pointe feature JULY-AUGUST 2014 grosse $2.50 magazine BAYVIEW MACKINAC RACE Fathers and sons and Old Goats to sail in 90th consecutive historic event GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB Platinum Club of America hauls on all sail to celebrate its 100 years on Lake St. Clair ATWATER IN THE PARK At long last, Grosse Pointe gets its first — and much anticipated — brewery GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Featuring | JULY-AUGUST 2014the best of Grosse Pointe life 1 LOCHMOOR CLUB Where membership has its privileges For a limited time Lochmoor Club is offering New Members these great opportunities GOLF MEMBERSHIPS Golf Member (age 40 & up) – Initiation fee $1000 down, $1500 after first year with a one year commitment. Golf Intermediate Member (30 - 39 years) - initiation fee $500 down $500 after first year with a one year commitment. Golf Intermediate Junior Member (21 - 29 years) - initiation fee $250 with a 1 year commitment. Active Military (including reserves) – no initiation. SOCIAL MEMBERSHIPS - No Initiation fees until August 31, 2014 Dues $230/month Social Intermediate Member (30- 34) – Initiation fee waived until August 31st. Dues $125/month Social Junior Member (under 30) – Initiation fee waived until August 31st. Dues $125/month Come use the dining, fitness, tennis and pool at the same price as a fitness membership elsewhere. More information contact Anita Marini 313.886.7992 [email protected] Relax • Golf • Play • Live pointe contents Cover Features Pointe Extras Atwater in the Park 14 Gearheads Park’s newest biergarten 30 Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration and tap house opens at 16 last! 18 Detroit Dog Rescue 20 Flossy the Fish GPYC Celebrates 100 22 Summer Book Reviews 42 A look at the yacht club’s 26 Kercheval Dance Studio illustrious past and bright future 28 Harbor Hill 46 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race 50 Up North and Worlds Away The Greenhorn 48 Kids 56 Greekfest Fathers and sons sail the 58 VillageFest Bayview Mackinac race 59 Racing for Kids to the Hill 60 Detroit Boat Club’s 175th Anniversary 62 Fond Farewell to Nursery School Co-op Pointe Personalities 64 The Full Circle of Life 66 The Brillo Man Steven & Matilda 72 South Solar Car Team 10 Steven, an energetic baby, 76 Pointe Prose and Matilda, a creative four-year-old Will In Every Issue 12 Will Lorenz, North student and aspiring 8 On Pointe with the Publisher musician 19 Legal Pointes with Randall Cain 24 Right at Home Anne Marie 27 Pointe Landlord 32 Anne Marie Gattari, family woman and owner 29 Legal Pointes with Jon Gandelot of BrightStar Care 31 Cooking with Chef Ethan Steiner 33 Pointe Fitness Betty 34 Restaurant Guide 54 Betty Nelson, proud 40 Doug Cordier mother, cyclist, volunteer and musician 48 Great Lakes Log 55 Caregiver John 70 Paparazzi 68 John Kennedy, owner of 74 Pointe Pets Irish Coffee Bar & Grill 75 Pet Health 78 Calendar 4 JULY-AUGUST 2014 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Your Home is You Celebrating Home 313-214-2446 | www.cbwm.com 20902 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236 Locally Owned and Operated Since 1950 GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE | JULY-AUGUST 2014 5 Pointe magazine July-August 2014 John Minnis Editor & Publisher Lauren McGregor Assistant Editor Terry Minnis Business Manager Account Representatives Kris Beaver Matthew Beaver Dorothy Hawring Diane McIntyre Marilyn Waldmeir Congratulations, All! Contributing Writers Anna Bartolatta Randall Cain Ed Cardenas Cover photo courtesy of the Grosse Doug Cordier Pointe Yacht Club, which is celebrating Ted Everingham its 100th Anniversary with fireworks... Virginia Ficarra and much, much more! Jon Gandelot Michael Goodell Dr. Joel Katlein Amy Miller Terri Murphy Beth Newhart Margie Reins Smith Ethan Steiner Where in the Pointes? Patti Theros Ken Welch Where in the Pointes is this object? Contributing Photographers On Monday, July 21, we will ask Peter Birkner this question on our Facebook Simon Fletcher wall. The first person to respond Christine M.J. Hathaway with the most specific answer will Bruce Hubbard win two tickets to the Michigan John F. Martin Renaissance Festival. Participants Donald Schulte MUST wait for the question to be The Portrait Place posted by Pointe Magazine. Good Editorial Advisory Board luck! Jim and Angie Bournias Betsy Burt-Feller To find us on Facebook, search “Grosse Pointe Magazine” Coleman Feller Ahmed and Mary Ann Ismail Bob and Diane Klacza Grosse Pointe Magazine is published six times a year by Pointe Media Incorporated, 18530 Mack Ave. #106, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236. Phone: (313) 640-8955; e-mail: [email protected]. Grosse Pointe Magazine reserves the right to reject any advertising. Copyright 2014 Pointe Media Incorporated. Complimentary delivery to all Grosse Pointe homes. $20/ year subscriptions available for non-Grosse Pointe and nonresidential addresses. 6 JULY-AUGUST 2014 | GROSSE POINTE MAGAZINE Discover a Lifestyle that Exceeds Your Expectations! The Intimacy Exquisite Cuisine of Your from Your Private Suite Executive Chef Invigorate, Refresh ... Be Well An Oasis for the Time to Explore New Pursuits and Body, Mind, Spirit Treasured Passions Hotel Quality Amenities • Concierge • Valet Services Outdoor Dining • Enrichment Classes • And Much More ... 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Everyone says Grosse Pointe Monday-Thursday direct from Grosse Pointe Yacht on 100 years The clubhouse has been featured empties in the summer — many going 4:30 - 10:30pm Boston’s on Lake St. Clair. The club was on four of our magazine covers and to Harbor Springs and the Petoskey famous founded in 1914; the fabulous Italian in countless other magazines. It even area — but there is still plenty to do Friday fish house, Renaissance clubhouse was built appears in the Clint Eastwood movie, right here in July and August. As for 4:30 - 11:30pm Foley Fish 15 years later in 1929, just months Gran Torino, and perhaps Grosse Terry and I, we will be going to The Company before the stock market crash and Pointe Blank, though I am not sure Villages in Florida to welcome Ted and the onset of the Great Depression. of that. The 187-foot bell tower at the Mary Stahl, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Saturday Not an auspicious beginning, yet the GPYC serves as a landmark for boaters and sons Brett and Dan, when they 5pm - 11:30pm PRIVATE DINING AND CATERING • COMFORTABLE, RELAXED DINING and landlubbers alike! cross the finish line of the Great Race The Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac in their vintage automobiles. Sunday Race isn’t 100 years old, but at 90, it’s We will be back in town, though, close. This year, sons are joining their for the ever-popular VillageFest in 4 - 9pm dads in the popular race from Port early September, where we will view SUNDAY NIGHT Huron to Mackinac. Good luck, kids! even more classic cars, as well as local FEATURE PRIME RIB Everyone says Grosse Speaking of boating, the Detroit artists’ wares, and nosh on food from 12 oz and 16 oz cuts Boat Club is celebrating 175 years local chefs and restaurateurs in the Pointe empties in the on Belle Isle. Many of the club’s Taste of Grosse Pointe. summer — many going to rowers are from Grosse Pointe, so So much to do and so little time! even though it hails from Detroit, we As always, do patronize our many Harbor Springs and the consider the club, like Bayview, one of loyal advertisers’ establishments and “ours.” businesses, and be sure to tell them Petoskey area — but there Two new businesses opened “Pointe Magazine sent you!” is still plenty to do right up recently, Atwater in the Park Enjoy your summer and see you all biergarten and tap house and at VillageFest — if not sooner! P here in July and August. Kercheval Dance. 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