May 2012

Guest-room Design Ideas and Etiquette Tips

Three well-designed guest rooms illustrate how attention to detail, little luxuries, and tactile furnishings invite visitors to settle in and stay awhile.

By Rebecca Powers

Honor & Folly Bed & Breakfast in Corktown

A tiny Detroit inn illustrates, how attention to detail, little luxuries, and tactile furnishings invite visitors to settle in and stay awhile

By Rebecca Powers // Photographs by Cybelle Codish

Travel: Islands of the Great Lakes

There’s no need to head to Bermuda or the Aegean to go island hopping. The Great Lakes have plenty of isles waiting to be explored.

By Mark Kurlyandchik /// Illustrations By Regan Dunnick

Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit Welcomes All

Ferndale’s MCCD fosters fellowship in the LGBT community

By Emell Derra Adolphus // Photographs by Paul Hitz

WW II-era Boxcar Comes to Holocaust Memorial Center

Metro Detroiters will have the opportunity this fall to experience one of the Holocaust’s most tangible relics.

By Alexa Stanard

Six New Books for May

The Art of Cooking Morels, Detroit: A Biography, The Skeleton Box, The Michigan Companion, The Light Between, The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton

By Hour Detroit Staff

Remembering Detroit Architect Charles Agree

The elegant style of Detroit architect Charles Agree is remembered in a tour of some of his most storied buildings

By George Bulanda

After 50+ Years, Streetcars Could Come Back to Woodward

The last streetcars in Detroit screeched to a halt in 1956, but some planners and developers say it’s time for them to return

By Mark Kurlyandchik

Kidney Transplant Patient Shares His Story

In life, there really is such a thing as a second act, as one man’s experience of waiting for — and receiving — a kidney transplant proves

By Jim McFarlin

Bill Ford Jr.'s New Venture

In his new venture, Bill Ford Jr. taps into the power of technology to help solve global issues related to traffic congestion, pollution, and inefficient transit

By Tom Murray

Arts and Entertainment

Letters from the Readers: May 2012

Praise us or pan us, but just put it down in words. Bravos or boos, we want to hear from you.

A Thousand Islands

It’s said no man is an island, but all around us are islands of our own creation, mostly as a means to define and reflect our character and perceived worth.

By Rebecca Powers

Belle Isle Ferry Dock, 1910

THE WAY IT WAS

By George Bulanda

Contributors: May 2012

Cybelle Codish, Jim McFarlin, Stephanie Potts