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May 8,
2002
Section:
FTR; FEATURES
Edition: METRO
FINAL
Page:
15
Memo:BEST OF DETROIT 2002 special section
BEST
PEOPLE
Free Press staff
Best
multitasker: Desma Reid-Coleman is current president of
the Greater Detroit chapter of the National
Association of Women Business Owners, and for
good reason: She owns four local businesses, including
Fashion Sense, an upscale resale shop in Detroit; Kary
Kart/American Locker, which provides luggage carts at Metro
Airport; Innovative Staffing Services, which supplies
industrial labor, and Quality Professional Services Inc., a
human resources, business development and event-planning
company. Under Reid-Coleman's leadership, the Detroit
NAWBO chapter has become the largest in the country.
Best apology: After the city accidentally mailed
out tax forms with recipients' Social Security numbers on the
outside, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sent each
taxpayer an apology letter. In plain language, hizzoner took
full responsibility and said the words, "We apologize" (not
"We regret"). Hey, former presidents could take a
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Best Cokie
Roberts look-alike: Jennifer Granholm, state attorney general
and gubernatorial contender.
Best designer: You can't miss Dominic Pangborn's
distinctive neckties. They're brilliantly colored and
exotically patterned, and they show up regularly around the
necks of Channel 2 newsman Huel Perkins and former
Mayor Dennis Archer. In addition, the designer owns Pangborn
Design Collection, one of the more successful stores at
Detroit Metro Airport. It features his signature
neckties and scarves as well as watches, handbags, pillows,
picture frames and jewelry -- all exceedingly well designed,
of course. If you make a purchase on your way out
of town, they'll hold it till you return. 734-247-4269.
Best hostess: The food at Vienna Cafe is great;
its unusual salads -- combining fruits and vegetables, hot and
cold, sweet and spicy -- are remarkable. But the hostess is
even more remarkable. Welcoming, accommodating owner Vesna
Dulbic is likely to take the charge off your bill if you don't
finish your latte. Ditto if she gets the slightest impression
you didn't enjoy your meal. 15414 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe
Park. 313-417-0089.
Best way to meet a stranger: Consider the
possibilities. You pay a group called Table for Eight -- which
bills itself as a civilized alternative to dating services --
to get you and seven other strangers together for dinner. You
spend the meal getting to know each other and waiting for
magic to happen. Even if there's no romance, at least you know
seven more people. 248-543-1000 or www.tableforeight.com.
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BEST MOTHER-DAUGHTER
TEAM: Weight Watcher goddess Florine Mark has called in a
reinforcement to help metro Detroiters -- among the fattest
people in the country -- slim down. Now appearing in
television commercials with her: svelte daughter Lisa Mark,
bringing a multigenerational appeal to the weight loss system.
BEST WEDDING WE'D REALLY LIKE TO CRASH: He
proposed in the desert near aa pink Cadillac.We can't wait to
see what will happen when Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson tie the
knot.
SILK PILLOW FROM INDIA - DOMINIC PANGBORN DESIGN
COLLECTION.
KWAME KILPATRICK
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