steak and chicken on wooden sticks, served with peanut sauce. A huge favorite and very ingenious idea is the placing of basket trays around the rooms filled with chocolate fortune cookies for folks to take. The beautiful coloring and striking environment amid purple linen table- cloths and white linen napkins is the epitome of casual sophistication. Open since Jan. 17, 2003, it cannot be considered along with other Chinese dining spots because of its vast differ- ence ... Innovative ways of preparing favorites is an art ... and Pallas Chinese Restaurant paints a memorable picture. THAT WON'T BE Bahama Breeze taking over the space of the former Anita's Kitchen and present site of Honey Tree of West Bloomfield. The new tenant will be California Pizza Kitchen. George's Honey Tree, owned by George Lukaj, is expected to soon open at his larger new site on Northwestern Highway, north of 14 Mile, in West Bloomfield ... In the meantime, his restaurant is still operating at the same Orchard Lake Road location. FIVE DAYS AND A big difference will soon arrive in the interior appear- ance change at Ginopolis' On the Hill restaurant, 12 Mile and Middlebelt in Farmington Hills. The "new look" renovation comes Nov. 7-11, with Ginopolis' closing those five days and reopening Friday, Nov. 12. MAKE IT NUMBER 42 now ... the amount of competitions it has won locally and nationally ... Latest might be the biggest, with almost 3,350 other worldwide advertising agencies compet- ing. Ron Hoffman and his Hoffman & Associates took the top MarCom Creative awards, part of the highly- regarded Communicator Awards ... Its Platinum Award, the highest, was for Ron's Kruse and Muer restaurants advertising ... and the second highest, the Gold Award, for its ad campaign promoting Rochester Chop House ... Honorable mention was for Rocky's of Northville ... Hoffman & Associates is not a large ad agency, but it sure stood tall among the big boys. THEY WERE CLOSE childhood friends ... and as the years rolled by, fate deemed that the three Birmingham girls from Covington Junior High would someday be together for a momentous occasion. That time came recently when sisters Jill Rappaport, now a network televi- sion personality, and Linda Solomon, localite camera-clicking national star personage, were together for the signing of their new book, People We Know, Horses They Love, at Saks in Troy. The third gal, Lisa Lapides Sawicki of Lapides Publicity Giragosian, publi- cized this and other local events for them ... still no doubt remembering when she was 12-years-old and climb- ing onto Jill's horse, Missy ... Missy didn't like someone other than Jill rid- ing her and galloped around the stable with Lisa clinging desperately to the saddle horn for dear life. Another friend, Marcia Nodel, wait- ed in line 45 minutes for their auto- graph in her book ... then when finally next, continued to wait while the two gals spoke for about 10-15 minutes. Linda's hubby, Barry Solomon, is minus 25 pounds and didn't have to give up his beloved hamburgers ... Just eats them now without the bun and uses mustard instead of catsup ... Shelley Golden, Dell Warner, Irene and Casey Osborn, proud mother Mona Rappaport, etc., in a long list of atten- dees who bought all the books Saks sold that evening before running out. AMONG THE MOST unusual things about "A Night of a Thousand Stars" by the Parkinson Foundation of Michigan at Dearborn Inn was it being priced so that people with the ailment as well as others could also attend and enjoy themselves ... The event featured a lot of entertainment by performers who donated their talents, plus a silent auction and dinner. The group, with Debby Orloff- Davidson, chief executive officer of Michigan Parkinson Foundation in Southfield, and Leonard Borman, chairman, holds various benefits each year ... This was its first real cabaret, but there is a fashion show in the spring, and Park West Gallery owners Albert and Mitsie Scaglione have host- ed an annual event at the Southfield gallery for the last several years ... The next one is Saturday, Nov. 20, that'll feature the raffle of a Harley-Davidson cycle ... For tickets, call Debby at (248) 433-1011. CONGRATS ... To Shelly Weiss and Barbara Rosenfield on their birthdays, celebrated with a table for eight gals at Angelo's Bistro in West Bloomfield ... To Melissa Wolf-Litvin on her birthday. GOOD WAITRESS DEPT.... Coelette Brown, days at Giorgio's of West Bloomfield ... 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