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Paint Your Way to Happiness at Hot Plate Pottery

Paint Your Way to Happiness at Hot Plate Pottery

Alright, I’m not an artist by any means. Ask me to draw a person, and I’ll draw you a stick figure. Ask me to draw a tree; it’s going to be a brown trunk with a giant green blob on top of it. This is why I did not go to Hot Plate Pottery for the longest time, despite working right across the street and staring at it almost every day. But then I finally drew up the courage to ...

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Lindsey

7 Ways To Have The Best UP Fall Beer Fest Ever

7 Ways To Have The Best UP Fall Beer Fest Ever

Superior water, superior beer, superior people, these are the traits found only at the UP Fall Beer Festival. This September 12th will mark the 7th year of the event. After several annual trips to the taps, I’ve compiled a list of tips to help you find the Beer Fest of your dreams. 7 Tips To Have The Perfect Up Fall Beer Fest 1. PRELOAD Up Fall Beer Fest is a 5-hour event dedicated to the best local beers in Michigan. ...

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Lindsey

Michigan's Seven Best Paddling Trips

Michigan’s Seven Best Paddling Trips

Summer may be rapidly coming to a close, but there is still plenty of time for a kayak trip in one of Michigan’s famous bodies of water. Whether you seek lakes or rivers, I have had the pleasure of polling fellow readers and compiling a list of Michigan’s favorite waterways. Stand-up paddling might look like a new sport, but it’s been around for a long time. The water sport is now growing the fastest around the world. One reason is ...

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Lindsey

Clinton Fall Festival Michigan

Clinton Fall Festival Michigan

Clinton Fall Festival in Michigan is an event for people f all ages. Mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, and kids at home, everyone can visit and enjoy this festival together. There will be over two hundred and fifty booths for arts and crafts, a car show where almost five hundred cars will be displayed, live music, a parade, and a lot more fun at Clinton Fall Festival. The Clinton Fall Festival is held every September in the village of ...

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Lindsey

Tomatoes Apizza Farmingtom Hills – Humbly Amazing

Tomatoes Apizza Farmingtom Hills – Humbly Amazing

This installment of the Detroit Pizza Tour takes us to Tomatoes Apizza, located in the uppermost reaches of Farmington Hills, a stone’s throw from West Bloomfield Township (right on the 14-mile dividing line). Tomatoes Apizza actually has two locations, both in Farmington Hills. I choose to review the 14 Mile location because I’ve had pizza from both and prefer it. Could it have something to do with the coal-fired pizza oven? The more southern location, on Halsted, uses a brick ...

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Lindsey

Loui’s Pizza - The Real Deal

Loui’s Pizza – The Real Deal

In the unassuming, working-class suburb of Hazel Park, within a mile of Detroit Proper, lies a legend among pizza joints: Loui’s Pizza. My first introduction to Detroit-style pizza was Buddy’s, a legend of its own with 9 locations in the Detroit metro area. But part of what makes Loui’s so special is that there is only one. Loui’s Pizza is so adorable in its ambiance as to trump any Buddy’s atmosphere I’ve been to. There are literally hundreds of basket-cradled ...

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Lindsey

Shield’s – Worthy of The Detroit Pizza Title

Shield’s – Worthy of The Detroit Pizza Title

I have picked up a Shield’s pizza a time or three to bring home and have always thoroughly enjoyed the warmish pizza at my own kitchen table, dutifully resisting the urge to break it out on the drive home. But to give Shield’s a completely fair shake, I had to go in and have the entire dining experience. Shield’s Pizza Detroit Location Shields of Southfield25101 Telegraph Rd.Southfield, MI 48076248-356-2720 Other locations are in Macomb Township, Rochester Hills, and Troy. Shield’s ...

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Lindsey

Joe Muer Seafood Detroit Introduces Sunday Brunch Menu

Joe Muer Seafood Detroit Introduces Sunday Brunch Menu

Joe Muer Seafood introduces Sunday brunch this weekend with a luxurious à la carte menu that ranges from eye-opener cocktails and crab-cake-and-bacon signature Benedicts to griddled New Orleans bread pudding and brandy-infused Maine lobster rolls. Joe Muer Seafood Menu Highlights of the extensive Joe Muer Seafood menu — in addition to the aforementioned Joe Muer Benedict ($18) — include specialties such as grilled shrimp over creamy grits with poached eggs, étouffée sauce, and Andouille sausage ($20) and huevos rancheros with ...

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Lindsey

B Spot Burgers in Rochester Hills Delivers On Flavor

B Spot Burgers in Rochester Hills Delivers On Flavor

Celebrity chef Michael Symon’s long-awaited B Spot Burgers opened Saturday in Rochester Hills with all of the company’s signature features: the first-day line at the door, the colorful beer-can wall, the free pickle bar, the rosemary-spiked Lola fries, the long list of craft brews, and — the biggest reason to go — award-winning burgers with big flavors and distinctive toppings. Symon — best known as the Food Network Iron Chef with the bald head and infectious laugh — was on ...

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Lindsey