September 2007

Paradise Restored

In Pleasant Ridge, merely going for a walk can end in a real-estate deal. Just one safe block away from their “June Cleaver” colonial, Robert Campbell and Don Daniels had their hearts stolen...

By Rebecca Powers

Banking on the White House

Mitt Romney would be the only president born and bred in Michigan. He’s rich, with donors lining up to give him even more money. And he’s spending all of his energy on winning.

by jack lessenberry // illustration by andy potts

Savor Michigan

Michigan’s best chefs are making house calls — at least their recipes are — via the pages of a new cookbook that features food from 35 of the state’s premier restaurants.

By Andrea Morabito

Good Sport

Metro Detroit’s die-hard affection for sports is a constant reminder to Katrina Hancock that she’s not in Kansas anymore. In December, when Hancock took the reins of Sports Final Edition on...

by Alexa Stanard

Getting Steamed

First String

Detroit-born jazz violin virtuoso Regina Carter is talking about Cobb’s Corner, a small club that made the corner of Cass and Willis ground zero for jazz in Detroit in the mid-1970s. It was there...

By Terry Parris Jr.

Good Moo-ve

When a restaurant closes, it’s rarely good news. But in the case of Moo Moo’s Organic Bistro, the shuttered doors on the little storefront in Grosse Pointe Park signal a big success.

by Molly Abraham

Molly’s Picks

Nero's Steakhouse & Dylan's Raw Bar & Grille

by Molly Abraham

Crime of Passion

Something else may breed contempt, but it seems that wine breeds civility.

By Christopher Cook

Plentiful Plates

Andiamo Dearborn is one of the most attractive restaurants in metro Detroit. Not that it’s apparent from the outside. But once you pull into the entrance from Michigan Avenue and have been...

By Christopher Cook

DiChiera’s Debut

At 72, Michigan Opera Theatre’s general director, David DiChiera, is a daddy. He’s sired a new opera, Cyrano, based on Edmond Rostand’s 1897 romantic tragedy, Cyrano de Bergerac.

by George Bulanda

Detroit’s Chadsey High School

by George Bulanda