If you’re reading this magazine for the first time — in your doctor’s office, for example — welcome to Hour Detroit, metro Detroit’s 30-year-old lifestyle magazine. I’ve never started an Editor’s Letter this way, but it occurred to me that one of the most common things I hear when I tell people where I work is “I just read that in my doctor’s office!”
This month, I’m revisiting a topic I wrote about in last October’s issue: How do we come up with our lists, including Best of Detroit, Best Dressed, and Top Docs? Because so many people wrote to me or told me in person that they found the explanation helpful, I thought it was worth sharing again — or for the first time, if you’re a new reader.
Each list comes together differently. Readers determine the Best of Detroit finalists and winners. In December, readers fill out our online write-in ballot with their favorite metro Detroit people, places, and things. Then, in February, they can return to vote for their favorites among the finalists — the top vote-getters from the write-in round.
The editorial staff selects Best Dressed honorees, drawing on suggestions from contributing writers, readers, publicists, and others. Look for that cover feature in our November issue.
The physicians on our Top Docs list, meanwhile, are nominated by their peers — other state-licensed physicians in metro Detroit — and then screened by Professional Research Services.
For this year’s Top Docs feature, we once again asked doctors across a variety of specialties to answer a handful of questions from our editors. In addition to gathering valuable health and wellness tips, we get a glimpse into the future of medicine when we ask about innovations in their fields. After doing these Q&As for several years, I’ve started to feel a bit like an insider (in gene therapy, for example) when I later see national headlines about medical breakthroughs stemming from research our local doctors told us about months — or even years — earlier.
Continuing with the health topic, we look at the many achievements of the Kirk Gibson Center for Parkinson’s Wellness on its one-year anniversary. And this wouldn’t be an October issue without some Halloween content. In addition to checking out the spooky events listed in our Agenda section, take a look at our articles on haunted spots in the city, the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death, and the notable Detroiters interred at Woodlawn cemetery.
This story originally appeared in the October 2026 issue of Hour Detroit magazine. To read more, pick up a copy of Hour Detroit at a local retail outlet. Click here to get our digital edition.
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