I Have a Dream

Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It's one of my favorite speeches and you never get to see the whole thing. Here it is, though, from YouTube.

Lots of ambiguity

I almost didn't get a picture of this week's snack. I need to remember to take them at home before I bring it to work.

It's a Peppermint Ice Cream Cake. Pretty yummy. I think next week is going to be mocha bread pudding. Stay tuned.

I thought I was the worst offender in the less-than-flattering-opinions-about-Hilary category, but here's Maureen Dowd again giving me a run for my money.

My friend John Ribbing has a great program going providing a flag football league for kids in a poor neighborhood of Detroit. If you love football, or kids, or both, check out the City Mission football site. It's a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

I'm still working on the Italy plans. Check out this apartment in Florence.

Italy or Bust!

I am planning to go to Italy next year, fall 2009. If anyone has any tips, I'd love to hear them. Yesterday I met with my friend Jan who was there last year. She has a great eye and took some phenominal pictures. I can't wait to go see all that myself.

One of the reasons Jan went was to see the Murano glass in Venice. She's very into glass and has a good collection. After the Italy pictures her albums had pictures of amazing glass here in the US. The hotbed here is in Washington, like this, the Chiluly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma. Who knew it even existed? The whole conversation was so facinating, time just flew by. I got into the car to go home and was astonished five hours had gone by. Thanks for the great afternoon Jan!

Sarah and Choclolate

This weekend I went to my friend Sarah's baby shower. I've known Sarah since she was a baby, so it was a little weird, but still fun. The ladies that hosted (Sarah's mom, Debbie, and our friend Jane) did a great job. Wonderful food and great fellowship.

This is Sarah opening gifts with her husband, Brian. They are having a boy. I can't wait for the little guy to get here.

Sunday my mom and I went back to The Henry Ford, specifically to see the Chocolate exhibit. It was interesting, very educational, but not what I expected.

This was interesting. It's a picture of chocolate makers at the turn of the last century making unsweetened chocolate into bars. Look at the big pile of chocolate!
I wanted to learn more about the differences between the different kinds of chocolate, what makes Callebaut Callebaut, for example. But it was much more political, Spain conquering the Mayans, etc. I know that's a big part of chocolate's history, but why exclude the other? It was still interesting.

There's lots of other cool stuff at the Henry Ford Museum.

This is my mom on the Rosa Parks bus.

This is the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot. When I was a kid, this chair was out in the open and you could touch it.

Anyway, good weekend. I am much blessed.

No Driver, I swear!

OK, I know this probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but I took this video on my way to work. I swear the car in front of me had no driver.

You can't see it very well in the video, but looking through the rear window it looked like two headrests and nothing else!

Other than that, I'm just glad it's Friday.

You Tell 'em Maureen!

I'll just let Maureen Dowd from The New York Times do the talking for me.

(Key) Lime Bars and Lipstick

Hey!

Today's snack is Key Lime Bars. I didn't actually use Key Limes, so I guess they're just Lime Bars. Still good though.

Yes, I tested them before the meeting. Quality control!

Take a look at this blogabout marketing to women. It was very interesting, but also kind of depressing. These women are a lot more excited about their day jobs than I am. Need to work on that, I guess.

Olympics and Kwame

There hasn't been much to catch my eye out there lately. The Olympics are always cool. I'm trying to find video of the USA men's swimming relay gold from last night, but I can't load it up from anywhere. Grrr.

The Detroit Mayoral Mess is sad and mystifying.

Angel Street and Raspberry Cake

Last week I was cast in a production of "Angel Street" at SRO Theatre in Southfield. I play Elizabeth, the housekeeper. We started rehearsals last night.

This is SRO. It holds about 70 seats so it's "intimate."

This is this week's snack. Raspberry swirl pound cake. Pretty good.

Hilarious!

TGIF

Vacation Bible School is great, but I'm always glad when it's done. Tonight is the last night. I have really appreciated working with my friend Amy. She knows more than I ever will about what works with kids. The other thing that has become clearer to me this week is there are a lot of boys out there who have no adult male in their lives. If you are a man and have kids, spend time with them. If you can include the kid down the street, even better.

This is part of the first grade class. Left to right, Takaia, Lyric, Dasani, Ashley and Lazaro.

It's supposed to be a great weekend in Detroit. Thank you, God, for summer.