Detroit artist Tony RōKō goes green with “Art and Environment” exhibit for the grand opening of the new Birmingham Gallery on June 9th. More information here. Read the cinematic story of RōKō’s life below and learn how a first-generation immigrant got pulled off the assembly line to become Ford Motor Company’s creative ambassador and a...
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Bacon and ice cream isn’t a strange idea for Scott Moloney. As a matter of fact, his ice cream Mecca, Treat Dreams, has eight different bacon-flavored ice creams that rotate among the 400 total flavors on his menu throughout the year. “Sunday Breakfast ice cream was one of our first unusual ice creams,” Moloney...
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Planning to bring your 4-legged friends to the Berkley Art Bash, Saturday, June 9th? Not a bad idea considering the bash is both family and fido friendly. Not only can you paint your pooch on a custom slate to adorn your garden but you can also find healthy treats to spoil them. Take the...
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One of the things I enjoy about art fairs is keeping an eye out for that special piece … not just to hang on a wall or adorn on a table, but to wear. Why shouldn’t clothing and accessories be considered art? They’re thought of, created, handcrafted and can’t be bought in most stores....
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Here is another “Cool Stuff” Idea from our cool Urbane Life friend, also a noted speaker and author Michael Angelo Caruso. Michael will be providing interesting Cool Stuff Ideas here every Saturday going forward. We hope you find them helpful. If you see Michael around town, tell him you saw him here first, we will give you secret gift, really we...
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The Berkley Art Bash is coming up Saturday, June 9, along a half mile or so of 12 Mile Road. The event, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., promises live music, good eats, and lots and lots of art. There’s plenty to see and do. One of my favorite artsy things about Berkley though, is...
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One month ago, Detroit was named America’s Least Popular City and Seattle was hailed as Most Popular. Whether or not my recent relocation to Seattle has anything to do with the timeliness of this assertion I don’t know for sure. What I do know is that the only thing more popular than being popular is being...
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Would Today’s Athlete Cut it in Today’s Military? Ted Williams gave up five years of his Major League Baseball career to serve two different tours of service. Not in the beginning, not in the twilight of his career, but right when he at his peak. There are scores of others who served in...
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It’s a busy Detroit music weekend and if you’re not up north at the lake, you should probably point your car in the direction of the Detroit River. It’s there you will find somewhere near 100,000 people dancing all over the hot concrete of Hart Plaza. Electronic music fans have descended on Detroit every...
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Practically every piece of clothing has a zipper. Think about it…jeans, jackets, sweaters, purses, book bags, shoes and so on. When you discard an item, the zipper is still perfectly functional and useful, for the most part. Meet Heather Sennabaum, “The Zipper Lady” and made in Michigan momma with a passion for all things...
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Bacon can be thought of as a close relative of barbecue. It can also be thought of the candy of the pig. And that’s exactly what Lazybones Smokehouse makes with its house-smoked bacon: pig candy. “We get a whole pork belly and smoke it over apple wood from a local orchard,” says Jenny Smiljanovki,...
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Bacon, that most fabulous of foods. Would breakfast really be breakfast without bacon? And lunch—who doesn’t love a BLT, or a couple strips atop a burger or chicken sandwich? Dinner—got you covered. Anything you want to cook comes out delicious wrapped in bacon. Case in point—scallops, shrimp, steak. Which brings us to BACONFEST, June...
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