Along the lines of how you found this blog and where you're from, I'd like to know about where you're from. Since I'm asking for so much, let me start by explaining how I found A Neuie Perspective (cheesy, I know) and maybe a bit about where I'm from. Over two years ago I thought about starting a blog but had no idea what to write about. I just wanted a place to put my thoughts down in writing, maybe somewhere to offer my take on everything going on around me since I didn't see my point of view represented in the blogosphere. Still, I did nothing because I didn't feel I had a catch to get people to read what I wrote. Then one night it hit me- the title of the blog. For years my friends have called me SaraNeuie and it just seemed to fit. I wasn't offering just my opinions, I was offering a new way of looking at things, a Neuie Perspective on life. Now that I had my perfect title, I was able to start... except I didn't. Because perfect title or not I had nothing I felt belonged on here. For a long time I ignored my blog, even forgot it existed briefly, and then I started going to Red Wings games last season. And taking pictures.... and wanting some way to share them with the world. Or at least the Commune that was taking shape as the bloggers and readers got closer and started forming genuine friendships.
The real catalyst, however, came in the form of Jiri Hudler. They put him on the calendar being sold in stores. For my birthday month. It just couldn't be allowed to stay that way, so I made a collage of some of my favorite pictures the way I'd done for The Scrappy Octopus a few times before and took pictures of it to share with the group. Then I remembered my poor, lonely blog and it clicked again, photo blog. That's the short (ha!) version.
Now on to where I'm from. I grew up in the hometown of Henry Ford and birthplace of Brian Rafalski, Dearborn. We're known for a lot of things in the metro area, but the main thing would have to be Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford lived here, helped set up areas of the town for his workers to live in...
like that one, taken from the passenger seat of a car, so it's not that great a view... we're also the location of the Ford World Headquarters. We have a ton of public schools, dozens more than some of the surrounding cities, as well as Henry Ford Community College and University of Michigan- Dearborn. We're also known for having the largest concentration of Arabic people outside the Middle East. That might not seem important, but it really shapes the community in terms of food, culture, music, all kinds of different ways. If you go to the East side of Dearborn, you'll see tons of stores where the writing is in Arabic first and then there's tiny English print below it. (sadly, I have no pictures of that...)
We're also the site of a Cheli's Chili (the only one with the kitchen regularly open)
You can get the best burger I've ever had at Miller's Bar...
...produce from all over the country and around Michigan at Westborn Market...
...walk around the "downtown" area, noticing all the little improvements they made to try to create a more realistic and walkable downtown (we have 3 or so pseudo-downtowns)...
...relax in one of the many local parks...
Oxford Park actually has a small ice rink/pond thing in the winter for as long as they can keep it frozen. I've never gone skating on it (can't really skate) but it's awesome to drive by and see little kids- or older kids and adults- playing hockey, practicing their shots, or just skating around.
So, now that you know more than you ever wanted to about my blog and hometown, tell me about yourself. Where are you from? How did you find this site? And, most importantly, what do you want to see on here?
