft at 1261 Woodward Ave., Somerset and Quicken Loans are pleased to announce the return of Downtown Detroit Days!

Inspired by the original event, which began in the 1950s, Downtown Detroit Days (DDD) will transform the empty lot, once home to J.L. Hudson’s, into a vibrant marketplace featuring the best Detroit and Michigan based brands. Local artists and entertainers will also be on hand to create the ultimate downtown shopping experience.

June 28 - 30 / July 26 - 28 / August 16 - 18

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beenwandering:

Detroit’s Coney Dog premieres in West Hollywood

It was just before noon today, and a line of characters, many of them dressed in U-M, MSU, Red Wings and Lions and other Detroit-themed garb, were wrapped around the corner on Sunset Boulevard, waiting for a little Motor City flavor in the heart of movie-making country.

The reason for the excitement was the opening day for the 100-seat Coney Dog, a new Detroit-themed restaurant that has set up shop on one of Hollywood’s most well-known drags, next to Whisky a Go Go rock club and just down the street from the Chateau Marmont, a longstanding celebrity haunt.

Detroit-styled coneys, loose burgers, Sanders, Stroh’s and Faygo are all on the menu, and before it even opened the restaurant became a social-media rallying point among former Michiganders now living in the Los Angeles area.

Admitting to first-day jitters was Birmingham-born Mike Binder, the actor-writer-director who owns the restaurant with several other Michigan-connected big shots, including comic-actor Tim Allen, director Sam Raimi and Detroit Red Wing Kris Draper.

“It feels like the night before I shoot a movie. I hope nothing goes wrong,” said Binder, who greeted restaurant patrons and made sure they were enjoying their dogs. “It’s like making a movie because of all of the attention to detail. I had bun steamers flown in from Michigan, I toured the hot dog factories … even got the right silverware. We wanted to do it right.”

The inside will look familiar to ex-pats. The 100 seats are a mixture of booths, bar seats and long communal tables, a layout not unlike Lafayette Coney Island in Detroit. There are photos of famous Michigan coney locations. Four large flat screens hang on the walls — many in the opening-day crowd said they’d be back later this week to watch the Detroit Tigers, who will be in town for a series against the Dodgers.

Binder said because of health inspection issues, it was unclear if the restaurant was going to open as planned today, a soft opening geared primarily for those who had connected with the restaurant through Facebook. “But then they gave me the go ahead to open and I thought it was going to be a slow week. Then I thought, ‘Oh my gosh! The Tigers play this week!’ It’s going to be nuts, but clearly this is all meant to be.”

Dave Kensler, 33, of White Lake Township, was first in line with his wife Tiffani Kensler, 30, of Detroit.

The two have lived in Studio City for almost 8 years, and usually make a coney stop when they visit Michigan. They got in line almost two hours before the restaurant opened — Dave wore a Tigers cap and a MSU hockey T-shirt; Tiffani wore a U-M tee. They are alums of the rival universities and met and married in Michigan.

“I love it. I miss coneys; I miss Detroit in general. It’s almost like a little oasis of Detroit here in West Hollywood,” Dave Kensler said. “It’s not only the coneys, but it’s the Vernors and the Stroh’s and the Faygos and people who are calling it pop.” And as for how they taste?

“It feels like home,” Kensler said, piercing the air with his fist and talking around a bite of his coney dog.

This is making me cry happy tears of awesome, I just want everyone to love Michigan stuff. I hope it does well, I hope it makes it. I don’t understand restaurants outside of my state because they don’t have local coneys. I’m always saying, “But then were do you go out to eat?!” to my out of state friends (they always answer with a national chain restaurant! Bah!).

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greatlakesstate:

These days the word “movement” is often heard to describe the influx of socially aware hipsters and artists now roaming the streets of Detroit. Not unlike Berlin, which was revitalized in the 1990s by young artists migrating there for the cheap studio space, Detroit may have this new generation of what city leaders are calling “creatives” to thank if it comes through its transition from a one-industry.

With these new residents have come the trappings of a thriving youth culture: trendy bars and restaurants that have brought pedestrians back to once-empty streets. Places like the Grand Trunk pub, Raw Cafe, Le Petit Zinc and Avalon Bakery mingle with shops with names like City Bird, Sole Sisters and the Bureau of Urban Living.

Those familiar with past neighborhoods-of-the-moment recognize the mood. “It feels like TriBeCa back in the early days, before double strollers, sidewalk cafes and Whole Foods,” said Amy Moore, 50, a film producer working on three Detroit projects. “There is a buzz here that is real, and the kids drip with talent and commitment, and aren’t spoiled.”

Everyone needs to see this.  No bully realizes how their bullying affects the bullied for the rest of their lives.  I’ve lived it.  Stop the bullying.  This is an epidemic.

loveforfashion:

No one, and I mean no one deserves this.

Everyone needs to watch this and reblog.

http://thebullyproject.com/

Thats too great!

veggie-runner:

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catsalwayslandontheirfeet:

happyhealthyhippy:

Meanwhile, in Australia:

A possum broke into a bakery and ate so many pastries it couldn’t move. This is how they found him!

Moderation, Mister Possum!! Moderation.

LOL. This is exactly how I feel after I stuff myself full of junk!

OMG I needed this on my blog today

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detroitlives:

The project is currently in 13th place and needs to be in the top ten in order to receive a $50,000 grant from Pepsi. Vote!

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