I LISTENING POST." "PROBABLY THE WORST THING I EVER DID" "I hate to go out to dinner, period! I had a million excuses. The food's no good. The food's good, but over-priced. The food's o.k., but the place is too far. The food and music are lousy. The service is horrible. Last week I ran out of excuses." 9 Bum Knee Bums Out A Trip Of A Lifetime DANNY RASKIN Local Columnist 362-1262 COMPARE ANYWHERE! .... IF YOU WANT THE BEST I DINE IN & CARRY-OUT AVAILABLE I GIVE US A TEST! OPEN 7 DAYS-SUNAHURS 11-10 1 ASTED FRIAAT. 11.11 0 rn a) 118 SOUTH WOODWARD • ROYAL OAK JUST NORTH OF 10 NIILE NEXT TO ZOO 544-1211 QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY IS OUR PRIORITY! COMPLETE DINNERS FOR TWO $899 isk,U* MON. THRU FRI, AFTER 4 P.M. CHOICE OF 5 DAILY CHANGING ENTREES Portrait of the Great American Investor INCLUDES: SOUP, SALAD, POTATO & BREAD BASKET BREAKFAST SPECIALS 7 DAYS A WEEK SAT. & SUN. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. • 2 EGGS (any style) • 2 EGGS (any style) • BACON or SAUSAGE • COFFEE • HASH BROWNS OR Choice of GRITS 99 Kaiser Roll, MON.-FRI. 7 a.m.-11 a..m. • 2 EGGS (any style) • HASH BROWNS OR GRITS 3 hioseicr eRoofll, 2 Bagel, 79 English Muffin '? or Toast Bagel, English Muffin or Toast $1179 Choice of Kaiser Roll, Bagel, English Muffin or Toast COOLIDGE CAFE 22110 COOLIDGE AT 9 MILE IN THE A & P SHOPPING CENTER 541-5929 Oak Park FREE DINNER EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE WITH PURCHASE OF ANY THREE DINNERS I FREE SODA POP FOR CHILDREN WE ONLY USE VEGETABLE OIL IN ALL OUR COOKING, INCLUDING FRIED FOODS NO MSG ON REQUEST FREE OFFER GOOD ONLY AT SOUTHFIELD LOCATION A WING HONG 18203 W. 10 Mile Rd. at Southfield Rd. • 569.5527 Visit Our Farmington Hills Restaurant, 14 Mile & Northwestern, 851.7400 The Best in Dining HOUSE 3020 Grand River 833-0700 Free Parking Nationally known for serving 4-H Prize Blue Ribbon Steak and Chops. Finest Seafood and Liquors. Private Dining Rooms for Banquets and Parties Serving daily from 11:30 — Sunday from 2 p.m. 76 FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 1990 All beef aged in our own coolers It's his job to know good advertising—and he also knows a good investment. Terry Wilson puts his money in U.S. Savings Bonds. Bonds now pay competitive rates, like money market accounts. Find out more, call 1-800-US-BONDS. Bonds held less than five years earn a lower rate. A public service of this publication. U.S. SAVINGS BONDS THE GREAT AMERICAN INVESTMENT ark Shapiro, re- cuperating at home after knee surgery, has get well wishes from a lot of folks . . . He was the Michigan State University Spartans' football squad long snap center injured in the team's last game of the season . . . and not taken to Hawaii for the Aloha Bowl supposed- ly because of this. When MSU Coach George Perles was called by Mark's father, Dr. Marshall Shapiro, to ask why, Perles allegedly said an NCAA ruling held that only active players were allowed to go . . . Marshall says he found out differently in talking to the NCAA (Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Association.) BELATED CONGRATS . . . to niece Diane Gussin .. . on her birthday. YOU WON'T be ready yet to "shoot' celebrities like pro- fessional clicker Linda Solomon can, but you'll be pretty darned close when she gets done teaching the ins and outs of her shutter magic. Linda's class in Candid. Peo- ple Photography starts Jan. 25 for four Thursdays, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each evening .. . It's being held by Birm- ingham Community Educa- tion Program at Seaholm High School. While teaching the ses- sions, she'll also show pic- tures on slides of celebrity portraits and clicks she's taken . . . plus give instruc- tions on how to take pics .. . family, friends, whoever and whatever. Good idea to get your registration in soon as possi- ble . . . 433-8444 . . . Last year's around same time was so big the school was going to put a halt on registrations, but Linda wanted them to continue . . . with result it had to be moved from a classroom to the school's auditorium . . . Turned out gret with Linda being able to show her excellent slides on the school's big screen. CONGRATS . . . to Mae and Max Green . . . on their 48th anniversary . . . Honey- moon back in 1942 was a train trip to Cleveland .. . with Mae arriving in the cold minus her coat which was lost on the train . . . She didn't need one when moving with Max to Florida in 1945 .. . but for sure did when reestablishing their Michigan residence in 1949. MONTHLY luncheon by Variety Club, the Children's Charity, which does such wonderful work, has new date and location for Feb. 16 .. . Will be at Embassy Suites Hotel on Franklin Road, off Northwestern Highway. BILL MARKOWITZ and Marvin Dubin, a couple of life-long friends and home im- provement contractors, started a new business too late to help Dennis Green. He spent $175 to replace his sump pump at home . . . Flat annual fee of $475 by Bill and Marvin's Michigan Home & Condo "Healthy Home" pro- tection plan would have taken in the replacement or fixed it if possible . . . Same with heating, air conditioning, plumbing or electrical systems . . . Since new fur- naces and air conditioners could cost thousands these days, the protection is quite a bargain. CONSOLDIATION of Perfection and Mosaic Masonic Lodges into one group has been a smooth one, says Perfection Past Master Dan Natow . . . "It's as though we have been together from the beginning." First Consolidation Dinner by Perfection-Mosaic Lodge No. 530, F. & A.M., is Jan. 23, 6 p.m., at Southfield Masonic Temple, with newly elected Iry Kempner, senior deacon, and Benson Litwak, junior deacon, both being honored . . . Following dinner will be first togetherness perfor- mance of the master mason degree. Reservations only until Jan. 20 . . . Call Junior Warden Iry Bernstein, 557-0956 . . . Barrister Dave Gordon is Worshipful Master. OBSERVATIONS . . . The irony of life is that the young don't know what to do and the old can't do what they know . . . In the Orient, when a woman walks behind her hus- band, it means he's respected . . . In America, it mean's he's being tailed. ❑ I ENTERTAINMENT I Youtheatre Sets Melikin Puppets The Detroit Youtheatre of the Detroit Institute of Arts will present Chicago's Melikin Puppet Theater 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Jan. 13. Three shows, "Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax" "Casey at the Bat," and "Pied Piper of Hamlin," will be performed.