Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit has helped us put thousands of Metro Detroit friends and neighbors back to work. They are asking that you can continue supporting their fight against unemployment with a single click of your mouse. The Detroit Ben & Jerry’s Partner Shop is owned and operated by Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit and [...]
I can’t believe that Wonder Michigan is turning 1 year old. Did Wonder Michigan live up to everything that I wanted it too? I started this journey with A Marathon is Won with the First Stepand have tried to experience all that Michigan has to offer. Just as the state that we love, we are [...]
The weather has been great so far this spring. Last night I had an amazing dinner at La Dolce Vita and got to sit outside. The food was amazing, but sitting outside in April for dinner, was a great surprise. What a great time of year, to get out and enjoy the restaurants in our area. [...]
In December of 2008, when it seemed that the whole country was against the state of Michigan, a pride in Michigan made products began to pop up. One of the reasons that I start WonderMichigan was because of what I experienced at a wedding in Washington DC during this time period. There were radio commercials [...]
A documentary about Detroit featuring Toby Barlow (NYTimes and Huffington Post contributor, Team Detroit) and Mark Covington (Chairman, Georgia Street Community Collective). The film takes a positive look at Detroit forward rumbles throug the prism of two totally different figures that are changing the city for the better in their own way. One would never [...]
Detroit Lives is organizing an exhibition that will include information about the sale of hundreds of inches of Detroit land along with works by Detroit artists, musicians, a farmer, and a New York Times writer, among others. “DETROIT LIVES! // the exhibit” opens January 14 at 6pm at the Ladybug Gallery in Southwest Detroit’s historic [...]
Beer. Food. Music. Three of everyone’s favorite necessities and Real Detroit Weekly, in association with Liquid Events and the Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce, is combining the three in the spirit of Germany’s Oktoberfest with Beer Fest 2010. Patrons can sip their way across the continents via 80 beverages from around the world. Beer Fest [...]
For years Tender in Downtown Birmingham Michigan, was a place that my wife spends lots of money. It is a very fashion forward store, that carries the some of the best brands and fashions in Michigan. Again this is what my wife tells me. Well this morning while reading the “The Detroit Blog” they had a [...]
Every year, I try to make a New Years Resolution, that makes my life better. Lose weight, cut down on cuss words, drop other bad habits that I have picked up over the years. This year, I want to make Michigan a better place to live and work. I am born and raised in Michigan, [...]