HOME LOAN EXPERTS ALL YOUR HOME LOAN ANSWERS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED UNDER ONE ROOF. past December ... It was designed by the brother of Gary Sussman, owner with wife Lorraine Platman of Sweet Lorraine ... Stephen Sussman and his partner Howard Ellman of Stephen Sussman Architects and Associates ... Gary and Lorraine's first restaurant is on Greenfield in Southfield and the second in the Livonia Marriott at Laurel Park in Livonia. A TABLE OVERFLOWED with gifts that one would think he was born to open a store. But little Gabriel Dean Kuchersky was having his bris and probably say- ing, "You can have it all. Just give some more of that delicious wine." About 200 attended the ritual cere- mony and reception festivities. Gabriel is the new son of Roman and Lydia Kuchersky, Mike and Maya's son and daughter-in-law. Naturally, it was held at Fiddler's banquet room next door to Mike's Fiddler restaurant ... just like Gabe's big brother Adrian Jacob, three years ago. About 100 of the guests were family ... and the other friends ... with spas seemingly taking over the atten- dance scene. Tamara and Eugene Friedman, own- ers of Tamara's Spa in Farmington Hills, came direct from the airport and their vacation to Cancun, Mexico ... Aryana Itkis and Olga Kotikowsky, boss-ladies of L'Aryola Spa in West Bloomfield ... Maya Kuchersky and mother Anna Platner, owners of Maya's in West Bloomfield ... plus Jane Kotikovsky, facials at Tamara's; Galina Pavlov, facials at Emile's in Southfield; and 10 gals from Maya's ... among the beauty givers. Little Gabriel didn't realize it, but he also helped grandpa Mike showcase his new salads now at the Fiddler . restaurant ... a multitude of good tast- ing mixtures quite different than the norm ... plus a display of Russian and American food that had a lot of folks up for buffet seconds and thirds. A lot of food, a bevy of fun and vodka and cranberry juice flowing faster than the Volga River in a rain torrent. START SAVING YOUR old used jeans for the soon-to-come Jean Trade- In-Clothing Drive by Guys-N-Gals in West Bloomfield's Orchard Mall on Orchard Lake Road and 15 Mile. It's the 15th annual by owners Lois Levenson and Julie Feldman ... who'll again take in used jeans (clean without holes) and give a new one at half price ... then donate the trade-ins to Oakland County's homeless. Date is Saturday, June 12, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., so clean your closets of unwant- ed items ... even toys, bedding, small furniture, etc., for a welcomed tax deduction too. Last year, more than 500 pairs of jeans and hundreds of other bags of clothing and household items were col- lected. Begin checking out your closets now, folks ... what you can't use any- more will bring tears of thanks from the homeless in Oakland County. THIS WAS THE second year that folks of Federation's Michigan Miracle Mission had salamis to eat on the El Al plane and while in Israel ... 450 were donated by Doreen Hermelin, Sid and Rose Neuman of Star Deli and 2004 mission co-chairsmen Dr. Richard Krugel and Peter Alter ... The first mission in 1993, had three planes full of travelers, with Sid, Doreen and her late husband, David, providing 1,180 salamis. THAT WASN'T JUST something he had for someone at the recent Karmanos Cancer Foundation shindig, says Howard Camden ... The brown _ bag he carried was for his brother Andrew Camden, downtown at anoth- er affair ... four rainbow trout fishies Howard caught while in Wyoming ... kept frozen in the bag with blue ice ... Not bad ... delivery of fish while wear- ing a tuxedo. . I KNEW THAT HE was an auto lover ... old, new and racing cars ... but I didn't realize how much ... 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