What happens when a Flint boy falls in love with a Detroit girl? A Flint food fest of epic proportions! all them “holes in the wall” if you want, but I love small, unique, family-owned restaurants. This is where you’ll find meals made from highly-guarded secret recipes that provide a true treat for the taste

ebruary is a “movie month,” and not just because of the Academy Awards. It’s a cold, snowy month perfect for curling up in front of a good film and losing popcorn kernels in the couch cushions. But movies are a surprisingly touchy topic, right? I mean, people can get really obsessed and upset over them,

uman trafficking is an issue that has been taken on by the Zonta Club of Fenton, a service organization I belong to, so I was happy to shed light on the issue in the MCM’s feature, Modern Day Slavery. I had the opportunity to interview Lindsey Younger, the chairperson of the Genesee County Human Trafficking

new year is full of promise – a clean slate and a fresh start. Many people begin it with resolutions to lose weight, exercise more and be a better person. I was researching some of the top New Year’s resolutions and how to make them really work, and I found a few ideas that I

Team My City put together our bridal section for this month’s issue, I found myself reliving my own wedding quite a number of times. I got married in May 2014, and I noticed that as I researched trends and advice for various articles, I was sad. As I studied DIY methods, I remembered the fun

reating New Year’s Eve traditions can be fun … until they backfire on you. When I was but a young lad, I created a game that became a New Year’s Eve tradition in the Ribner family home. That said, I was the only one who actually enjoyed it. The game appealed to my inner schadenfreude

he challenges I face each December can be summed up in two words: heathen problems. While I was raised a Catholic, I chose long ago to follow a different spiritual path. My adopted faith is called Asatru, which means “true to the Aesir gods,” and it’s a modern reconstruction of the ancient pagan faith of

makes me sad to hear people say they hate Christmas music. Personally, I love the songs of this season … but there’s always an asterisk, isn’t there? Christmas music, much like the holiday itself, features two very different, and sometimes competing, influences: “Ho Ho Ho” joviality, and the nativity of Christ. It’s sufficed to say

can’t believe I’m actually going to admit this but (whispering) I really like watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. You know the ones I’m talking about – single mom loses job, car breaks down in tiny town, she gets a waitress job at the local diner and falls in love with a local cop; the whole

If you read my column with any regularity, you know that I love to cook, and November is the month when I get to prepare my most favorite meal: Thanksgiving dinner. Like most folks, I cook a traditional turkey dinner, but what makes it special to me is that each dish I serve is a

While I have much love for Flint, I sometimes feel as though I grew up in Frankenmuth … As the destination for many a Ribner family outing, Michigan’s Little Bavaria played a big role in my childhood. My brother and I would become filled with excitement each time the family car turned north onto M-83

riting our story on discharging the mentally ill from the Genesee County Jail was both a trying and moving experience. When I first met Lori and Julie, who work at the jail, I immediately felt that I was standing in the presence of the anointed; these women live with purpose. And like two tiny Davids