Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 671 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5
| Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 7:52 pm: | |
I realize that that tanning may not be a hot business idea in a community that is largely African-American, but I am going on vacation in a few weeks and need a starter tan. Where is there a tanning salon or tanning bed downtown? Someone mentioned the new day-spa downtown, but spas don't usually have tanning beds?!? |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 4705 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 141.213.175.233
| Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:29 pm: | |
Does the new YMCA have tanning beds? |
Machoken Member Username: Machoken
Post Number: 1143 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.85.155.145
| Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:33 pm: | |
Sorry, I only carry hundreds. |
Rosedaleken Member Username: Rosedaleken
Post Number: 139 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.43.122.151
| Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:35 pm: | |
^^^ Terrible... lol |
Machoken Member Username: Machoken
Post Number: 1144 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.85.155.145
| Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:36 pm: | |
Thanks Kan. |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 512 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.53
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 6:45 am: | |
Gambling man, Some spa's have tanning. For example, I own a Spa in the suburbs and we also have tanning (actually, tanning is our biggest draw). Anyway, we have been considering a small salon in the downtown region, because it is missing. problem is, the demographic is just not big enough to allow a decent sized salon to cover the rent (which is quite high). We're looking for the right mix of business to be successful. Anyway, to answer your question, I know the fitness center in the Suites Hotel (across from Ren Cen) has tanning beds. I don't know how you can get in to use them without being a memeber, though. You can always ask at the fitness center desk. I would also wonder if the YMCA has them. I haven't been in there since they opened. Good luck and let everyone know what you find. I'm curious, because I haven't found much in the Downtown area, either... |
Blondy Member Username: Blondy
Post Number: 983 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.73.195.77
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:29 am: | |
My name is Liz and I am a tanorexic. There is no decent tanning bed downtown. You must drive to the burbs. There probably are some decent ones near your house, but I recommend UltraTan on 10 Mile and Telegraph. Or South Beach on Mack in Grosse Pointe. Not sure how often you make it into the Well, but one of the owners there did, and my still, own a tanning salon. It is the blond owner always decked out in sporting gear. Good luck! |
Spidergirl Member Username: Spidergirl
Post Number: 165 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.77.247.130
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:48 am: | |
Good call on Ultra Tan, Blondy. I got 5 times in the stand-up for only $35...pretty good deal. |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1201 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:45 am: | |
abacotan.com This is a very nice tanning salon located at: Abaco Tanning & Spa 30969 5 Mile Road Livonia, MI 48154 They are opened until 10pm and have some of the most powerful tanning beds in the area. This establishment is owned by Detroiters who promote Detroit and businesses in Detroit. |
Supersport Member Username: Supersport
Post Number: 9932 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.118.137.226
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:51 am: | |
Cafe, We are at war with Livonia, didn't you get the memo? |
Merchantgander Member Username: Merchantgander
Post Number: 1652 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 150.198.150.244
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:52 am: | |
Cafe how could you suggest that he get a tan outside of the city proper. Anti-Detroiter, why don't you just pick up and move out of the city. |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1202 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:59 am: | |
I still own a shitload of property in the city. And, these guys own a shitload of property in the city. Also...we haven't identified a tanning salon in the city. I may wake up on another continent, but my taxes are still paid in Detroit. |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1203 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:15 am: | |
SS, Get me some coffee and send me that damn memo. |
Merchantgander Member Username: Merchantgander
Post Number: 1653 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 150.198.150.244
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:19 am: | |
Café, it was sarcasm |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1204 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:21 am: | |
I know...just getting spunky. |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 519 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.53
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 10:24 am: | |
Cafe Rocks! And she's got the inside scoop on this place! |
Fiesty1 Member Username: Fiesty1
Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 64.141.144.2
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:03 am: | |
Perhaps Abaco can be spared in the war with Livonia, as its owners are clearly Detroit sympathizers. Cafe, we miss your spunk over here....and your coffee. I've taken up drinking as a substitute. My liver hates you. |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1205 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:10 am: | |
I did receive the memo, but the coffee hasn't arrived yet. In light of new information, I would like to take this time to beg for Abaco Tan. Please spare this salon, with its big tanning beds,nail stations and soon to be offered, massages. ( I hear the chicks are hot, and the guys have great 6 packs). Fiesty1...Let's see, you used to drink coffee, now you drink spirits. I need a couple more clues to put a face with the code name. Do you tan? Do you know the owners of Abaco tan? I think Gambling man would like tanning there. |
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man
Post Number: 672 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:20 am: | |
If the chicks we're hot, I'd probably think hell was a country-club......SS, what about Powerhouse Gym? I took a tour of the YMCA, but I don't at all recall tanning beds.......None over by Wayne State? |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1206 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:28 am: | |
Oh, my Pasty little friend, if Blondy doesn't know of a tanning salon in Detroit, I doubt you are gonna find one. I could be wrong, but do you want to take that chance? Now get to Abaco tan! |
Skulker Member Username: Skulker
Post Number: 3649 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.103.104.93
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:34 am: | |
quote:I know...just getting spunky.
Oh my. I guess that does happen when you grind the beans, though. (Message edited by skulker on March 10, 2006) |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1207 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:38 am: | |
YOu should be going to a salon too Skulk. You will be in those short sleeve little blouses soon, and we want to show those pythons off in the best light right? Get a massage while you are there, you seem tense. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 6958 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:41 am: | |
I believe that we need to look into which side the tanning salon owners are really supporting. I am thinking that they are Livonia sympathizers. Let's look at the facts: 1. Claim to live in Detroit but there is always talk about being in Germany. 2. Owns a business in the suburbs to support the economy there which can only help build up their war machine. 3. Of all businesses they choose to create a business in the whitest city in America (over 100K) that makes the people look darker. Could this be a training ground for Livonia spies. The first step, 20 tanning sessions. I smell a rat. I suggest Zulu set up some surveillance on DetroitDuo, or should I say LivoniaDuo? |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 521 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.53
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:49 am: | |
LOL! let's look from another perspective: 1) living in Germany, but still paying taxes to Detroit. 2) overexposure to UV could be a factor in skin cancer (supporting or infiltrating?) Think Trojan Horse. 3) Even the whitest person in Livonia with a tan from those fabulous beds wouldn't pass as native in Detroit. If you want surveillance, you'll need a satellite camera.... :-) |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1208 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:51 am: | |
No, the camera is already set up. |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 6960 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:01 pm: | |
My rebuttal: 1) living in Germany, but still paying taxes to Detroit. - Possibly subsidized by the Livonia government. A small price to pay to have an upper hand on the enemy. 2) overexposure to UV could be a factor in skin cancer (supporting or infiltrating?) Think Trojan Horse. - I suspect that the sovereign nation of Livonia has many allies in outlying suburbs. Suburbs such as West Bloomfield probably has an abundance of Dermatologists. A small price to pay to support your nation. 3) Even the whitest person in Livonia with a tan from those fabulous beds wouldn't pass as native in Detroit. - So says the enemy spy. Your propoganda will not work Duo. You have been outed (no pun intended) and are under surveillance as a Livonia sympathizer. |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 522 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.53
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:02 pm: | |
*gasp* I'm not sure what to say...... Anyway, Jt1, next time you're in to tan, just wave to the back wall and say HI! We are always watching over the internet! :-) |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 6961 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:04 pm: | |
quote:Anyway, Jt1, next time you're in to tan, just wave to the back wall and say HI! We are always watching over the internet! :-)
Why would I tan. My extreme whiteness works perfectly for my surveillance role for the City of Detroit. I can go to any mall or store and gather data on the enemy without being detected. If someone is catching on I just break into a dance then they are put at ease and certain that I'm a true Livonian |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 524 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.53
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:09 pm: | |
LOL! damn, it just kills me that I don't know who you are... even though you offered to go to see Wicked with me when I came back this winter... and to no avail... |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 6962 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:11 pm: | |
Wicked tickets go on sale April 1. |
Fiesty1 Member Username: Fiesty1
Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 64.141.144.2
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:30 pm: | |
Wicked? woo hoo. What a freaky book. Interested to see how it was translated! Cafe, cafe, cafe....DetroitDuo is the hottest duo in the city (or 'burbs, for that matter). |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1209 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.34.40
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 1:09 pm: | |
GIVE ME MORE CLUES! |
Newman Member Username: Newman
Post Number: 48 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 192.152.100.150
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 1:23 pm: | |
If café runs out, I will be glad to give her some of my "spunk"! Tee Hee... |
Fiesty1 Member Username: Fiesty1
Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 64.141.144.2
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 1:31 pm: | |
You find me hotter than any guy I know. ;-) |
Fiesty1 Member Username: Fiesty1
Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 64.141.144.2
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 1:34 pm: | |
Than any guy I know finds me, that is. I am under no illusion that I can compete with Mr. Cafe for your attention. |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 497 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.255.166.57
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 4:06 pm: | |
HI CAFE`, We miss you at the Ren Cen! Please send your e-mail address to me - natural@sister.com. I have some JS updates. later - naturalsister auf Wiedersehen! |
Blondy Member Username: Blondy
Post Number: 984 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.42.176.44
| Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006 - 7:44 pm: | |
Natural Sister, Was that you working at the Style COuncil today this afternoon? I heard a woman say "Detroit Yes" something as I was walking out, but did not stop to say :hi" if it was you. That is a nice store! |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 529 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.56
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 7:05 am: | |
I love the Style Council! They have some awesome clothes for men and women. Did some Xmas shopping there.. Ok, now I am curious who Fiesty1 is.... (thanks for the compliment, but I doubt it's accurate. *wink*) Jt1, I doubt I will make it back in time to see Wicked. I now have to go to Japan and work is getting too busy. But I am glad to know I am being watched. I will have to make sure I'm not walking around in less than my underwear... hahahaha. |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1210 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.28.70
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 7:28 am: | |
Natural Sister, I will send you an e-mail right now! Detroitduo...I think Fiesty1 might just be the owner of those great boobies we were talking about this weekend. I will e-mail that person and let you know! |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 532 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.56
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 9:01 am: | |
Oh yea... btw, I didn't say great... I said "AWESOME"! So, Fiesty1... you were thought of during our freezing walk through Cafe's cute little town (where everything closes at 2pm on Saturday). Were your ears burning? |
Fiesty1 Member Username: Fiesty1
Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 64.141.144.2
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:05 am: | |
You guys rock. You sure know how to make a girl feel good from 6 time zones away! Something was burning. :-) I MISS YOU ALL!!! |
Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 535 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 194.138.39.56
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:10 am: | |
*cringe* I HOPE only your EARS were burning.... LOL We miss you, too! uhm... OK, what was this thread about? OH, YEA! TAN AT ABACO TAN!!! |
Cafe Member Username: Cafe
Post Number: 1215 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 84.162.41.239
| Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 12:00 pm: | |
So, was there any tanning? |