Dim Sum is a type of Chinese cuisine characterized by small plates or eats. They are served via a roving cart and include steamed dumplings, spring rolls and other types of Hors' Dourves-type treats. The cuisine originated in Chinese teahouses but can now be found at a few restaurants in the Metro-Detroit area, including Shangri-La in West Bloomfield.
The table-side service at Shangri-La is fast and efficient; the portions are large; and the price per person is very reasonable. Check it out!
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The movie Stick it in Detroit, which stars John Lutz from Saturday Night Live and Kieran Campion from All My Children, comes out at select theaters in the Metro Detroit area this Friday.
So, aside from an ode to the Motor City in the film's title, what's Detroit about it?
Just about everything.
The movie's producer/director/co-writer/actor, Robert Phelps, was born and raised in Detroit. The aspiring filmmaker was living in Los Angeles and working as a waiter when he came up with the idea for the film and turned to his high-school buddies, who were by this point living all across the country, to help write it. The movie takes place in Detroit, is loosely based on characters from Detroit, was 100% filmed in Detroit and, according to Phelps, "is true to Detroit."
If you're thinking the movie is a cross between just about any National Lampoon movie and American Pie, you'd be spot on. The movie is about a group of friends who are still hanging out years after their time together in a Detroit-area high school. Specifically, the group of characters are preparing for their annual Halloween party. The plot thickens when their ring leader, Todd, is offered a promotion that would require he move to Georgia. While the movie hinges on the will-he-or-won't-he plot device -- whether he will stick it in Detroit -- reviewers love it for its cast of characters and F%#*ing Funny rating. In fact, the movie won the Best Comedy category in the Detroit/Windsor International Film Festival in 2008.
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Special Engagement: MJR Theaters in Waterford, Sterling Heights and Southgate starting November 6th
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The 2009 election in Michigan doesn't have the controversy of a stem-cell-research proposal or the media blitz surrounding a presidential race, but it does have a lot of funding proposals and local government races. For instance, the ballot in Detroit gave Detroiters yet another chance to vote for mayor.
Were the races and proposals in 2009 glamorous enough to get you to the polls?
Detroiters have arguably been desensitized to all things scary after having endured Kilpatrick's antics, GM's bankruptcy and mass layoffs. Maybe that's why we require ever higher levels of horror to truly get a thrill -- just look at the abundance of haunted attractions in the Metro Detroit area and around the state.
As it turns out, however, a lot of Michigan's haunted and spooky happenings aren't manufactured attractions. For instance, did you know that:
- Michigan was rated the 11th most haunted state in the nation from 2007 to 2009 by Haunted American Tours?
- That the movie The Crow, which was set in Detroit, is rated fifth on Haunted American Tours's list of the top haunted, cursed or scariest horror movies? The distinction is based in part on the curse on the production itself. In addition to several other injury accidents that occurred during production, the film's star, Brandon Lee, was killed when a prop gun misfired on the set.
- Harry Houdini died in Detroit at Grace Hospital on Halloween in 1926?
Want more? Check out Detroit and Michigan's paranormal legends.
