Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Each day leading up to Christmas Day, Patch will offer holiday-themed music playlists.
Do you hear what I hear? Christmas is just days away and the sounds of the season are in the air. Whether it's the ringing of the Salvation Army bell or door-to-door carolers, it's at least starting to sound a lot like Christmas. To get in on the holiday spirit, Patch is creating playlists of Christmas music each day to help spread the cheer. So here's the deal: Each day, from today through Christmas, we'll feature a uniquely different, themed Christmas music playlist. Today's theme is Alternative Christmas, incorporating some holiday-themed highlights from the indie, folk and alternative rock scene to help our readers rock around the Christmas tree. You can listen here, free and legally (via Spotify), without leaving Patch! But we also …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Each day leading up to Christmas Day, Patch will offer holiday-themed music playlists.
Do you hear what I hear? It's one week before Christmas Day and the sounds of the season are in the air. Whether it's the ringing of the Salvation Army bell or door-to-door carolers, it's at least starting to sound a lot like Christmas. To get in on the holiday spirit, Patch is creating playlists of Christmas music each day to help spread the cheer. So here's the deal: Each day, from today through Christmas, we'll feature a uniquely different, themed Christmas music playlist. Today's theme is Classic Rock Christmas. We're defining "classic" as anything up through the 1980s. We've hand-picked 10 songs, ranging from the Beach Boys to Chuck Berry, to help our readers rock around the Christmas tree. You can listen, free and legally (via …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
The pictures may show the perfect kids, but sometimes they might not tell the whole story.
If you are a parent, chances are you know the real story behind all those adorable pictures of smiling kids plastered on the annual holiday cards. It’s the nitty-gritty, down and dirty true story that involves wardrobe malfunctions, hair debacles and all out meltdowns at the photo studio. It’s the fight with your kids about what color shirt they are going to wear or how they will refuse to let you curl, straighten or fix the rat nest on top of their head the morning of pictures. It’s the one where the moms are sweating bullets as they wait for their turn in front of the cameras, chasing toddlers, bouncing infants and carefully feeding Cheerios to bored kids, praying that nothing lands on the perfect holiday outfits you searched weeks for…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Virginia Patton of Dexter, who portrayed Ruth Dakin Bailey in 'It's a Wonderful Life,' appeared Sunday at the Penn Theatre in Plymouth.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
OUTSIDE DETROIT– Giving up a promising career in Hollywood to start a family might be a difficult choice for a talented young actress, but for Virginia Patton, the decision paved the way for a wonderful life away from the limelight. Patton, now 86, portrayed Ruth Dakin Bailey in the 1946 Frank Capra classic It’s a Wonderful Life, starring alongside such screen legends as James Stewart and Donna Reed at just 20 years old, but left acting soon afterwards to move to Ann Arbor to pursue a family with husband Cruse W. Moss, a successful automotive executive. Patton, of Dexter, and Moss appeared together Sunday at the historic Penn Theatre in downtown Plymouth for a screening of It’s a Wonderful Life, where the former actress signed autographs …
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Here are five things you probably never knew about the Advent season, which starts Dec. 2 and runs through Christmas.
The Christmas season officially starts in many churches in White Lake and Highland this weekend with the beginning of Advent. Here are a few things to know about the season. 1. Advent has a different start date each year In 2012, Advent starts Sunday, Dec. 2. Despite the fact that most people associate the beginning of the Advent season with Dec. 1, the official dates of the season actually change each year. An anticipatory recognition of the “second coming of Christ,” in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moravian, Presbyterian and Methodist traditions; Advent is the period of time preceding Christmas, beginning on whatever Sunday is nearest to Nov. 30. Because start dates vary, so does the length of each Advent season. This year, …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Techies will love the almost unlimited options available this holiday season. With so much to chose, Patch is here to help.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Techies will love the almost unlimited options available this holiday season. From affordable tablets to the newest cell phones, there is sure to be winner on this year’s list of the hottest in all things techie. Small tablets are becoming a major selling point as consumers look for options packed in smaller packages. Apple has dominated the larger tablet industry with its iPad, and the iPad 4 will be released Nov. 2 with a starting price of $499. But competition is heating up in the smaller tablet market, with four worthy competitors vying for market share. Gaming systems are continually being updated and reconfigured. If there’s a gamer on your list, maybe a new system is high on their list. eReaders are turning paperback enthusiasts …
The annual White Lake tree lighting event is next week.
Kick off the holiday season with the annual tree lighting event in White Lake Township at Village Lakes Shopping Center. The event starts at 6 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. in the area near The Root Restaurant & Bar, Marshalls, Waterfall Jewelers and JCPenney. Those who attend can expect a variety of activities and entertainment including: You can enter the White Lake Library's Gingerbread House contest now, or have your children color the poster available here as part of the holiday coloring contest. If you arrive, arrive early - the event usually attracts a large group and parking will fill up quickly.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, 89x and Biggby Coffee locations across Metro Detroit partner for A Season of Goodwill.
White Lake's Biggby Coffee will have a guest barista Tuesday, Nov. 27, from noon to 1 p.m. The guest barista, 89X's Sarah Eatherly, will be there to serve up coffee and collect donations. From now until Dec. 4, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, 89x The Only New Rock Alternative and Biggby Coffee will be working together to collect new toys during “A Season of Goodwill.” With any donation of a new, unwrapped toy at one of the 29 participating Biggby Coffee locations throughout Metro Detroit, including White Lake, patrons will receive $1 off any Grande or Super specialty beverage. Each day of the campaign, a guest barista from 89X will be serving up coffee with a smile at one of the participating locations. All donations and 100 …
Whether you're looking for a small, stout, large, long-needled or short-needled Christmas tree, Patch knows where you can go to buy one.
Want to have a fun yet productive break from the work week? Use your time off this weekend to buy a Christmas tree! And Patch knows just where you can go. Where do you get your tree? Tell us in the comments below.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
We want to know what you are thankful for this Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is today, and as my family heads into town for the annual dinner, I've been reflecting on this last year and counting my blessings. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for my family, immediate and extended, and my wonderful in-laws. I'm also thankful for my beautiful home, my three cats, my lovable English Labrador and all the love I have for my husband, Brian. I'm thankful for my job, the people I talk to everyday in White Lake and Highland, and for all my White Lake-Highland Patch readers. So, as you gather around the dinner table today with your loved ones, take a second to reflect and share: What are you thankful for this year? Happy Thanksgiving!
Kristin Bull
3:52 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Great playlist! more ›