Tawnya Clark and her family are big breakfast eaters, making wonderful dishes from scratch. “Special family meals always revolved around breakfast and brunch”, she says. Tawyna started testing out new breakfast recipes when her grandmother (99-years-young) became bored with her restricted diet. Inspired by television cooking shows, Tawnya decided to see what kind of...
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There’s been a rash of Detroit documentaries lately, from locals with well fed Kickstarter accounts to seasoned vets submitting their takes on the city to the Sundance Film Festival. As the city’s buzz has intensified over the past several years, it seems everyone’s been trying to best document Detroit and what it all means....
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Do you smell bacon in your sleep? Are you imagining ordinary things that resemble slabs of bacon during your waking hours? More than likely, you won’t be able to wait until June 2 for Baconfest Michigan at the Royal Oak Farmers Market. Lucky for you, the Rattlesnake — one of 36 participating restaurants, bars...
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I was scanning recipes to find something for an easy midweek crockpot dinner. I found one for ginger short ribs, which is a lot different than my usual take on this cut of meat. I love ginger, so I figured it was worth a try. I picked up the meat at Costco, boneless short...
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There’s been a rash of Detroit documentaries lately, from locals with well fed Kickstarter accounts to seasoned vets submitting their takes on the city to the Sundance Film Festival. As the city’s buzz has intensified over the past several years, it seems everyone’s been trying to best document Detroit and what it all means....
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Pop/rock band Tone & Niche won the local round for this year’s Hard Rock Rising contest. They now advance to the global competition where they will go up against 85 other acts. Each band represents a different Hard Rock Cafe location, from Detroit to Edinburgh, Jakarta to Medellin. The grand prize winner of the...
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I am currently traveling and have spent some better parts of the day trapped inside various airports. If you don’t have a plan, you could run out of things to read, watch and do. Here are a few tips that I may just keep you sane while traveling. Exercise: Most airports have miles of...
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If you’re hoping for checkered tablecloths, this won’t cut it. Nor will you find chianti bottles with candles stuck inside. Nope, this is street food, Dago Joe’s style. Grab it and go. Back to the office, your car, or a picnic on Cadillac Square. But don’t mistake this for fast food. It’s not an...
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What happens to a city after industry leaves? That’s the question “After the Factory” explores in a feature film that shows the regeneration process of two cities with remarkable similarities – Detroit, which is picking up itself after the downsizing and outsourcing have shrunk the automobile industry’s prominence in the labor force, and Lodz,...
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There’s been a rash of Detroit documentaries lately, from locals with well fed Kickstarter accounts to seasoned vets submitting their takes on the city to the Sundance Film Festival. As the city’s buzz has intensified over the past several years, it seems everyone’s been trying to best document Detroit and what it all means....
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The Gaelic League on Michigan Avenue in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood is the region’s center for all things Irish in this historically Irish neighborhood. The neighborhood’s name itself comes from Ireland’s County Cork, from where many of its original inhabitants hailed. Every year, the neighborhood hosts a St. Patrick’s parade the Sunday before March 17th....
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Air Sex has finally arrived in Detroit! What is Air Sex, you ask? It’s like air guitar, but instead of pretending to play the guitar you pretend to have sex. Imagine Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure only with hard core simulated fornication rather than adolescent masterbatory allusions. As we all know, having air sex...
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