From the safety of our front porch we have observed 14 years’ worth of drinking games at the house across the street. Beer bongs are so common as to be passé, but we still talk about the Olympic drinking event that involved a kiddie pool, a blindfold and a baseball bat.

Image: The downtown corner where PDIG has proposed to construct "Builiding A"

Above: West Village 2 condo townhouses, which neighbor the empty lot at issue

When the West Village 2 townhouse condos were built at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Hillcrest Avenue, the plan for the large lot just to the east was for a building that would house still more owner-occupied condos. The building was supposed to have commercial space on the ground floor and nineteen apartment-style condos above, restricted to owner occupancy.

Ann and her cat go for a mindful walk.

At City Council last night, a tense discussion broke out over City staff’s plan to hand over curatorial and managerial control of the public East Lansing art gallery, Scene Metrospace, to MSU.

Sweet Lorraine’s Mac n’ Cheez is suitable for everyone from grandparents to toddlers, and seems especially well-suited for a quick meal that isn’t junk food.

As Publisher of ELi, I am retracting four articles by Erik Altmann, including one article on the land sale charter amendment and three Council Capsules done by Altmann for ELi while I was unable to attend Council due to family issues.

As publisher of ELi and President of ELi’s Board, I would not allow someone running for Council or sitting on Council to do political reporting for us. But as it turns out, that’s what happened here.