September 2007
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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.
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Detroit’s Chadsey High School
Chadsey High opened on Columbus Day, 1931, which served as the inspiration to name its athletic teams The Explorers and its yearbook The Compass.
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Paradise Restored
New owners breathed renewed life into a neglected 1920s bungalow-style home with a rather casual exterior that belies an inner elegance.
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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.
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Good Sport
Metro Detroit’s die-hard affection for sports is a constant reminder to Katrina Hancock that she’s not in Kansas anymore.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Patti Brock-Sklar
It’s hard to imagine a time when the fashion-savvy Patti Brock-Sklar wasn’t as polished and chic as she is today. The former paralegal and current boutique owner and ballroom dancer made several twists and turns before gracefully landing in Pleasant Ridge.
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Getting Steamed
Allowing for a few variations, facials are pretty much the same. But when I saw a Gentleman’s Hot Towel Facial, touting the “traditional barber hot-towel technique,” on the menu at The Woodhouse Day Spa in downtown Detroit, I was immediately drawn back to childhood, where I spent many Saturday afternoons in barbershops. As I waited […]
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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 relieved of your car by a phalanx of valet parking attendants, you find yourself face to face with an energetic, engaging staff, and a place that puts a smile on your face.
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Crime of Passion
Something else may breed contempt, but it seems that wine breeds civility.
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Nero’s Steakhouse & Dylan’s Raw Bar & Grille
A spinoff of the Neros at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, the understated and sophisticated room at the Casino Windsor hotel brings USDA prime dry-aged steaks, outstanding rack of lamb, and upscale service to the south side of the river…
