We’ve Got Mail… November 2008
Praise us or pan us, but just put it down in words. Bravos or boos, we want to hear from you.
We’ve Got Mail… December 2008
Praise us or pan us, but just put it down in words. Bravos or boos, we want to hear from you.
Seeing the Light
From the time we’re young, we resist darkness.
Arts & Entertainment
December 2008
Get Back to Basics
Reduced budgets force smarter decisions. Like a simmering sauce reduced to its piquant essence, less is more in a number of regards.
Beware of Speed Traps
One could argue that hurrying buys time. It seems to me, however, that the more you cram into your days, the faster time flies.
A Cast of Characters
We tend to think of landscape as trees and buildings, hills and sky. But people are part of the panorama. Every morning, the sun calls “action,” and we step into view on cue.
A Concrete Concept
Summer sidewalks and driveways invite congregations the way kitchens do during indoor months. And the concrete conversations that spring up are the essence of neighborhood.
Living Our Legacies
Legacy dogs our existence. How many of us leave a memory based on what we do apart from children and career?
The Best of Times
It's a fact of adult life that we're always trying to recapture a bit of pure childlike joy, which explains the appeal of our annual Best of Detroit feature.
Mother Knows Best
Mom is one of those word trends that talking heads latch onto and perpetuate, like saying "gone missing" instead of vanished or disappeared.
Sun and Shadow
Misery doesn’t love company. Despite what prevailing wisdom tells us, misery wants some good news.
Cars: Fuel for Thought
In the car world, there’s “aftermarket,” (the auto industry term for the lucrative business of post-purchase upgrades). And then there’s aftermarket, the eccentric stuff owners do to modify their personal transportation.
Wishing & Hoping
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes. And, between the covers of Hour Detroit, thats' literally true. Each one of our oversize pages can accommodate 1,000 words of print.