"I USUALLY don't eat, but on Thursdays "WHEN I have the time, I go out to eat. I
for the past five years I've brought a lunch often don't because funeral services fre-
and studied in a group with Rabbi Alon quently are held during lunch-time hours.
Tolwin of Aish HaTorah. We're current- I'm usually invited back to the shiva house
ly studying Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fa- and eat a light meal there."
thers). Participating in these lunch 'n'
learns has helped me both in my practice Jonathan Dorfman
fitneral director
and in my daily life as a human being."
Alan H. Dorfinan Funeral
Direction
Helena Shavell
Berkley
psychotherapist
Counseling Associates
Southfield

PFIOTO BY L I SA FE RSTENFEL D

"I WORK at home, but of-
ten at lunch I'm on the run.
I'm very good at eating in
the car. I've mastered yo-
gurt with a spoon, a banana
and a pop while driving."

Elizabeth Applebaum: A "happy meal" with Yitzhak
and Adina.

"I GO home for lunch and give my hus-
band a break from watching the kids. I
nurse my baby son and spend some qual-
ity time with my 3-year-old daughter. If I
have time, I try to catch a few minutes of
Joan Schwartz
"The Bold and the Beautiful."
artist
Huntington Woods
Elizabeth Applebaum
associate editor
The Jewish News
Southfield

"I'M LUCKY to be able to walk outside
for just a few minutes to reach Tel-Twelve
Mall. Once a week I treat myself to lunch
out. The other days, I eat in the lunchroom
and head out for what has become a dai-
ly routine. I cruise the
mall and get my exer-
cise. I walk up one side
of the mall and back
down the other. I
check out the sales,
and every day I enjoy
a yogurt at GiGi's. I
suggested cappuccino,
and now they carry it."

Ronda Lepsetz
customer service
representative
Office Depot
Southfield

Ronda Lepsetz: A yen for yogurt.

What I Do On My
Lunch Hour

Metro Detroiters reveal how they take a break from the rigors of the workday.

COMPILED BY GAIL ZIMMERMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

"I WORK like a dog making
sure everyone else enjoys
lunch. Most people in the
restaurant business eat before
the lunch-time rush — it pre-
vents you from getting hungry
and nibbling and keeps up
your stamina. But I grab a
sandwich around 3 o'clock and
eat a late dinner at home."

"I REALLY don't have a
lunch hour like most people.
Some days I eat; some days
I don't. I work some lunch
hours; others I don't. When
I'm in the studio in the
evening between broad-
(%)- casts, we order in (I don't eat
junk food) and watch a
g bunch of games on the satel-
lite dish."

Larry Krohn
owner
Schnelli Deli
Detroit

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sportscaster
Don Shane: Enjoys a satellite WXYZ-TV
"dish."
Southfield

"I TRY to work out. I go for a run or I use
the StairMaster. I eat a light lunch after-
ward."

Keith Levick
director
The Center for Childhood Weight
Management
Farinington Hills

"IT VARIES from day to day. Anything
from Morton's Steakhouse to working out
to M & Ms in the car. Some days I run to
Sam's Club to pick up a supply of mini
pretzels for the office — at 3 pounds for
$2, it's quite a deal."

Jack Nolish
attorney
Meklir, Nolish, Friedman
& Saperstein PC
Southfield

"I BROWN-BAG it and eat in the lunch-
room. I read magazines. I have my choice.
I work in a library."

"I OFTEN go to board meetings
for nonprofit community organi-
zations. I have great incentive
when we're meeting at the 10
Mile branch of the Jewish Com-
munity Center. They have the
best pea soup and tuna sand-
wiches in the city!"

Evelyn Freeman
reference librarian
Oakland Community College
Highland Lakes Campus
Union Lake

Bunny Kratchman
vice president
not-for-profit services group
Stone, August, Baker and Co.
Troy

"IF I'M lucky enough to be in the office,
I eat in the lunchroom with access to the
microwave. Since my job involves round-
ing up and arresting people who jump
bond or escape from jail or prison; I'm of-
ten in the field and eat at a lot of restau-
rants. When we're on stationary
surveillance, we take a break and eat in
the vehicle if it's cold, or set up a portable
picnic table in a park in the nice weath-
er."

Lou Levin
senior detective
Wayne County Sheriffs
Office
Detroit

"I USE my lunch hour
to get done all the things'
a working mom has to
do. Luckily, my lunch
hour is flexible. It al-
lowed me to take my son
to his bar mitzvah tu-
Bunny Kratchman: A "helping" toring. I do things like

hand.

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