During National Bike to Work Week, we figured it was time to confess something important: We ride around Ann Arbor on bicycle wheels all the time. Our cart, a beauty made by Worksman in Queens, N.Y., is outfitted with two heavy duty bicycle wheels. They only need inflating once a year. And it makes pushing
Summer’s sweet opportunities to give back
Summertime in Ann Arbor has such beauty, such a lot of sweetness. Yet all the fun and good times don’t come without a lot of work – and a lot of support. Mity Nice tries to be a good citizen by donating Italian ice to charities. We donate to more than a dozen fundraisers and
Circling in on our Mysterious Sunday event
The last Second Sunday of the season is fast approaching and there’s still so much you don’t know about it. That, my friends, is because it’s called All Things Mysterious. And so there are mystery guests aplenty, some of them may even show up magically and entertain us. Others may want you to guess their identity.
Tipping in favor of a good cause
The tip jar has become a staple at restaurants and cafes and food trucks, as common as hot sauce at a Mexican restaurant or waffle cone at an ice cream shop. Yet for a long time, the owners of Mity Nice resisted having one out. It seemed too much like like begging. For perhaps two
It’s a Mystery who will show up at the last Second Sunday of the year
It’s called All Things Mysterious, this upcoming special day at the Mity Nice cart and the Sunday Artisan Market. And it will be a day full of surprises and mysteries, with some magic thrown in for good measure. Yet it started out as a place holder or maybe a joke, when the Mity Nice crew first
Blue moon – dogs, students and dancing this week
The summer’s fun continues to run. We have a busy week here at Mity Nice, and we’re really looking forward to seeing friends back from vacation and students and staff back to U-M and other local universities. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s up with us: Thursday, Aug. 30 – We’re heading to Main Street around
Second Sunday: Books are Beautiful
Anyone who knows Vickie knows she adores books and reading. She considered becoming a librarian (and chose another wordsmith occupation – journalist / freelance writer – instead). And she started the Mity Nice Stories on the Steps near our cart, and hopes to continue it for a long time. So our next Second Sunday event,
More fun with farmers, fairies, dancing and dogs
Every month, on the Second Sunday, we organize and hold a special event at the Sunday Artisan Market, part of our effort to bring more people to see the beauty and savor Kerrytown (and our Italian ice.) This weekend is our Fairies & Fairy Door Festival, and it is jammed with joyful activities. We hope
Our new fairy door
Shhhhhhh. Today, we’re giving you sneak peak at our second fairy door, which was created for us by Master Tinkerer Bob Simmons, of Fairy Hill Woodworksin Ann Arbor. (He’s at the Sunday Artisan Market, one of a handful of vendors with fairy items for children and adults and fairies to take home). Ours is one
Fairy games, crafts and fun coming Aug. 12
Fairy Photo If you’ve never seen a fairy in Ann Arbor, perhaps it’s time you started hanging out at the Mity Nice cart. They like to stop by around dusk, and play a few games and pick up an itty bitty Italian ice to take home to their brothers and sisters. Or better yet, come
