{"id":393,"date":"2013-04-26T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smzadvertising.wordpress.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2020-01-16T18:50:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T18:50:33","slug":"working-and-playing-in-the-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/working-and-playing-in-the-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Working and Playing in the D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; John Gielow, Vice President Director of Digital Strategy<\/p>\n<p>By day, SMZ lives and breathes Detroit. Whether working on Detroit gems like the <b>Tigers, Red Wings, Fisher Theatre<\/b> or the <b>Detroit Goodfellows<\/b>, we\u2019re all in. \u00a0As we participate in what we all believe to be a great comeback story, many of us embrace and support the city outside the walls of SMZ as well.<\/p>\n<p>As an avid cyclist for 25 years, I\u2019ve experienced a lot on the roads after 100,000 miles.\u00a0 I ride with the O2\/Cadieux Bike Club and as the name suggests, this club\u2019s roots are in Detroit, founded at the Cadieux Caf\u00e9 in Detroit in 1965.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-401\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-1.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today most of our club rides are based in Metro Detroit, yet within the past couple of years there has clearly been a movement to include rides to downtown Detroit.\u00a0 We start those rides from <b>Biggby Coffee<\/b> in Birmingham (great coffee by the way) work our way downtown to Belle Isle and end up at some of our favorite establishments like <b>Astros Coffee<\/b> on Michigan Ave. or <b>Avalon International Breads<\/b> just off Cass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/CF6B2861-044C-4194-877D-320BE7D12367\/application.pdf\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/42A5E489-9F83-4203-BF86-1DF5BECF85BB\/application.pdf\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/F37F7346-CAD5-430E-AD99-33C081FFF67C\/application.pdf\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-402\" alt=\"Untitled-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-2.jpg\" width=\"132\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-403\" alt=\"Untitled-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-3.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smzadvertising.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/482788_444778622266821_155009362_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image\" id=\"i-396\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"http:\/\/smzadvertising.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/482788_444778622266821_155009362_n.jpg?w=650\" width=\"234\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-404\" alt=\"Untitled-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/untitled-4.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we ride through the city, many residents wave and express support, some surprised to see a group of 20 cyclists coming down their street.\u00a0 On one recent ride, a kid no older than 14 was out on his barely rideable bike with no brakes (used his shoes to stop).\u00a0 He saw us coming and jumped on to ride with us for several miles.\u00a0 I could see the excitement in this kid\u2019s eyes as we may have been his first opportunity to experience a group ride.\u00a0 I also thought, give this kid a real bike and he\u2019d probably dust us all.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, cycling through Detroit might not seem like much.\u00a0 But by connecting with some of the residents and patronizing some great small businesses, we feel like we\u2019re helping bridge the gap in supporting the city we love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; John Gielow, Vice President Director of Digital Strategy By day, SMZ lives and breathes Detroit. 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