July 2014
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Shop Hour July 2014
SHOP Hour Special Advertising Section
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Life is Better Without Pain
Pain is specific to each person, based on their perspective, so everyone’s pain is different. Metro Detroit pain specialists and other physicians offer a wide range of the latest treatments, and they can recommend the most effective options for each patient.
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Warm-Weather Weekends
Whether you reach your destination by car, Amtrak train, or plane, Detroit is the perfect hub from which to begin your trip. Where you choose to go depends on what kind of adventure you seek.
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Top Dentists 2014
VIEW THE 2014 TOP DENTISTS What if you were granted a fresh start today — a chance to turn your back on your tedious life and, instead, follow your heart to a new adventure? Wouldn’t you start the day with a smile? A gorgeous smile says you’re confident and ready to meet adventure head-on. It […]
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Tap Tour 2014
Use our handy guide to plan your customized metro Detroit ‘beercation’
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Sweet Preservation
Krema fills historical Greektown storefront with a traditional pastry bakery
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Molly’s Picks
Restaurant veteran Molly Abraham noshes around town, tracking down some top spots.
Bites
News and notes about the metro Detroit food scene from Molly Abraham and the Hour staff.
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Cheers to U.S.!
It’s official: The American market now consumes more wine than the French
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Wake-Up Call!
Midtown Detroit’s Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. is an ideal place to hang out or do some work. But it poses quite the dilemma. Do you get coffee or a cocktail? The Panacea allows you to have both. It combines coffee with rum, making for one potent libation. Some components are made in-house, such as […]
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Comfort Food, French Style
Café Felix brings a bistro ‘A’ game to A2
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Cravings
Their stylish menus are enticing enough to attract a loyal clientele of discriminating diners, but no matter how expert they are, restaurant
people like to take a break from
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High Society
Rooftop entertaining can take your party to the next level
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The Incredible Shrinking City
Just as we were putting together our cover story about metro Detroit’s changing social fabric, the U.S. Census Bureau released estimates showing that Detroit’s population fell to under 700,000 for the first time since before the 1920s. The decline isn’t new; it’s part of a continuing 60-year exodus. My parents were part of the migration, […]
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Hands-On Deck
Let Maker Faire Detroit bring out the geek in you
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Rediscovering the Garden
Transformation of the ‘worst block on Woodward’ began with a vision — and a parking lot
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British Invasion
School to train students in music education is setting up shop in downtown’s Capitol Park
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The Art of Smooth
Tony Bennett brings his classic voice and cross-generational appeal to Freedom Hill Amphitheatre this August.
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One Big Block Party
The annual Concert of Colors has morphed from a nomadic event into a festival that unites through music
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Touring the Town
A ride on an old school bus can reveal
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Detroit’s New Social Fabric
Metro area still attracts immigrants searching for a brighter future.
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Slurp’s Up
Celebrated chef Takashi Yagihashi returns to area with a ramen restaurant
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Tainted
The underlying “addiction” to tanning — the need to look a certain way — is a complex, personal matter.
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We’ve Got Mail…
Praise us or pan us, but just put it down in words. Bravos or boos, we want to hear from you.
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Déjà Food
A Jazzy Harp and a Musical Fountain
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Hot Spot: July
ANDIAMO RIVERFRONT /// People looking for an al fresco experience that includes a river view might not think of this RenCen spot, despite its name, but the spacious patio offers an unobstructed view of the river and downtown Windsor from its umbrella-shaded tables. A row of trees adds some green to the urban scene. It’s […]
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The Way It Was – Detroit Houses in the 1950s
1950 When folk singer Malvina Reynolds wrote “Little Boxes” in 1962 (a tune popularized by Pete Seeger), she was satirizing California’s tract housing “all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.” But she just as easily could have been writing about much of the post-World War II housing in Detroit […]
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Forced Labor
Michigan organizations join the battle against human trafficking.
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Michigan Bier Celebration 2014
Frankenmuth is gearing up for The Michigan Bier Celebration on July 19
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Traverse City celebrates riesling July 26-28
Inaugural event to highlight one of Michigan’s great grapes
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The faces of Michigan wine: Jan Van Maanen
Metro Detroiter’s passion for wine leads to second career up north
