Hour Magazine – A List – June 2009 June 15, 2009

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A-List: June 2009

Inside the Box

We’ve been sipping milk from cartons since elementary school. But somehow, we never made the carton connection with water. Until now. Grand Rapids-based Boxed Water Is Better plans to reduce its carbon footprint by selling water from Minnesota in boxes made almost totally of renewable resources. Boxed Water dedicates 20 percent of its profits to foundations that benefit water and trees. Look for the boxes at a metro Detroit retailer soon. boxedwaterisbetter.com.

Squeaky Green

How to stay clean and help the environment? Suds up with Pangea Organics Bar Soap. When you remove the soap from the seed-studded package, soak the package in water, then plant it. We liked the Malagasy Cinnamon Cassia with Cloves, whose plantable package sprouts into a spruce tree. Other packages transform into flowering amaranth, sweet basil, and other flora. $8/bar at Macy’s and Whole Foods stores; pangeaorganics.com.

Hands-on

Marcia Hovland’s intimate boutique in Royal Oak carries hand-painted ceramic tiles, buttons, ornaments, and jewelry crafted by Hovland herself, as well as other local artists. Top item $28 and bottom item $24, at Marcia Hovland Studio & Gallery, 415 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak; 248-398-2951.

Green Style

Verdant stretches of grass are lovely, but a splash of color improves most landscapes. (Even Tiger Woods dons red on tournament Sundays for good luck.) For style-minded female duffers, Keri Golf offers floral- and geometric-patterned bags, head covers, totes, and duffels — for fashion — if not good fortune — on the links. $85 to $375 at area pro shops.

Who’s the Bossa?

Few types of music suggest summer more than the lilting Brazilian import called bossa nova. And when the whispery vocals of Diana Krall are paired with lush orchestrations by Claus Ogerman, you’ve got a combination that’s as soft and intoxicating as a June breeze. Krall’s 12th album, Quiet Nights, includes tunes by bossa master Antonio Carlos Jobim, such as “The Boy from Ipanema,” “Este Seu Olhar,” and the title tune. But other classics are reshaped, like “Where or When” and “Too Marvelous for Words,” giving them a fresh rhythmic identity. At music outlets.

Textbook Cooks

deally, our culinary education begins at a young age in the family kitchen. Later, the right cookbook makes all the difference. Enter Max and Eli Sussman, two brothers from Huntington Woods, whose childhood household was dedicated to from-scratch cooking. After U-M and MSU, they published Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef (Huron River Press, $17.95) to share their love of home cooking. In addition to recipes for novices and experienced cooks, Freshman offers tips for stocking the pantry and grocery shopping. At area booksellers.

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We are really honored to be included in HOUR Magazine’s The A-List for June. This is without question the closest we will ever get to Diana Krall and we are ok with that.

But here I gotta point out that if we were the editors of Hour we’d ditch “The A-List” and call this page ”The A-Team” in honor of one of our favorite TV shows of all time. And then each month we’d attribute each selected item to one of the 4 main characters. Actually I’m about to do that right now.

Those water cartons (pretty sure tap water has a small carbon footprint) are consumed by B.A. Baracus. He’s gotta stay hydrated with all those heavy chains and he absolutely pities wasteful fools.

Face takes the organic soap bc he’s metro and dirty hands can mess up his awesome suits.

Hannibal snags the clubs AND the Krall CD bc he’s in charge (and dude loves to unwind any way possible with a cigar).

Which leaves Howling Mad Murdock with his very own copy of FITK. He not only flies the chopper but now he can cook dinner for the A-Team as well.

So may the A-Team never go hungry while they battle gangs, try to clear their name and bring about justice all while basically only shooting at the dirt near people’s feet for 6 seasons.

So thanks again for the awesome mention, and yes Hour Mag, feel free to run with this A-team idea. it’s yours for the taking

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