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For summer's end, try an easy, fresh
menu of chicken and unusual sides

Preparing and serving fresh, healthy and delicious food doesn’t have to be expensive, time consuming or difficult. Try preparing this meal for your family or the next time you have dinner guests. read more...

Dale Chihuly's glass sculptures mimic forms in nature at Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids. Photo by Peggy Woodhouse

Chihuly's 'A New Eden' runs into fall
at Meijer Gardens; don't miss it

A group sponsored by the Detroit Garden Center visited the 132 acres of indoor and outdoor gardens at one of the leading cultural destinations in Michigan earlier this month.

The Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids has more than 200 permanent masterworks by such artists such as Rodin, Calder and Degas. To celebrate its 15th anniversary, world-renowned glass sculptor Dale Chihuly prepared an exhibition for the summer of 2010 titled "A New Eden." The exhibit has been extended to the end of October. read more...

Berries in lemon mousse make
a sweet-tart warm-weather dessert

Even though it feels like summer is winding down, there is still plenty of the season to enjoy. As I write this I look outside to a beautiful morning filled with sunlight and the promise of another day of 80-degree weather. I have noticed all the wonderful lemonade stands that have popped up in the neighborhood through the heat wave. We stopped the other day while on a bike ride through the Village and sipped a refreshing lemonade from a stand run by a young entrepreneur and his brother.

Nothing says summer like lemonade, and nothing goes with lemon like summer fruits. Berries in particular are plentiful this time of year and are not expensive, even in the grocery store.

There is something particular wonderful about the way blueberries and lemon go together. This dessert is fresh and delicious, easy to prepare and doesn’t require an oven for those hot days. I like to make this with blueberries but you can use any combination of berries that you prefer. read more...

Who's there? One of the surviving members of a family of screech owls who nested for a time on Pemberton Drive in Grosse Pointe Park.

Pointers plan to swim Lake St. Clair
for cystic fibrosis awareness

Weather permitting, Grosse Pointer Ric Geyer and nine friends will go for a swim in Lake St. Clair Tuesday.

Not a biggie, you say. Well, they are planning to swim from the Old Club on Harsen’s Island and end up near the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. read more...

Shrimp salad mixes in a minute
for outdoor and onboard meals

The other day we went sailing with friends on Lake St. Clair. It was a beautiful evening, not just the weather but the laughter, good food, drinks and company. Of course I try to bring a new, creative and wonderful dish on board and now my friends anticipate what I will come up with next. read more...

Almost every motorist has been nice to Felicia Lacey, and she knows many regular customers by name. Photo by Larry Peplin

Parking attendant in the Pointes
has been punching tickets for 20 years

You've likely driven past Felicia Lacey many times, looked her in the eye, maybe even exchanged a few words – and still have no idea who she is. For 20 years she has been taking parking tickets and serving Pointes residents with a smile and poise.
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Tomatoes and bacon go together
for a seasonal main-course pie

Most people who love food love tomatoes. Midsummer is when tomatoes are ripening on the vine, and anticipation builds to when one can pluck them off and bite into their juiciness. It’s a sweet, luscious sensation that really only comes this time of the year. read more...

Grosse Pointers made DSO concerts
at the Ford House a huge success

When the management team at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House paired with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to sponsor a pair of summer concerts on the lawn, they hoped they would attract enough paying customers to break even.

They figured they needed to sell about 3,000 tickets for that to happen. The results are now in. More than 5,000 folks turned out on those lovely July evenings, including 1,500 who bought tickets at the gate. The DSO and the Ford House will split $70,000 in net profits, according to Ford House staff. read more...

Explore the sweetness of beets
with this easy, healthy green salad

One of the ways we can spruce up a meal is through colorful ingredients. Enjoying a meal is about more than just the taste of the food. The whole experience and the visual aspect is important.

One way to capture that idea is to choose foods you wouldn’t have tried otherwise. Take red beets for example. Most folks either love them or hate them and if you are one who dislikes them, try something new and maybe you’ll change your mind. read more...

A sailor's friends bid farewell
to a Grosse Pointe institution

If ever there was the perfect image of a self-made man who got joy out of life, it was Bill McCourt, whose name graced a shoe store in the Village, a building he built at the southwest corner of Kercheval and Notre Dame.

His father, Arthur, died when he was 8. His mother, Mary, had tuberculosis so Bill grew up in an orphanage, quit school as a teenager to support his mother and sister, served as a radar man in the Navy in World War II and went ashore at Iwo Jima – and took pictures. read more...