For 21-year-old Shanel Dewalt cooking goes beyond cutting vegetables and mixing ingredients. This is how her mind finds peace and how she is reminded of her purpose. As the oldest of five siblings being raised in a single-parent household, the Detroit native realized she had to grow up at a very young age. When her […]
An aroma of fresh bread and homemade pastries fills the walls of Sheila’s Bakery as a colorful, mouthwatering arrangement of cakes, flan and empanadas wait to be devoured. Located on Springwells Street in Southwest Detroit, the sweet treats of Sheila’s Bakery have attracted customers from all over the city and metro area for more than […]
If you’ve ever had to choose between healthy eating and convenience, the Grubbable app might make your life a little easier. Think of it as your first stop to find the best restaurants connected to local farmers, businesses and nonprofits. The Grubbable app is designed to pair the user with eateries that use natural and […]
If you ever had any questions of how your mother might impact your career, you only need to look at the fairy-tale story of Daymond John. Well, fairy tale might be too strong. It was a series of starts and stops, braggadocio and bravery that got John from his mom’s basement to an international brand […]
Pardon me for a bit of presumptuousness, but Ron Fournier seems like the kind of guy you want to share a beer with in a Mackinac Island bar. Now, I don’t know the guy personally. I, like most people, follow him on social media (where he’s consistently hilarious, intellectual and sensitive on Twitter – no […]
Pay for food or a car? On the surface it seems simple, until you factor in that you need a car to get to work so that you can pay for the food. Thanks to a high interest rate on her auto loan, that’s the trap LaTonza VanBuren found herself in until she was helped […]
“Suicide” conditioning drills, strength training and plenty of sweat tell just part of the story Garnett Mims envisions for a fitness and community center opening this fall in Detroit’s English Village. The renovated 12,000-square-foot building at 16246 East Warren will welcome anyone looking to shed pounds and tone up, but the other part of the […]
An easier, cheaper way to pay your bills with cash? That’s what’s on the horizon at a neighborhood store near you. Cash will be king thanks to a partnership between DTE Energy and Ferndale-based DivDat, which created a kiosk technology that allows cash payments to DTE with no convenience fee. That is great news for […]