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  • 鶹 Detroit: May 2023 Digital Edition

    On news stands now, the May issue of 鶹 Detroit features the best places to hang your hat in metro Detroit — whether that means buying a home in one of the hottest ZIP codes or booking a room at one of the many stylish hotels coming to downtown Detroit.

  • Top Towns 2023

    To call the recent ups and downs in metro Detroit’s residential real estate market a “wild ride” is an understatement, says Oakland County Realtor Jim Shaffer. Like most of the nation, metro Detroit is suffering from an extreme housing inventory shortage. Why? Business Insider spells it out simply: “The U.S. hasn’t built enough homes in […]

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    Editor’s Letter: Top Towns 2023 and Advice on Buying a House

    The best piece of advice I received when I was house hunting for my family of three 20-something years ago was “Go to the playgrounds.” My husband and I were new parents to a 6-month-old, and we were looking to move out of Manhattan and into the suburbs. Our criteria were affordability, location, schools, and […]

  • Culture Calendar: Top Events in Metro Detroit in May 2023

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    Metro Detroit is always so full of events and other fun things to do that it can be tough keeping track of it all. To help you plan your weekend itineraries, we’ve asked Ryan Patrick Hooper, the host of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET to share his top May happenings in the area. Plus, save the dates for comedy […]

  • An Interview with Charlie LeDuff

    Charle LeDuff and I are in the studio he fashioned with his own bare hands out of the attic of American Coney Island in downtown Detroit. In a few minutes, his podcast, The No B.S. News 鶹, begins a midday Monday livestream, but we’ve been going round and  round about something and it’s making him cranky. […]

  • New Roller Coasters Opening in the Midwest This Summer

    Roller coasters are my thing. To me, nothing beats an ominous trip hundreds of feet in the air before a plummet back down to earth — and a ride that I’ve never been on makes the experience that much better. For coaster enthusiasts such as myself, May marks the unofficial start of roller coaster season […]

  • Restaurant Review: TigerLily in Ferndale

    According to my phone (smart as it is), the tiger lily flower — depending on its color — symbolizes an assortment of enviable human conditions. The yellow variety, for instance, is said to celebrate thankfulness and the desire for enjoyment. Orange, like the varietal painted pretty across one wall of Ferndale’s TigerLily, an epicurean paean to […]

  • Local Apparel Brands That Support Mental Health Advocacy

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Give some love to metro Detroiters who are struggling with their mental health, and support local mental health advocacy groups by shopping these Michigan brands. The Aware Brand Mental health, self-love, and self-awareness all go hand in hand. Drew Sanders, the founder and CEO of this metro Detroit-based brand, knows […]

  • A Look Inside Honey for Moms Wellness Studio in Ferndale

    One fall day in 2018, Angela Gill found herself sitting on the floor of a cozy, smartly decorated space in Ferndale, sobbing in front of a dozen women. Though they were technically strangers, Gill felt an instant camaraderie — like her, these women were new mothers wrestling with breastfeeding, sleeplessness, and other challenges that Gill, […]

  • Model Dalia Fragoso Shares Her Style Inspiration

    It was an Instagram direct message sent in 2021 by supermodel Coco Rocha herself that pushed Dalia Frago so to give modeling a serious shot. Up until that point, the 25-year-old, who grew up in Brighton and Dearborn, would connect with local photographers and model for their fashion photoshoots as a creative outlet while working […]

  • Check Out This Oakland County Backyard Greenhouse

    An Oakland County rose aficionado had dreamed of having a rose garden on her property year-round. Determined to create something great, she and her husband did a lot of research before landing on a specialized greenhouse firm called Wisconsin Greenhouse Co., based in Wisconsin. Interior designer Rachel Nelson of Detroit-based Concetti was the designer of […]

  • New Lifestyle-Oriented Hotels in Detroit

    Walking to his 3 o’clock meeting one winter day, Claude Molinari, president and CEO of Visit Detroit, huffs and puffs while thinking about challenges to be overcome in the lodging sector. Detroit now ranks fifth nationally in rooms under development or construction, he says, and this should help to counteract the problem of events veering away […]

  • Try Arabic Ice Cream at Booza Delight

    Ask Yasser Hashwi how he makes his ashta ice cream, and he’ll smile, shake his head, and tell you, “It’s a secret.” Hashwi, a Lebanese native, spent months perfecting the ice cream from his childhood during the pandemic from his home. In March 2022, it blossomed into Booza Delight, a specialty Arabic ice cream shop […]

  • Mental Health Co-responders are Becoming a Part of Michigan Policing

    When Hillary Nusbaum is asked why she wanted to be a co-responder clinician working alongside police officers, she says one of the words that resonated most with her was “reconciliation.” Her stepdad, someone she admired, was a former public safety director in Coldwater, in southwest Michigan, overseeing both the city’s police and firefighters and inspiring trust between them. The […]

  • How to Make La Lanterna’s Mezza Rigatoni Alla Livornese

    La Lanterna first opened in Capitol Park in 1956 and offers a daily dinner menu filled with Neapolitan-style brick oven pizzas, salads, pastas, and more Italian entrees. Try the tuna-based pasta dish Mezza Rigatoni Alla Livernois at home with this recipe. Ingredients 1 pound rigatoni 1 cup fresh grape tomatoes 10 Mediterranean olives, pitted 1 […]

  • A Review of ‘For the Culture’ by Marcus Collins

    Before settling in to read University of Michigan marketing professor Marcus Collins’ new book, For the Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want to Be, I walked to a locally owned cafe, eschewing the Starbucks down the block, and I wore a Luke’s Diner T-shirt, thus declaring my […]

  • A Look at the Revamped Belle Isle Nature Center

    This time of year, birds begin to sing, wildflowers blossom, and tree buds grow into leaves. Spring reminds us of our cohabitant — nature. It resides in Detroit, and that’s the premise behind the recently revamped Belle Isle Nature Center. “You’ll see the intersection of the built and the natural environment everywhere,” says Director Amy […]

  • Travel Tips for Vegans

    When Rebecca Gade-Sawicki entered pandemic lockdown, she started to reevaluate her career path and was motivated to find a job that aligned with her passion for living a healthy lifestyle. “I’m vegan, and so I started looking for a job with a vegan company or an environmental company, but I couldn’t find anything that aligned […]

  • How to Make Flowers of Vietnam’s Vietnamese Curried Mussels

    Detroit’s Flowers of Vietnam is a Vietnamese restaurant that offers a variety of Vietnamese dishes including Bok Choy, Bun Thit Nuong noodle salad, and more for dine-in, curbside, or deliver, as well as a full bar. Try their Vietnamese Curried Mussels at home with this handy recipe. Ingredients For the curry paste 4 cups lemongrass […]

  • Agave-Based Spirits Are Gaining Popularity

    Agave spirits are on the rise, here in metro Detroit and throughout the world. Alcoholic spirits distilled from the agave plant overtook vodka in popularity for the first time ever last year, supplanting the long-reigning champion of spirits. And although people have been making drinks from the plants native to Mexico for hundreds of years […]

  • The Way It Was — General Motors Co. Headquarters

    1923One hundred years ago, General Motors Co. completed construction on its massive 15-story headquarters on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. It soon became an iconic symbol of the Motor City and the world-leading U.S. auto industry. By the end of the Roaring Twenties, GM was the nation’s largest single employer. This photo — taken on […]

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