Writer/Producer - Detroit enthusiast, Barenaked Ladies fan for life, and a mom.
Once Thanksgiving has come through, it’s officially the holiday season. Which means it is also gift giving season. If you are looking for some great gift ideas I am going to point you to the direction of the Renaissance Center for its forth Holiday Headquarters. Starting on Monday, November...
Capitol Park is getting a new restaurant from the folks behind Lover’s Only and Voyager. This time the trio will set their sights on breakfast. Say goodbye to that sad packet of instant oatmeal from the bottom of your desk. Iggy’s Eggies will offer those rushing off to...
We finally have more details about the pop up roller rink we told you about last week. The Rainbow City Roller Rink will be open on Friday, November 30. It will be located on the first floor of 1001 Woodward downtown. Rainbow City is part roller skating rink, party art...
Small businesses are getting a boost up in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation announced the winners of the 13th round of the Motor City Match on Monday. The awards ceremony was held at Coyote Hawk in Islandview. Coyote Hawk is a co-working space for designers...
The holiday season is un-officially officially here with the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony mere hours away. This means that the folks over at Bedrock and Quicken Loans Community Fund have been busy getting the Downtown Detroit Winter Markets ready for the holiday shopping season. This year the Downtown Detroit Winter...
Calling all roller skating fanatics! Time to pull out those skates and get downtown, because soon there will be a pop up roller skating rink down there. The pop up is called Rainbow City Roller Rink and it will be located inside of 1001 Woodward at the corner of Woodward...
Hey there everyone! If your house is anything like mine, we’ve been counting down the days until Sunday. Mainly because it’s someone’s birthday. But you can still count down the days until the weekend because there are some really great things happening around town. Let’s get...
Last week a new statue was unveiled in New Center Park. The piece is called Divergence and was created by artist Adriana Ohar. The sculpture was commissioned by Broder and Sachse Real Estate to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Earlier this year they held a sculpture competition at the College for...
This weekend is a big weekend over at the Mariner’s Church off of Jefferson in downtown Detroit. They will be holding two events to honor the sailors of the Great Lakes. The first event is a lecture about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald which took place 43 years...
The John S. And James L. Knight Foundation named 25 winners of its Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit, with $1.46 million going to support community enrichment projects. The winners include everything from the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn to the Piet Oudolf Garden project on Belle Isle. Karen...
Here we are again, do you hear the weekend calling you? Because I can hear it calling me. For the first time in forever I have a pretty flexible schedule this weekend. I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself. Maybe I’ll take the kiddo...
Am I the only one who is in disbelief that it is November? I swear I’m going to blink and it is going to be 2019. Anyway, I am pretty excited for this weekend because there are so many fun things to do in Detroit. I know that I...
Corktown is getting a new MoGo bike station thanks to help from the Ford Motor Company. This will be MoGo’s first so-called “light” station. That means it will not have a payment kiosk. Riders can purchase a daily pass or get a a code to unlock a bike by...
Let’s look ahead to this weekend in Detroit. There are a ton of fun things happening around Detroit. I have a feeling I might be at the Senate Theater on Saturday night. So if you see me, be sure to say hello. Scary Classic Movies Can I tell you...
Here’s a Detroit small business trying to make a brick and mortar space happen. Detroit Mini Donut has launched their crowdfunding campaign to move into a space on East Grand River in downtown Detroit. Detroit Mini Donut was started by Karen Hudson and Karla Willis about seven years ago....
The upscale clothing retailer Madewell has opened up a new store in the newly redeveloped Shinola Block in downtown Detroit. That’s on Woodward in a row of historic buildings where the new Shinola Hotel is going in. What’s neat about this location is that they sell some goods...
A visa denial has stymied plans for Windsor-based Bread Meats Bread. The owners were planning on locating their sandwich shop in the Detroit Shipping Company. A social media post says that owners were denied a visa, and so the project is off. “It is with a heavy heart and a...
Davenport University is moving its Livonia campus to the city of Detroit, and they’re doing it in the New Center One Building. They’ll renovate the first floor of the structure on Grand Boulevard across the street from the iconic Fisher Building. Starting in January 2019, the 12,000...
