Fake Ad Update | May 2023
Of all the things people exaggerate—the size of the fish they caught, the size of their bank...
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I Spy Update | May 2023
“The photo is a close-up of the Washtenaw County Administration Building at 220 N. Main Street,”...
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Fake Ad | April 2023
We received 140 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for “Need a Fourth?” on page 75 of the...
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I Spy Update | April 2023
“So sad!” says Amy Saalberg about March’s I Spy photo, which Marilyn Knepp identifies as “the site...
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I Spy Update | March 2023
“This is a picture of a Fingerle Lumber Co building that has been ‘reimagined’ as the Union Rec...
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Fake Ad Update | March 2023
We received only eighty-three entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for Everything in...
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Fake Ad Update | February 2023
We could write a book about everything we’ve learned from the Fake Ad contest. [Editor’s note: You...
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I Spy Update | February 2023
“The picture in the January issue is part of the old fire house,” writes first-time entrant Amy...
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Fake Ad Update | January 2023
Not many people know this, but the Fake Ad Czar’s single favorite line ever on Saturday Night Live...
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I Spy Update | January 2023
“It’s not often that I know the location right off the bat, but that’s a detail from the...
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Fake Ad Update | December 2022
One thing that’s always been great about Ann Arbor is that people like Donna Wessel Walker live...
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I Spy Update | December 2022
This “is the mural on The Standard, the new apartment building on Main Street between Packard and...
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Fake Ad Update | November 2022
We received seventy-five entries from clever Fake Adders who correctly identified the ad for the...
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I Spy Update | November 2022
“I am debating on whether to even offer my guess,” writes Dave Bicknell. “The photo looks to be of...
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Fake Ad Update | October 2022
We received 171 entries correctly identifying September’s Fake Ad for Aztec Rentals. “On page 75,...
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I Spy Update | October 2022
“‘Two down’ can only mean one thing,” says David Karl quoting September’s clue: “the second Alden...
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Fake Ad Update | September 2022
Wow, that was close! We almost reached 200 entries correctly identifying last month’s Fake Ad for...
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I Spy Update | September 2022
“I am gobsmacked!” says Melissa Barnes on learning that hers was one of only six correct entries...
Read MoreThe Manny | Fake Ad Update, August 2022
We received 173 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for “The Manny” on page 66 of the July issue. In an odd coincidence, the Fake Ad Czar (we like that spelling because it’s worth more in Scrabble, Tom Weeks) was born in...
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Joey Salamon’s Mural | I Spy Update, August 2022
“What a color sensation!” writes Sara Kitzsteiner about July’s feature. “I spy … a very large...
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