w v w v v 0 w w elA iic h i g a rF-l a i I -- Tj r, Li rs cia y A p r d 110 2 () 0 3 The Safe Sex Store's owners says her enterprise is just like any other shop, b Selling sex The Safe Sex Store isn't your typical Ann Arbor shop- around-the-corner. A conversation with ownersBeth Karmeisoolmakesthisobvious in notime. Herwelcoming attitude is an instant relief as you walk through the door, and she can make you feel comfortable whether you're talking about an upcoming exam or rotating vibrators, But she doesn't just relate to college kids, she actually is one - she's a student at the University's School of Public Health. Perhaps because of this, Karmeisool believes it is her responsibility to inform, empower and educate her clientele about sexual health issues. PHILIP GUICHELAAR I DAILY STAFF WRITER "You know what's really funny? We sell more products when the football team wins. It's so funny because I'm always at the game, and that TV out in the main store plays the games - football, basketball, hockey -oh yeah, we've got the games on. When a football game's on and we're winning, we know we've got to get ready because after the game, people are in a good mood, and they're going to be out and about." .. . ......... ... .. ............................ ,.. ... .. . ... ... ......... ... ... ... .. .. "We're just a normal store. Yes, we sell personal care items but we are a normal store. The biggest difference between walking into a drugstore and coming to our store is that you're going to get the infor- mation that you need about your sexual health here." "Back in Royal Oak, I thought maybe I would have to worry about a CHANEL VON HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN/Da'y protester or whatever. I really did think that I might have those issues, 'ut you won't find its products at Wal-Mart. and I would have to make sure that I had my stats soI could say, 'Look, what we're trying to do is really reduce this problem.' But even in Royal Oak, they were very welcoming, and I would have parents bring their children, adolescents, to the store to have a conversation with me because they themselves were uncomfortable with certain issues so they would have them come and talk to me." "This is normal. We are all sexual beings. And what we are trying to put forth is the educational side. Because of the reputation of the store and the reputation of not only myself, but the employees - the custom- ers, the city, the professors on campus - they know what we're about, and they are confident that we are putting forth the correct, consistent information regarding sexual health. In fact, many of the gynecolo- gists and doctors around the area do send people to us" "When it comes to this region [indicating her waist area], nobody addresses it. Yet this region can cause havoc on ourtlives, even as simple as - and I'm saying this simply - like contracting gonorrhea or chlamyd- ia, you think that it's treatable, that you just need to go get an antibiotic and that you'll be fine. Well, not necessarily. People don't realize that a mistake that you might make can have serious consequences. We're all mortals, we are living our lives, we're going along and having unpro- tected sex even that one time could lead to something, and if you don't get that taken care of it can have drastic consequences in your life's path. So that's all that we're doing, we're just talking about it." { A Need More u Space? _a LOFT BEDS TWIN-FULL-QUEEN 866-739-2331 CllegeBedLofts.com Once you make it in the door, the Jug has no equals After a year or two of waiting in line for hours in the freezing cold to flash your 23-year-old fake from Delaware to the bouncers at classy, under-age haunts, you've decided you want more out of your bar expe- rience. No longer do you wish to wade through crowds of blacked-out fresh- men and witness the debauchery that accompanies them every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. No lon- ger can you stomach watered down gin and tonics and crappy domestics served too cold. You've made up your mind: You're moving up to the Brown Jug. The moment you step inside the Jug's friendly tavern-like interior, you know right away you've made the right decision. Granted, depend- ing on the night, getting inside can be half the battle, considering the Jug's notoriously slow lines. But once inside, you soonlearnthat the Jug is pretty damn small. Some call it "cozy." Because, as everyone knows, "cozy" means mobs of ran- dom drunk people leaving you unable to move as the sweat dripping off the guy next to you lands inyour lager. Named after the Little Brown Jug given out to the winner of the Michi- gan-Minnesota football game each year, the Jug is also the best place to go to reaffirm your faith in the maize and blue. Snapshots and clippings of past triumphs from Michigan sport- ing history adorn the Jug's walls. And nothing gets you more fired up than singing along with the Michi- gan fight song as it blares out of the bar's speakers at last call on football Saturdays. Unlike Scorekeepers and Touch- down's, the Jug has the sort of mel- low atmosphere where no one will ever judge you for wearing your old, high school sweatpants to the bar. And make your moves with confi- dence, the lights are bright enough there that you won't come home with something you might drag out of the basement on a Thursday night at Rick's. CHANEL VON HABSBURG-LOTH RINGEN/Daily The Brown Jug was named after the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Michigan-Minnesota football game. Jerusalem GardenI Thursday, Aprii 10, 2008 -- The Michigan Daily 3BM The Brown Jug Andy Kroll IDaily Staff Writer T bei At tl the Un for Mi, block s to prov craving ma. Th sets its low-pa on Fif and W unlike rant in. At f den see Arbor the got was ful was ch ing war of plac of Stat' Peter Schottenfels I Daily Staff Writer he and dimly lit, but when the shell of he seating may cold weather is lifted, the patio is cramped but the one of the best places to have a long lunch with friends. Jerusalem Gar- food never den is one of those restaurants that reminds you why you actually do like disappoints Ann Arbor, despite its endless win- ters, unavoidable puddles and smug, earthy locals. he very least, four years at Simply put, Jerusalem Garden's iversity should breed a taste food deviates from the traditional ddle Eastern cuisine. Every style of other Middle Eastern res- eems to have a restaurant taurants. For instance, the meat 'ide relief to your insatiable isn't skewered but grilled, giving gs for hummus or shwara- their non-vegetarian sandwiches a is is one spot, however, that texture. If you are vegetarian, the elf apart. Located in a yel- falafel plate is a filling meal with inted, box-shaped building three falafel patties, soup or salad th Street between Liberty and rice pilaf or mjaddara. Any dish illiam, Jerusalem Garden is at Jerusalem Garden offers a distinc- any Middle Eastern restau- tive take on familiar Middle Eastern Ann Arbor. foods. It's also the only restaurant irst glance, Jerusalem Gar- within walking distance of campus ins like the prototypical Ann to offer authentic Turkish coffee restaurant, reminiscent of with cardamom. od old days when Treetown Jerusalem Garden is a special 11 of bookshops, Zingerman's place that serves memorable, yet eap and the people protest- inexpensive meals. The wait-staff 's were under 30. It's the type is friendly and the atmosphere is e that you can only find west relaxed but intimate. But, if you go, e Street. The inside is small go for the food. Jerusalem Garden is hot spot even though it's a few minutes from the main drag of State Street.