In entrepreneurs' big picture, small pubs can yield success

Even with shuttered pubs littering the valley, one couple, undeterred by the downturn, plans to try its luck by thinking small. The first of three Miz Lola's Spirits & Gaming is already open, and its design is a departure from the typical gaming bar.

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Farmington Hills

LAX Concession Process Hits Some Turbulence

Madelyn Alfano rips what she believes is LAX’s half-baked process for awarding eatery concessions.

Model homes

CHELSEA — The aroma of spaghetti and garlic bread wafts from the kitchen as Marie Burke aims her walker toward the dining room table, where several of her housemates, a couple of them in wheelchairs, already have taken positions. Garlic - Dining room - Shopping - Home - Cooking

Opening unfinished work

Tours of historic homes often focus on mansions with sparkling interiors, immaculately pointed brick and manicured hedges. This year's West Central Neighborhood Association's House and Garden Tour and Arts Fest has all that, of course.