May 2018
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Trusted Advisers Provide Current Market Insight
If you’re looking for insight, ask these trusted advisors. They’re the people you can turn to with your questions, without hesitation.
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Dry Times: Looking Back 100 Years After Prohibition
Michigan’s May 1, 1918 enactment of Prohibition made Detroit the first major city to abolish alcohol. The factors leading up to the law had as much to do with political and economic machinations as with moral and social influences.
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The Gentleman’s Guide to Style
From grooming to shopping, a comprehensive directory for stylish men in metro Detroit
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Motherhood in Metro Detroit
From pre-pregnancy thoughts to developing unconditional love, several local women give a glimpse into their lives as ‘mom’
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A Prime + Proper Progress Report
Prime + Proper is one of the most beautiful new restaurants that has opened in downtown Detroit in years. There’s just no other way of saying it. It’s simply gorgeous.
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Birdie’s Something Chocolate Makes a Ganache With Panache
A treasured recipe that starred at family gatherings for years has turned into a second career for Kathleen “Birdie” Sheridan.
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Recipe: Fish Tacos with Cabbage and Jalapeño Slaw
R.J. Scherer, executive chef at the London Chop House, likes to prepare fish tacos when entertaining at home.
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Meet the Southwest Detroit Pizzeria Serving Sospeso
This pizza isn’t just authentic. It’s straight up certified. Only four months after opening in September, PizzaPlex’s fare earned the title of Vera Pizza Napoletana (VPN), or True Neapolitan Pizza, by Naples-based Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana.
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Molly’s Picks: Christine’s Cuisine and Trattoria Serventi
Hidden away in plain sight in a modest strip mall in Ferndale is this surprising little spot that is the brainchild of Chrystyna Hrynorczyk-Adams.
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The Detroit Hot Spot With Dual Personalities
While driving a stretch of McNichols Road, I noticed food-related spots from carryout joints like The Pasta Bowl to stores like Piquette Market, which has been around 50-plus years. But the most crowded spot was Sweet Soul Bistro near Schaefer Road.
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7 Michigan Breweries Worth a Trip
Those of us with day jobs can cover a lot of ground at beer festivals or stores, but in the spirit of the travel season, here are a few places worth a visit.
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Cocktail Recipe: Woodford Mint Julep
Aside from horses or perhaps outlandish hats, nothing says “Kentucky Derby” more than sipping on a Mint Julep.
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To Market, to Market
The Michigan Wine & Cider Festival debuts at Detroit’s Eastern Market on Thursday, May 24, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
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Contributors: May 2018
Hour Detroit, May 2018
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Not To Sound Like A Broken Record, But …
We’ve harped on it. We’ve daydreamed. And maybe you’re tired of hearing about it … but at press time, rumors were flying that Ford Motor Co., might buy the Michigan Central Station.
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Meet the Makers: Brian Day
Brian Day — a photographer who has lived in Detroit his entire life — says his most recent work was inspired by the desire to show a more elevated view of the city.
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Your Guide to Michigan’s Odd and Unusual Festivals
We rounded up some of the state’s most niche events, celebrating everything from fishflies to Elvis
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The Michigan Opera Theatre Pays Homage to a Negro League Baseball Legend
Kings, emperors, and even barbers have had their praises literally sung on stage over the centuries. So why not have an opera about a baseball player?
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5 Tips for Crafting Floral Designs Like a Pro
What’s most captivating this season are airy arrangements in varying shades of pink, yellow, and red as epitomized by this design by Natalia Januszewski, owner of the Utica-based studio Violet Rose Florals.
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The Way It Was – Ginsburg Branch, Detroit Public Library, 1916
The Ginsburg branch, named after Detroit Public Library board member Bernard Ginsburg, who was also a successful businessman and philanthropist of Jewish charities, opened in 1916 at 91 Brewster St.
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Stressed Out? Try Goat Yoga
Despite Seven Mile and I-75 consuming the backdrop of Pingree Farms, a nonprofit dedicated to youth education and neighborhood revitalization through agriculture, maybe seeing barnyard animals in Detroit shouldn’t be so strange after all.
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An Hour With… Candice S. Miller
Political veteran Candice S. Miller was raised on the shores of Lake St. Clair and sold sailboats before entering politics.
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Hour Detroit’s Top Dentist Party 2018
On May 9th, Hour Media held its Top Dentists party at Eddie Merlot’s in West Bloomfield. The private event celebrated this year’s honorees, who are selected after polling area dentists, orthodontists, periodontists and other specialists.