September 2015
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Autumn in the Mitten State
Now that summer is winding down and the family vacations, reunions, weddings, and graduations are memories, it’s the season to do something for you.
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Shop Hour September 2015
Shop Hour Special Advertising Section
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Luxury Test Drive September 2015
The definition of luxury has gone through some dramatic changes in recent years. But like art, you’ll know it, even if you can’t easily define it.
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Building a Solid Framework
Chronic backaches, hip fractures, and osteoporosis — these are problems generally associated with adults as they age. What if you could turn back time and lessen the likelihood of some of these maladies?
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Artfully Covered Walls
Inaugural Murals in the Market to bring scores of artists to Detroit’s Eastern Market
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The Happy Warrior
Out of bankruptcy and free of emergency management, Mayor Mike Duggan works long hours to rebuild Detroit — and he’s having a ball
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The Write Idea
A literary nonprofit supports authors and tackles a blighted Detroit neighborhood one house at a time
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Commercial Comedy
Second City and Planet Ant Theater alums Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson spoof local ads for Comedy Central’s Detroiters TV pilot
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Dream Upward
Cranbrook has helped inner-city high school students get into college for 50 years
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Power Positions
From behind the bench to inside the executive boxes, the Detroit Lions are among the league leaders in diversity
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Spicy Storefront
Keego Harbor’s Indo restaurant proprietors serve up appealing traditional family cuisine from Java
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Contributors: September 2015
Chuck Bennett Style guru Chuck Bennett has been a trend spotter for a long time. In high school, even after once being sent home for wearing see-through pants, he still managed to snag the best-dressed award for his class. Each year, he leads a team of fashionistas and select Hour Detroit staffers in naming Hour […]
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‘I Was There’ Moments
Letter From the Editor
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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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Brilliantly Executed
Antietam’s contemporary menu — with heavy doses of French cooking techniques — delivers nothing short of spectacular, top-caliber dining
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Slinging Slang
It’s been a slow but steady rise for What Up Dough — a decadent Corktown-based take-and-bake cookie company
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Hot Spot: September 2015
MESA TACOS AND TEQUILA /// The reworking of the space that housed Royal Oak’s Monterrey Cantina for more than 20 years adds a lively cantina to the array of restaurants on Main Street. The two-story setting is open to the street and includes balcony seating in a big, open room where the bar gets equal […]
Daring Doughnuts
At 10 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, more than a dozen customers filter in and out of Donut Bar + Coffee in Southfield. Although not a peak day or hour, the employees at this small shop are scrambling to keep up, packing boxes full of creative doughnuts with flavors like Strawberry Chantilly. Since opening in […]
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Molly’s Picks
Restaurant veteran Molly Abraham noshes around town, tracking down some top spots.
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Variations on a Classic
The Root’s James Rigato offers an alternative to backyard grilled chicken
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Multiple Choice
College hangout, sports bar, family-friendly lunch and dinner — CK Diggs of Rochester Hills has it covered
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Déjà Food: Flaming Embers Memories
It was the early ’60s and I was 13 — and had just earned the right to go downtown shopping on my own. What an adventure. I could take the bus from where I lived near Seven Mile and Woodward and be dropped off right in front of J.L. Hudson’s for 35 cents! Feeling proud […]
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Cravings: Agata Lombardo
I moved from Sicily 20 years ago, so, as you can imagine, I’m very particular about Italian food,” says Agata Lombardo, dining room manager at Bacco, “which is why I only eat it at Bacco or make it myself.” When she does depart from her native cuisine, she enjoys sushi, especially “the California, hot crab, […]
Lost Character
The quest to market over-ripened, high-alcohol reds can cause a grape’s regional characteristics to get left behind
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Drink Recipe: Trouble in Paradise
September is National Bourbon Heritage Month, as deemed by Congress in a 2007 resolution (really). Do your civic duty by toasting America’s native spirit with this unique drink from the Sardine Room in Plymouth. The bitter Campari, the fresh basil, and the sweet honey simple syrup pairs perfectly with bourbon. Ingredients 1 ounce bourbon 1 ounce […]
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The Way It Was – The Who, 1967
The Who, 1967
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Physical Education
Who said active wear has to look like a baggy pair of sweats and an old T-shirt? We’ve sported some of today’s best athletic-inspired fashion to make the back-to-school season a little more energetic
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2015 Best Dressed List
Each year, society and style watchers hit the party circuit and beyond to keep an eye out for those metro Detroiters who wear it well — whether it’s at a formal black-tie dinner or a semi-casual backyard fundraiser. Society writer and fashion maven Chuck Bennett asks this year’s picks to discuss their style. Jae Vitale […]
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Hour Detroit’s Best Dressed Fashion Show Presented by Somerset Collection 2015
Metro Detroit’s most fashionable attended Hour Detroit’s Best Dressed Fashion Show Presented by Somerset Collection benefiting the DIA’s…