Podcast appearances and mentions of melody baetens

On this week's episode, Ryan and Kiernan head to Motor City to talk Motown, Coney dogs, and Diego Rivera. Ryan also sits down with Melody Baetens, The Detroit News' restaurant critic, to discuss her favorite dining spots and live music venues in town. Get revved up for your first trip to Detroit!  Things we talk about in this week's episode: Melody at The Detroit News: https://www.detroitnews.com/entertainment/dining-bars/ Melody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/melodybaetens Train from Bogota to Salt Cathedral: https://www.turistren.com.co/en/?page_id=7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Cathedral_of_Zipaquir%C3%A1  

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 10, 2020 is: histrionic • his-tree-AH-nik • adjective 1 : deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical 2 : of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater Examples: "How many water coolers, cocktail parties, and backyard barbecues have you been to where someone has exclaimed, usually in a flourish of histrionic frustration, that they wish they had their own island?" — Carmella DeCaria, The Westchester Magazine, 18 Jan. 2018 "The city's most extravagant and histrionic event of the fall, Theatre Bizarre, won't be taking place this October…. Typically taking over Detroit's Masonic Temple for two weekends just before Halloween, the indoor event includes hot-ticket masquerade balls, and a multi-floor spectacular that includes live music, burlesque, side show acts, food, drink and mandatory costumes—the more outrageous the better." — Melody Baetens, The Detroit News, 19 May 2020 Did you know? The term histrionic developed from histrio, Latin for "actor." Something that is histrionic tends to remind one of the high drama of stage and screen and is often stagy and over-the-top. It especially calls to mind the theatrical form known as the melodrama, where plot and physical action, not characterization, are emphasized. But something that is histrionic isn't always overdone; the word can also simply refer to an actor or describe something related to the theater. In that sense, it becomes a synonym of thespian.

Replay: Melody Baetens has assumed the mantle of restaurant critic for the Detroit News, but she's been with the paper for many years. She drops by the podcast to talk food, drink, and music with Seth and Becky.

Melody Baetens has assumed the mantle of restaurant critic for the Detroit News, but she's been with the paper for many years. She drops by the podcast to talk food, drink, and music with Seth and Becky.

There’s been a ton of scrutiny, including from this podcast, about the Ilitch family’s failure to follow through on its promises to develop the District Detroit. Now, The Detroit News reportsthat the Ilitches also own 44 vacant lots and eight empty buildings surrounding the MotorCity Casino Hotel complex, where the family now hopes to build a seven-story parking structure. But ya know, yours truly has been doing some thinking about the whole District Detroit thing, and I may have actually found a silver lining, which I discuss in this episode. Elsewhere, we round up some recent food and fun news: The New York Times name-dropped two Detroit chefs among its list of 16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America. And here’s our friend Melody Baetens’ writeup on the same at the News. Syd Gold’s Request Room opens Friday. Taqueria Mi Puebla is expanding to Macomb County. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will hold a pop-up old-school video game arcade on Tuesday, coinciding with the performance of “Video Games Live.” Last but certainly not least, soccer correspondent Fletcher Sharpe joins us to talk about Detroit City FC’s NPSL Midwest Region semifinal match Friday against Minneapolis City SC, plus some weird shenanigans elsewhere in the Midwest Region. Thanks for listening to Daily Detroit. If you like what you’re hearing, tell a friend about us, leave us a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or support us by becoming a Patreon member.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens previews the different food festivals happening around the region. Which one are you going to?

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens highlights a new hybrid restaurant-retail concept in downtown Clawson plus other long-time favorites in the neighborhood.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens highlights the Greek-style pizza and other eastside delicacies on CultureShift.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens previews some of the most unique Valentine's Day date-night options.

Detroit News features reporter Melody Baetens previews some of the restaurant weeks happening around Metro Detroit.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens discusses metro Detroit's latest liquor trend.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens highlights a duo of new brunch options for interested foodies in metro Detroit.

Welcome to Monday, friends. Here's your Daily Detroit for Nov. 5: The workers strike at the Westin Book Cadillac hotel is over, as the Unite Here union announces a settlement and a new contract.  GM has rolled out e-bikes as part of its focus on mobility and cracking urban mobility markets. But it wants help from the public in coming up with a brand name. Beaumont Health and Universal Health Services will open a $40 million, 150-bed inpatient mental health hospital in Dearborn. An oil spill fouls the Red Run in Macomb County. Once a small network of rivers, the Red Run is now mostly used for sanitary and storm sewer runoff into the Clinton River. The Detroit Institute of Arts has opened an expanded gallery of Asian art, courtesy of the founders of Buddy's Pizza. Detroit gets a new bike signal on the edge of Palmer Park. And speaking of pizza, Melody Baetens at The Detroit News has the details about the new Detroit-style pizza being cooked up by the new owners of Como's in Ferndale. The place doesn't open until spring, but it inspired Jer and I to discuss pizza and the finer (and less fine) points of Detroit-style pie. Tomorrow is Election Day, so GET OUT THERE AND CAST YOUR VOTE! We offer you three ways to arrange transport, if you need it, to your local ballot box. Lastly, Brian McCollum at the Freep reports that a long-delayed Aretha Franklin performance documentary called "Amazing Grace" is finally set to see the light of day after more than four decades. Don't forget two things: Vote tomorrow. Subscribe to Daily Detroit wherever you download podcasts. Peace.

"You’re really going to notice (the renovations) when you look at the stage,” says Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens.

“The fact that it’s this Olympia development, near the new arena, in the theater district…is a big deal," says Detroit News features reporter Melody Baetens.

Detroit News features reporter Melody Baetens breaks down why there's a line out the door at this new Detroit restaurant.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens discusses the opening of this food-truck-turned-brick-and-mortar in the city's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens discusses the buzz around a new addition to Detroit's dining scene.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens discusses what will be different at the Royal Oak bowling alley.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens discusses the changing landscape of downtown Detroit bars as one sells, another closes.

Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens checks in with the city's old school joints as new restaurants dominate the headlines.

"Restaurants are seeing that the more options they have the more customers they're going to get," says Detroit News features reporter Melody Baetens.

"The Detroit and Michigan food scene is being looked at on a national level," says Detroit News features reporter Melody Baetens.

Detroit News features reporter Melody Baetens looks at the breweries celebrating 20 years of hoppy pours