Writer/Producer - Detroit enthusiast, Barenaked Ladies fan for life, and a mom.
Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Do you enjoy going to Greektown? If you answered yes to both of those questions I have just the event for you. The 16th annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade is on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 p.m. The...
If you have driven through Brush Park lately you can already see the City Modern development taking shape. City Modern is Bedrock’s answer to creating a complete urban environment, with mixed use and walkability across 8.4 acres of land in the Brush Park neighborhood of Detroit. City Modern...
It’s that time again, time to start making plans for this weekend. Friday is St. Patrick’s Day, so if you are planning on celebrating I suggest checking out Devon’s post over here. Let’s get on with this week’s City 5. 2017 Downriver Indie Craft Fair...
There is a new seafood restaurant opening in Ferndale tomorrow. Voyager is owned and operated by Eli Boyer and co-executive chefs Jennifer Jackson and Justin Tootla. Jackson and Tootla relocated to Detroit from Chicago. However Tootla grew up in Bloomfield Hills, and Jackson grew up in Athens, Georgia. The restaurant...
Every week I scroll through the internet and my email looking for interesting things that are going on for the weekend. Today is no exception, and I found Goat Yoga. Yes, Goat Yoga. It is exactly like it sounds, you are doing yoga with kid goats (a.k.a. baby...
There is something special about listening to someone tell their story, and storytelling events have become pretty popular in the past few years. Every month The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers holds an evening of storytelling at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The next evening of...
It’s not that we don’t like the holiday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, it’s that we’re going to cover it in another couple of posts and we know there are other things happening this weekend. BTW, don’t forget to Spring forward at 2:00...
Bicycling is a pretty big business in the city of Detroit. There are numerous cycling shops popping up throughout the city. This week a new pop up shop will open on the east side of Detroit. Metropolis Cycles, with their first location in Corktown, will be opening a second location...
This Thursday Citywide Poets and InsideOut Literary Arts will be hosting the 2017 Detroit Youth Poetry Grand Slam at Trinosophes in Eastern Market. The Grand Slam is the final round of competition for twelve Detroit youth who are trying to get a spot on the 2017 Detroit Youth Poetry Slam...
Last year we reported that This Old House was coming to Detroit to renovate two houses in the city. While the cast and crew were here they filmed 10 episodes for the broadcast show and four episodes for a digital series called Detroit. One House At A Time. The Detroit...
ED. NOTE: THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED. MORE HERE. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has just announced that the boil water advisory for parts of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park has been extended until Friday, March 3. According to the DWSD, while the preliminary tests have come back...
If you go to a movie at the theater you know the obligatory video before the movie starts that tells you to silence your phones. Usually those short videos can be pretty corny, but Emagine Entertainment wants to change things up. For the first time ever the Michigan based company...
Welcome to the first weekend of March. It’s hard to believe that February is over already. It looks like our weather is going to be a bit on the chilly side so keep those long sleeve shirts out. The Detroit Dizzy Dames in Female Problems – Detroit Lushes LaMoan and...
Last month my husband and I decided to try out Woodpile BBQ in Clawson. We enjoy trying out all of the different places throughout the region, so it had been on our list for a while. We all really enjoyed our meal. So, when I got the news that the...
Starting on Monday, March 6 there will be a revamp of Maccabees Midtown. The restaurant will now be called Maccabees Traders and will boast a new menu. The co-owner and operating partner David Kraus has brought in executive chef Rafael Esparaza from Chicago to head the kitchen. The menu will...
There will be a new coffee shop coming to the Crystal Loft Building on Woodward Avenue this spring called New Order Coffee. That’s the same building that is home to the acclaimed restaurant Grey Ghost and was home to the Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe a few years ago. New...
There’s nothing like an excellent deli sandwich. It’s perfection between two slices of bread. And Detroit has some amazing delis if you know where to look. Over the last few weeks I dragged my family and friends all over the Detroit area eating sandwich after sandwich in the...
We’re in the final weekend of February, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. With unseasonably warm weather, it might be time to find the fun in the city. It is also the final weekend before Lent starts, so for those of you giving up drinking we’ve...
