Saturday Night in the RO

12 hours on that hard concrete floor, the hostess is gonna need a social beverage or two. That's the 5-7pm "professional film creatives openhouse" rockin on towards 11pm. The goal was to solidify the local film making base, well I think we got that off to a good start. Count on that Dutch powerhouse Selina Van Den Brink to rally the troops. Thanks to her efforts, we packed the house Saturday night, 100 talented artists, designers, producers waiting for the green light on any one of the 35 or so movies promised for Michigan. She's my biggest cheerleader and I'm happy to host her peeps. I know she's putting out the good word on where to get props and she makes it her business to be connected. Just so happens local councilman Jim Razor was taking a walk with his partner and wanted to just pop in to say hi. He's behind any effort to bring this new business to our cash-strapped city and wants to be kept in the loop. We chat about my neighbors across the tracks, Cloverleaf wines and bringing business to the southend by hosting events like the Royal Oak wine stroll coming up in May. Our new best friends at Michigan Brewing were quite the help with the beverages and if there's a party in the house Tim from Zumbas is always, I mean ALWAYS, there with some tasty mexican fare not to mention lots of other folks that pitched in and even humored my 11-year old son and his friends who were busy making and selling their origami creations ($36 all told!: they think it's the best party ever!!) Even though business is off to a slow start, you cannot beat the fierce loyalty of that Detroit tribe, you just say the word and they are ready to charge....