Daily Archives: July 18, 2012

Pig & Whiskey Gets Ferndale Full!

All Stories, UncategorizedBy Crystal Proxmire, Editor and Publisher July 18, 2012

With the lure of great local bands, multiple styles of BBQ, and plenty of booze to wash it down, The Pig & Whiskey festival brought over 10,000 people to Downtown Ferndale on Saturday alone. Sizable crowds attended Friday and Sunday as well. The massive event, put on by Metro Times, The Woodward Avenue Brewers and The Emory, took place July 13, 14, and 15, 2012.

It’s Okay to Fail…

All Stories, UncategorizedBy Crystal Proxmire, Editor and Publisher July 18, 2012

By celebrating failures rather than criticizing them, we encourage more people to try new things, learn from their mistakes, and try again. So, how do we turn failure into a badge of honor rather than a mark of shame? That’s the hard part.