Shopping and leisure in Royal Oak and surrounding areas
The holiday season is here, friends and fam are coming to visit, but you’ve already spent a mint on gifts (and, let’s be honest, some assorted Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases that you’ve made for yourself). And your eager visitors want to do something. It would be cool to take them to Coach...
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Dwell, a cool monthly magazine on modern architecture and design, has long occupied a place on UrbaneBlog’s blogroll. It’s a great source for ideas for building a house or for beautiful pieces to upgrade an apartment or loft. Besides their magazine, which is popular with both influential architects and mere mortals interested in modern...
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One can tell a lot about a person by their workspace. You’d smile when seeing the marriage photo that adorns the cubicle of your newly-eloped friend, and empathize when seeing the mile-high stacks of paper that your coworker retreats from while taking his lunch break. Your desk is part of you—so when your friends...
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An Hour with Erin Rose…part of your daily positive-thinking diet. Erin Rose, the brainchild behind the all-good-news media site Positive Detroit, is more chock-full of favorite local things than Mary Poppins. Click here to see what the fuss is all about: Positive Detroit Erin’s Love list#1: Magazines (the glossier, the better) Social networking (and...
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This is an update about the effort to create a non-motorized transportation plan in Royal Oak. As noted previously, the city commission has approved the budget item and selected a consultant. The planning will likely being in January. I’ll send an update the instant anything is scheduled. A group of us will attend the...
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Ch-Ch-Check it out! Urbane’s “Draw on the Walls” party at our new Adams Co-Work Space is the lead article on Sharpie’s blog!! They included tons of great pics by photographer and Urbane on Thirteen resident Rachel Wade, plus a spotlight on first place winner and Urbane on Crooks South resident Ryan Gardner! We’re famous!...
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Looking for something to do on this sunny Sunday afternoon;Bring your tennis Shoes and Checkbook, Join us for an informal 2-mile walk at Stony Creek Metropark in Shelby Township to honor Will & Hope and raise money for the CdLS Foundation. The CdLS Foundation is a Connecticut-based nonprofit that provides invaluable resources and information...
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For everyone who loves a good movie, this is a pretty cool site, and is a local Michigan Project, which is uber cool. mergemovies.com is a project based in Michigan and born out of a love for the moviegoing experience. Whether it is watching the latest blockbuster with throngs of people on an IMAX...
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We meet the most interesting people as we scramble in and around Royal Oak, and when we do, we like to highlight them here at the Urbane Life Blog. One such couple came through our office this week that we would like to introduce you too. Not only did we find their overall story...
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Hey, Our own Henry Balanon gets some well deserved ink from the MI Great Lakes IT Report! Congratulations Henry! Now, Lets go hit some balls and golf! A metro Detroiter has developed another cool little iPhone application. Fresh from the mind of Henry Balanon and his Bickbot.com comes Stroke, a golf scorecard keeper that...
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Detroit and the suburbs came together to rock an amazing weekend on the Riverwalk during the River Days festival. Of course we had to get down there to take advantage of the opportunity to make fools of ourselves in a public place. River Days from Six Minute Men on Vimeo. Eric BrownEric’s background is...
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Do you remember Mr. Wilson? He was the retired postal carrier and Dennis the Menace’s next-door neighbor. He had hoped to retire after service as a postman to lead a “serene, quiet life.” Dennis, however, frequently interrupted his attempts to garden, collect coins, and even take a bath in peace. Mr. Wilson is best...
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