Knighted

AnnArbor.com's outgoing sports editor Jim Knight was remembered Tuesday night at Conor O'neill's with a spoof video produced by colleagues Kyle Feldscher, right, and Pete Cunningham, on screen. It was filled with friendly mockery of Knight, who has accepted a job as communications manager of the Human Resources Department at the University of Michigan.

Mapping The Mind Of Ed Vielmetti

Ed Vielmetti is AnnArbor.com's lead blogger and one of its most treasured resources. A native of Michigan's U.P., he has a knack for crawling the web for hard-to-find information. His speciality is diving for details on issues that affect people's lives. On any given day, he might blog about water levels on the Huron River, how to approach a FOIA request, what neat items are found on the bulletin board at a local cafe — or he might just post some maps, lots and lots of maps. "I love maps because my family is full of geologists," Vielmetti says, "and geologists love maps as a way to describe the part of the world that's not visible on the surface."

Say Goodbye

Sending off AnnArbor.com superstars Amalie Nash, Stefanie Murray and David Jesse in style at Conor O'Neils Irish Pub on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor Friday night. The highlight of the night was Geoff Larcom's roast of Amalie and Stefanie. Watch it here.

Guitar Hero

I had about a half-hour today to net some art for a story on the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority's proposal to expand parking meter enforcement hours from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.


Tony Massey, an employee of Varsity Barber Shop on East Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, passes time by playing guitar while he waits for customers. He said customers frequently complain about the price of parking and extending meter enforcement hours would keep more people from coming downtown.


A visitor to downtown Ann Arbor uses one of the parking pay stations on Main Street. It took him about two minutes to get the machine to accept his payment. After unsuccessfully trying coins, he resorted to using a credit card. "It has a couple kinks, but it's practical," he said. "We lost a little time, but that's fine."


Customers of Conor O'Neill's Irish Pub enjoy drinks at the bar. C.W. Jensen, far left, was in town on business from Portland where he said downtown parking rates and meter enforcement hours were expanded about a year ago. "It just keeps people away from the city core, which shouldn't be happening," he said.

Red Room