I found myself back at Great Lakes Coffee Co.
It wasn’t just tuesdaysaturday that brought me here, it was a previous discussion about rest rooms. Yes, we bloggers care about where we unload. Great Lakes labels the bathrooms according to lighting instead of gender. I like the one with better lighting! I also like not searching for and deciding between the appropriate black figure standing over braille print to determine where the aftermath of espresso and water wound up
The bathroom was of particular importance on my visit because I was drinking the double cream stout by Bell’s Brewery, (shout out to Kalamazoo), a guarantee that a pee break was in my future.
What was my plan following my pee break (in good lighting)? A bike ride, of course. I recently read that metro Detroit is experiencing a surge of bike frenzy. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve been seeing older black men bike around Detroit hoods on barely-rolling cycles faithfully since I was a kid. What’s happening is an increasing population of hipsters (who are more noticeable on bike than the usual landscape of low-income residents) to Cass Corridor have brought with them sassy and savvy bike shops with an edge that appeals to both street riders and the environmentalists communities and the residents fleeing from New York to a new urban, artistic paradise. A bike lane is planned for Woodward Avenue that will stretch to Pontiac, according to the Metro Times.
While I fear for the lives of riders used to biker-friendly drivers who give a lick about another person’s life, I am excited for the potential bike lane! So if you like to spend your other-than-Saturday-saturday pedaling from new developments, to longstanding community staples, to ruin porn (or more appropriately named – places where people used to live/work) then pedal on! And if you have finished a few pints of Bell’s, secure your helmet tightly.
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