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Giving Thanks

November 2023 PUBLISHER

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In this season of giving thanks, we often find ourselves reflecting on the many blessings in our lives. The true spirit of Thanksgiving encourages the conscious expression of gratitude. Its focus is spending time with those that you love and encourages giving back in a meaningful way. Our November issue is dedicated to stories of gathering, gratefulness and giving back to our community. We are so thankful for the residents and businesses in our community who support so many wonderful organizations and help make our city the vibrant community that it is. We are especially thankful for our advertising partners who help bring this magazine to your doorsteps each month. They are part of our vision and purpose of bringing inspiring stories and the good news of the community directly to you. This holiday season as we prepare to gather with our loved ones, and in the true spirit of thanksgiving, let’s set time aside to consider what truly makes life meaningful and stop to reflect on those blessings. Blessings to you and your family,

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26 Helping Hands

Lifestyle Letter

City Scene

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Hosting Tips HO ME + DES I GN

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Giving Back LI FE + C U LT U R E

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Events

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Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving or an autumn dinner party, setting a festive table creates the perfect cozy atmosphere. Improvise and use what you have around the house for adding elements to the table. Candlesticks, vases, little pumpkins and gourds, or fall decor you have on hand can make a great centerpiece. Add fresh flowers or dried foliage for that extra layer of texture and color.

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ATTORNEYS DERRICK AND MAGGIE GEORGE SPEAK FOR THE ‘WHOLE’ PERSON.

Maggie George has a passion for defending people’s reputations and livelihoods, a common thread throughout her diverse career. Having worked for Congress on Capitol Hill as a director of training for a Fortune 500 company — and now, as a partner at George Law, a criminal defense and trial litigation firm in Royal Oak with her husband, Derrick George — it’s been a clear path. After many years of working in other professions, it wasn’t until she met Derrick, already an attorney at that time, that Maggie realized practicing law would help her to winnow in on helping people be seen beyond whatever obstacle they might be facing. Married and with a toddler while helping Derrick build George Law, Maggie earned a law degree from Wayne State University Law School, with a focus on criminal law, defamation and contracts. “I think I bring a level of analysis and inquisition that isn’t typical and it helps me formulate arguments that are hard to rebut and questions that my opposition can’t answer,” Maggie says. Derrick, too, came to law armed with manifold degrees and experience — after earning a master of science degree in real estate development from Columbia University, he managed large investment funds in New York City and managed programming for

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ABC World News Tonight and other news shows before earning his juris doctor from Denver University’s Sturm College of Law. Keeping a hand in business interests and a passion for entrepreneurship, he realized that his unique perspective was a needed attribute when negotiating for clients to be represented as a whole person, not just a defendant. Similarly, Maggie, a criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI/OWI, juvenile defense and felony charges, has a simple approach to the practice of law: to make sure the good in each client comes through in any legal battle they face. Together, the pair have guided George Law as a small firm with six attorneys to practice with a common philosophy: to give clients a fair chance as a “whole” person while navigating the complex legal system. “We focus on all kinds of civil and criminal cases,” Maggie says. “Our criminal defense work ranges from misdemeanor substance-use crimes to white-collar felonies. No community is immune from these issues. “People who find themselves charged with an alcohol-related driving offense or a drug crime are not ‘criminals’ in our eyes,” she says. “This could be a oneoff, out-of-character, bad night that someone had. Or we could be dealing with a repeat offender who truly has a dependency issue and doesn’t know how to help him/herself. The people who seek us out for help are

running this community. They are doctors, teachers, delivery drivers. We need all of them, day in and out, and our goal is to keep them with us as part of the community as we navigate through their cases, be it civil or criminal.” While accountability is imperative, of course, the couple believes that it’s equally important to remember that human beings are complex individuals who make mistakes, fall on hard times and sometimes struggle with mental health or addiction. And those people deserve to have their story heard, too. “I think Derrick brings an absolute fearlessness to this profession,” Maggie says. “Sometimes litigation is a game of chicken and Derrick will be the last man standing, every time.” In return, she says, “Clients have credited us for their sobriety or addiction recovery. We often won’t take certain cases unless clients get help for themselves to heal from a trauma, or break free from substance dependency — and oftentimes those two go hand-in-hand. But,” she adds, “we have been told that we have saved people’s careers, their lives, their children. One of our client’s even asked us to be his son’s godparents,” a request they turned down for ethical reasons. In addition to scaling their practice to other states, Maggie says, “Our goals remain to never stop learning in this profession — and to continue to truly help people.”

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HATCHING A COMMUNITY By Jennifer Lovy

A large part of Nick Gorga’s narrative is the quintessential story of an idea-turned-grassroots initiative that led to a multitude of impactful opportunities for entrepreneurs in Detroit. In 2010, this 46-year-old Bloomfield Village attorney started Hatch Detroit, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting independent small businesses through funding, education, exposure and mentorship. Gorga conceived the idea of Hatch while he and his wife Shanna, both Detroit-area natives, lived in Chicago and were preparing to return to Michigan to be closer to family. One of Gorga’s priorities upon returning home would be to find a way to help Detroit and its residents move forward on the heels of the Great Recession. Reflecting on his time in the Windy City, Gorga says the couple appreciated how the neighborhoods coalesced around the retail in the area. “The shops, bars and restaurants all reflected the character of the neighborhood, and people tended to move to certain areas because they liked that vibe and the sense of community reflected in the retail offerings,” Gorga explains. When he thought about what brick-and-mortar retailers would need to start and maintain a successful business in Detroit, it was clear that capital and attention were the two most important factors, and Hatch would provide both.

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we do, to try and play a small part in making peoples’ entrepreneurial dreams come true,” he says. To expand the impact of Hatch Detroit last year, the organization partnered with TechTown Detroit, a nonprofit dedicated to helping tech startups and small businesses develop, launch, and grow. Now called Hatch Detroit by TechTown, Gorga says one of the many benefits of this partnership is the additional support provided to help foster the success of the Hatch finalists through a more extensive network of resources. When Gorga’s not dedicating time to the nonprofit world or practicing law (he’s the vice chairman of the litigation department and a member of the board of directors at Honigman), he plays “a lot of golf.” He’s a member of Oakland Hills Country Club and Birmingham Country Club. He enjoys staying active by working out at Equinox, running, practicing yoga and playing paddle tennis. He also plays guitar and likes to travel with his wife and their two teenagers. “I’ve always felt pretty blessed in my life. And I think that when you’re in that position, there’s a responsibility to give back, to help where your talents are best suited,” Gorga says. “I’ve always felt a privilege and an obligation to do that.” CONTINUED > NOVEMB ER 2 0 2 3 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C OM/B I RM I N G HA M M I

DBG GOES NATIONAL By Robin Schwartz

Birmingham native Jessica Hauser walked into a personal training appointment at the Downtown Boxing Gym (DBG) in Detroit in 2010. Little did she know that day would change her life. She describes what she saw as “magic” — a youth program founded in 2007 by Khali Sweeney that provides transformational mentorship, individualized academic support for each student and a whole host of other services from transportation to meals and more, all free of charge. After her visit, Hauser left the University of Michigan where she was pursuing a Ph.D. and became DBG’s executive director. The rest is history. “I instantly felt something,” she recalls. “I saw kids helping each other with homework and interacting with adults in a real way. I had to get involved.” Much has changed since DBG’s early days. From a scrappy nonprofit, Hauser and Sweeney have built a team of approximately 50 full and part-time employees with plans to expand DBG’s Detroit campus, double the number

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of students they serve locally, and license the DBG model to reach students globally. “We feel it is absolutely our responsibility to do our part — to provide resources and opportunities to as many students as possible,” she says. With a focus on results, the free out-of-school-time program has carefully measured program effectiveness for more than a decade and is so impactful, two national organizations are recognizing DBG. TheNational Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2 million grant to Purdue University’sCollege of Education and the Downtown Boxing Gym for a five-year research study to further evaluate, measure and magnify the far-reaching impact of DBG’s innovative STEM-based programming (science, technology, engineering, art and math.) The Library of Congress, the world’s largest library, also recently selected DBG for The American Prize, a literacy award that goes to one organization based in the United States annually for “making a significant and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels in the U.S.” In the last three years alone, DBG has provided nearly 628,000 minutes of literacy tutoring. Students participating in one-on-one tutoring through a partnership with Center for Success and DBG’s other literacy programs gain an average of 5.5 reading levels per year. The program has had a 100-percent high school graduation rate among all participating students for the last 16 years. DBG is actively seeking partners to support its continued growth. To learn more, visit dbgdetroit.org.

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Danielle, better known as Dani, was born in June of 2000. By the time she was just 18 months old, Debbie and Joel Pearlman’s first child, their beautiful baby girl, was diagnosed with autism. Life as they imagined it would never be the same. “There is no doubt taking care of a child with special needs comes with its challenges,” says Joel, who lives with Debbie, Dani and two younger children in Huntington Woods. “But it has also been a gift. Dani has taught us patience and appreciation of the simple things in life. And she has made us a stronger couple and family.” Dani is nonverbal, but she understands and communicates in her own way. As she got older, her parents, longtime participants and supporters of Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield, realized they didn’t have a documented plan that others could use if anything happened to them. “The thought of us not having all the details of Dani’s life laid out in a way others can understand is disturbing,” Joel says. “How would they remember to give Dani her medications? How would they know her favorite foods? Make sure she has her headphones so loud sounds don’t hurt her ears? The list of details is long.”

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It’s a question heard every year about this time: “What are the best wines to serve with Thanksgiving dinner?” “In my early days in the wine business, the answer was pretty cut and dried because it was all based on the assumption that you had a turkey that came out of the oven that was dry, and so you’re almost guaranteed to need something with a little bit of sweetness to it to help balance that out,” James Lewis says. James is a sommelier who has been in the wine business for more than 26 years. “I’d recommend a sweet or off-dry Riesling or Gewürztraminer. Something that will help with that dry meat that you’re about to choke down.” But now, with all the ways people are preparing the big bird, he says that conversation has become a lot more interesting and fun. “People are frying turkeys, which come out really moist and delicious. They’re smoking turkeys and they’re doing them on the grill,” James says. “Now, when I’m asked that question, I always ask how the turkey is going to be cooked because any given preparation is going to call for something a little bit different. “If you’re deep frying it, it’s going to come out very moist with a fair bit of fat, so you need something that’s going to cut through that. So you can go with a dry white, you can do a dry Riesling, or you could try a French Chardonnay, which typically doesn’t have that big, rich mouthfeel that California Chardonnay would have. It’s crisper and cleaner with high acidity.” For those who prefer red wines, James says that a fried or smoked turkey can handle something a bit bolder and full-bodied. “Try something like a Pinot Noir. It’s not at all heavyhanded. When I’m talking about red wines, and

I talk about heavy-handed or big—Cabernet is big and full-bodied. I call it the linebacker of the wine world. Then you’ve got Pinot Noir, which is more about balance and elegance. So, if Cabernet is a linebacker, Pinot Noir would be the ballerina. They’re both athletes, but with different approaches to athletics, so they have different approaches to your palate. Cabernet is big, dry, and highly tannic, so you might serve a Cabernet or Malbec if you’re having a steak for Thanksgiving, but you wouldn’t want to do that with a turkey. “With a turkey,” James continues, “you want something that’s going to have a little more acidity, less tannins, and medium body; not that big mouth-filling richness. You can do a Beaujolais or an old-world Italian Sangiovese, which tends to be a very food-friendly wine.” Somewhere in between might be a soft, flirty rosé. And rosé wine seems to be having a moment. “Rosé was always thought of as a summer wine, but people are now drinking it year-round. It’s an excellent choice to go with turkey.” What about bubbles? “I almost hesitate to answer that because it’s kind of the easy answer. You can drink Champagne or sparkling with anything because of that really bright acidity. Especially if you have a fried bird, a Prosecco or sparkling wine is going to cut right through that fattiness and balance it out really nicely.” If you’re hosting a tableful of friends and family this year, James says it’s easy to bring together a collection of wines that will please the crowd. “If you do one bottle of sparkling, whether it’s white or rosé, a bottle of dry white, a bottle of rosé, and a bottle of medium-bodied red, you’ve got something to cover just about anybody’s preference.”

“If you do one bottle of sparkling, whether it’s white or rosé, a bottle of dry white, a bottle of rosé, and a bottle of medium-bodied red, you’ve got something to cover just about anybody’s preference.”

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What if I’m serving ham this year? “Lots of people have ham for Thanksgiving, right? It’s very traditional to pair ham and Pinot. But again, you can get creative. You can do a Grenache, you can do a Beaujolais…really, any of those medium-bodied reds will be delicious. “

What about dessert? “If you’re having pumpkin pie for dessert, I would go with something like a tawny port. The spiciness of the pie combined with that kind of nuttiness and caramel notes of a tawny port? Lovely. And it would work with an apple pie as well.”

How much should I spend on a bottle of wine? “That’s kind of an impossible question to answer because wine is so incredibly subjective. That said, I’m a firm believer that there is an absolute ocean of delicious wine in that $15–$25 retail price point. If you go to your wine shop and tell them you’re looking for a nice off-dry Riesling for around 20 bucks, they should be able to find you something that’ll work really well. There’s no reason to break the bank.” James Lewis is a sommelier who has been in the wine business for more than 26 years, and he and his wife Nancie own Crush Wine Bar in Castle Rock Colorado.

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