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Weekend Roundup: Paczki, Music, Mardi Gras and More!
February 20, 2009
Mardi Gras: If an independent bookstore is more your thing, the fabulous folks at Ladels in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit are helping kids create Mardi Gras masks and flags for a Mardi Gras parade.
Mardi Gras, Detroit Style: In other parts of the world, the last Tuesday before Lent is all about festivity and food and color and letting loose. In Detroit, we go crazy for what's essentially a jelly doughnut --although being Polish myself, I can tell you exactly why the paczki is different than your standard issue Dunkin's fare. Just for starters, there is more egg and fat in the dough and it's generally more rich. And a real packzi has things like prune or custard, none of this happy fruity filling!
Tuesday Top Five: Favorite Posts of the Year
December 30, 2008
Wow, I can't believe 2008 is almost over! It quite frankly has not been the best one ever here in Detroit, but one of the highlights of my year is taking on this Savvy Source job. It's been so much fun learning more about this city I have called home for almost my entire life, and getting to know and connect with all of you. Here's a Top Five posts of the year for me -- just a simple Read more...
Tuesday Top, Um, 26: The Detroit Alphabet
November 04, 2008
A is for Avalon Bakery -- Great treats, organic ingredients, and nice people. B is for Belle Isle. C is for Comerica Park. D is for Dequindre Cut -- The new path linking downtown with the Eastern Market area. E is for Eastern Market. F is for Family Hootenanny -- Grown up local bands playing music for little kids. G is for Glancy Trains -- Little kids are fascinated by this exhibit at the Read more...
Party It Up PreSchool Style
September 05, 2008
Being relatively new to this parenting thing, we've only recently gotten involved in the whole birthday party scene. Summer before last, we went to a ton of them, and this year is shaping up to be just as busy. And we let our social butterfly of a daughter have her first party last year. It was at Ladel's Book Boutique and man, I cannot recommend them enough it was a blast and we got raves. Read more...
Book Nooks for Tots
May 23, 2008
There's few more wonderful gifts you can give your child than a love of books, and wonderfully, it's not even expensive. A library card costs nothing, used books abound everywhere from garage sales to awesome musty-smelling stores all over, and even buying books new is inexpensive when you consider how long they will last compared to the latest plastic, noisy toy out there. Here a few of my Read more...
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