Win a Hotel Stay and Mother's Day Brunch at The Baronette Renaissance in Novi

Tell us the best advice you got from your mother for a chance to win.

Editor's Note: This contest is now closed. Whether it its to "follow your heart" or "just be yourself," mothers often give the best advice. With Mother's Day around the corner, Patch is looking for the best nuggets of truths and pearls of wisdom from the woman who raised you or any other influential woman in your life. Tell us in the comments the words you remember most from mom and win an overnight stay on May 11 at Novi's The Baronette Renaissance. We'll pick one winner by random drawing. Besides the overnight stay for two on May 11, the The Baronette Renaissance package will include a Mother's Day brunch for four in the facility's grand ballroom at 11 a.m. May 12. The menu includes carving, omlette and salad stations as well as a …

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Teresa Mask

5:57 pm on Sunday, May 12, 2013

Here an article naming our winner and showcasing some of our favorite nuggets of advice from the readers: http://novi.patch.com/articles/celebrating-mothers-and-the-best-advice   more ›

Grosse Pointe Shores Man Stars in Own Reality TV Show

Reality television series “Big Bob's World” follows Victory Motors’ manager Bob Ladendorf inside and outside Michigan’s largest volume used car dealer.

A Grosse Pointe Shores resident, who is a Royal Oak used car manager, made famous for his wacky TV commercials for Victory Motors, is beginning a new adventure in reality TV.   Larger-than-life “Big Bob” Ladendorf stars in “Big Bob’s World: Reality Gone Good," which wraps this weekend at Victory Motors, located at 517 N. Main St. in Royal Oak. The reality series documents Ladendorf's personal and professional life.  "Customers come in Victory Motors and Big Bob tries to them in cars they can afford," said producer Kevan Cyka, of Franklin, TN. "A lot of times they don't have cash but they have things of value they can use for a down payment." "Musical instruments, wedding rings, silverware—I am willing to consider anything that doesn't cost…

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LugNut

5:30 pm on Sunday, May 5, 2013

This is the "Big Bob" of the GPN Class of 1974; the greatest class that school ever experienced. Bob Bashara was the"Big Bob" of the GPN Class of 1976. If you ever talked to any of the women from that class; they will tell you he always creeped them out. Women's intuition I guess.   more ›

St. John/Borders Open House Draws Questions

St. John Providence Health System officials answered questions one-on-one with City of Grosse Pointe residents and other community members Thursday during an open house in the former Borders location concerning their plan to purchase the building.

The open house hosted Thursday by St. John Providence officials in the former Borders building drew City of Grosse Pointe residents, fellow Village business owners and other community members.  Health system officials estimated turnout to be anywhere from 75 to 200 people. Numerous health system officials, including administration and board members were on hand to answer questions of the public in a one-on-one format. The intention of the open house was not only to answer questions of the public but also to provide health system employees with a gauge on the community's reception and concerns about their plans for the currently vacant building that formerly housed Borders Books, spokeswoman Sara E. Brown previously told Patch. St. John …

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Mark

10:33 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013

There's facts and a way of representing them Katie and I don't believe for a second you weren't intending to make it sound like they are not affordable or that a vast amount of their revenue is related to abortions. The fact is it is an affordable solution for people and they do a hell of a lot for a lot of people in need of healthcare that has nothing to do with abortions.   more ›

St. John Providence to put $5.4M into Borders Building if Purchased

Officials are planning to do a complete renovation of the former Border building to outfit it with two retail spaces facing Kercheval Avenue. Additional renovations will focus on establishing space for the health system, including physical therapy and mor

St. John Providence intends to put $5.4 million into the former Borders building if the organization purchases the now vacant space in the Village.  The proposal will be decided upon by the City of Grosse Pointe Council May 13. Council members already have the proposed plans for the building, St. John Providence Health System spokeswoman Sara E. Brown said.  The intent is to make the building fit into the Village more by making the facade similar in design to others, she said, explaining it would be a more "warm and friendly" feel.  Among the proposed plans are two small retail storefronts that will face Kercheval Avenue. One will be about 1,700 square feet and the other about 1,300 square feet, Brown said. The remainder of the 19,800 …

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3 Advertising Sales Jobs Open with Michigan Patch

Patch.com Michigan is seeking advertising managers for several community news websites.

Who's Hiring in Grosse Pointe?

See a sampling of local businesses that are hiring in Grosse Pointe.

Looking for work in Grosse Pointe? Here's a sample of some local places that are hiring, according to indeed.com. Are you an employer? Post your opening in the comments' section below.

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Chez Loulou, a Trendy, European Salon

The owner of Chez Loulou in the Village celebrated her new business Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce.

Brigitte Rist opened her new salon, Chez Loulou, in the Village earlier this year and celebrated it Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce.  Offering hair, makeup, nails and massage therapy, the salon is a full-service business with seven stylists, two massage therapists, one facialist and one nail technician, Rist said. The salon is a european spa with a focus on being upscale, trendy and cutting edge, Rist said. All of the employees have been in the business for years and are involved in New York's Fashion Week, she said.  The salon features Prive products, a French line, and wants to keep people in touch with the fashion scene of L.A., New York and Paris, Rist said.  More than a dozen people …

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