Articles tagged: smallwood
food & grocery: Michigan wine: An interview with Channing Sutton, tasting room manager at 45 North
Posted: May 01, 2012I am the first to admit I don’t know much about wine. I had always been a white wine drinker, whatever was sweet and cheap, getting the two-for-one specials to accommodate my large family at ... Read more »
column: Say no to the show: Learning to love your cheap wedding
Posted: Apr 17, 2012As some of you know, I recently got engaged. And it's wonderful. I love the giggly, first-date feelings when I put the ring on, I love my fiance, and I love our life together. It ... Read more »
column: Living with an anxiety disorder: The signs were there all along
Posted: Aug 31, 2011A history of mental illness is like a tornado warning at the bottom of the TV screen. It doesn’t guarantee a tornado, or that if there is one, it will do serious damage. Most of ... Read more »
Column: 30 Before 30: On cultivating a fighting face and fancy feet
Posted: Mar 22, 2011“You want to see me self-defend myself? Go over there and pretend to be a sexual predator. Go on, I dare you!” — Rachel on "Friends" Being a lady is complicated. After all, we’re complex ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Saying yes to Michigan
Posted: Jan 25, 2011Geography was never my strong suit in school. While I could spell the hell out of Zimbabwe, I had zero chance at giving someone directions other than a vague wave at a map and a ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Got the English degree - now what?
Posted: Jan 20, 2011The wide smile of blind panic.I don’t remember much about the day I left for college. I know my father and sister were impatient to leave and annoyed at the amount of crap I had ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Life at a funeral - from an atheist's viewpoint
Posted: Jan 05, 2011I don’t care for dead people. Whether they’re on TV, on the news, or in the same room with me: they scare me, and I’m fine with that. At funerals, I’ve always been a fan ... Read more »
The Deuce: 30 Before 30: A whole nude me
Posted: Dec 17, 2010Some people are born thin. They come from thin people, eat what they want, and never give a day’s care to the size and shape of their bodies. These people must have been very, very ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Operation: Cheeseburger
Posted: Sep 20, 2010I’m the first to admit: there are a lot of things on this list that don’t need to be. I don’t really need to speak French or dye my hair pink. Those aren’t needs. Needs ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Take dad out to the ball game
Posted: Aug 25, 2010I had never been hugely into baseball. I went to college in Boston, and the yearly feud between the Sox and Yankees wasn’t something you could easily avoid (especially in 2004—suck it, Yanks), but I ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Guns, gardens and amateur radio
Posted: Jul 23, 2010As I look over this list, I wonder if some of the items can be counted as cheating, seeing as I’ve already done them. Call me an overachiever, but the reality is I’m a victim ... Read more »
Restaurant Week: The Melting Pot offers great service, dessert--and of course, cheese
Posted: Jun 23, 2010Perhaps the difficult decision during Ann Arbor's Restaurant Week is not where to eat, but where to eat first. My family chose The Melting Pot due to a mixture of good reviews, the trendy allure ... Read more »
Top of the Shark: Free summer movies provide no-money fun
Posted: Jun 16, 2010My sister sent me a message on Facebook, as frantic as most such messages are, with the following title: TOP OF THE PARK SCHEDULE OMG!! My sister and I have long accepted (celebrated, even) our ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Where the finish line is 26.2
Posted: May 29, 2010It occurs to me that the things that normally end up on this list are rather epic. While my novel gathers dust on my desk, snickering and waiting for me to welsh on my promise ... Read more »
30 Before 30: Setting the goals, knockin' em down
Posted: Apr 15, 2010My last birthday (and its somewhat regrettable aftermath) was one of the more memorable of my life. Appropriate, since it was the last birthday of my twenties. When my next birthday rolls around, I will ... Read more »
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