Oh, what a beautiful morning!

+ 8 am along Pennsylvania Road
Brownstown, MI

Brown Wolverine Goes to White Castle

This afternoon, I found myself at the drive- thru of White Castle on the corner of Telegraph and Northline Roads in Taylor.

But unlike Harold and Kumar, I am not stoned to crave for their famous sliders.

It's just simply the most convenient place to have a quick burger fix and chicken wings on the side especially when you have not eaten lunch at 3 o'clock in the afternoon coming directly from the airport.

What I hoped to be a quick stop on the burger joint turned out to be a wait in eternity....

White Castle took almost 15 minutes for my order of the $2.99 saver sack meal and $2.99 traditional chicken wings to deliver.

Not that I would mind if it was just the first time that it happened but this is actually the second time. At first, I thought the first one was just an exception to the norm.

So, I gave them a second try and what do you know?

The staff is just so slow here that you might think that they still have to catch and dress the bird before they can get you the honey barbecue chicken wings.

My order took almost forever to be delivered that the cashier asked me to pull over on the other side of the drive thru, park and wait at the door for the food.

And then after waiting for almost an eternity, my order arrived and was delivered by a female staff who nonchalantly gave it to me without explanation or apology.

Thus, I promised myself that this will be the last time that I will ever drop by at that particular White Castle establishment.

Yes, even if they ask Harold and Kumar to invite me for some munchies, the answer will definitely be a big NO.

Subliminal message, eh?

Clueless in Detroit: Alicia Silverstone

I was walking along the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel when I heard a voice say "cut"! Some people were shooting a TV series called Detroit 1-8-7 on State St. just beside the hotel. The security people told me that I could not pass on that particular side of the street.

So, I turned around and headed back to the hotel and bumped into a familiar face at the door but didn't register. Then I realized who she was and whipped out my iPhone and took some shots on an unmade- up Alicia Silverstone clad in gray sweat pants, blue shirt & flip-flops while on her way to a film shoot for her movie Vamps just two blocks down on Griswold Street.



It could have been better if I managed to take a photo when she came out of the door while looking straight and smiling at me. Btw, I liked her in the movie titled The Crush back in the early 90s.


Alicia Silverstone (partly hidden by her PA) while talking to the lady in shades inside the SUV who turns out to be Krysten Ritter, her co- star in the film.


Alicia Silverstone (partly hidden), Krysten Ritter (with the shades) & Richard Lewis (in the passenger side of the SUV)

++Vamps will hit the big screen in 2011

Beautiful Detroit!?

"In 1950, Michigan was 1 of 8 states in America that collectively produced 36% of the world's GNP."

"Detroit was the greatest manufacturing city in the world."


Detroit native and controversial superstar - rapper Eminem paid homage to his hometown in this video of Beautiful, the fourth single from his latest chart-topping and million-selling album “Relapse.”

The said video was shot at Detroit’s famous and historic landmarks from its golden years. Now these historic buildings like the Packard Motor Car Company Plant, the Beaux- Arts train station and the original Tigers Stadium that were built prior to 1914 are nothing but shadows of their former selves.

By watching the video, one can see the sad state of the City of Detroit nowadays; down on her knees and out of luck. Detroit may recover some of her pride someday but probably will never be able to equal much less, regain her glory days. It’s sad when a once beautiful city succumbs to urban decay.

The former Packard Motor Car Company plant once the home of the elegant and beautiful Packard- Studebaker automobiles which was designed by the Architect of Detroit, Albert Kahn and was the first reinforced concrete plant in the United States is now condemned to damnation.

The Beaux-Arts train station also known as the Michigan Central Station is now a junkyard; a refuge for the homeless and a haven for criminals and dope addicts. The sounds of trains coming and going were long gone in this part of the city and so this magnificent building designed by the same architects who made the New York Grand Central Station is to be demolished soon according to some knucklehead politicians using President Obama’s stimulus money.

The Tiger Stadium was the pantheon of the Tigers’ halcyon days when they went all the way to the top of the baseball world by winning the World Series in 1968 and 1984 respectively. Roger Maris jumpstarted his quest for the historic 61 in 1961 in the same field and Babe Ruth in 1921 recorded of what is now believed to be the longest verifiable home run in major league baseball history. It was also the hallowed ground where Lou Gehrig had his final game before he succumbed to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease that eventually was named after him

The original Tigers Stadium is gone, demolished completely just this month, a sorry fate that was sealed long ago by some corrupt politicians that runs the city. The pleas and efforts to save “The Corner” from the wrecking ball by the fans and conservationists alike went for naught. And it’s funny that with a single stroke of the pen, all the records and memories were swept into the dust bin of history.