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fabulous thing happened to David and Missy Bean
that they had not exactly counted on—their family of
four grew to be five. Maya, 111/2 and Adam, 71/2 are
now the older siblings to the family's newest bundle of
joy, a baby girl named Annabel whose first night home
from the hospital ended with an early morning phone
call to—Gittleman.

"Add on another room!" commanded the happy—though
sleepless—couple as they awoke (repeatedly) to the
reminder that a newborn, whose only needs are to eat,
sleep and cry (a lot) could not really share a room with
anyone, either doting parents or a loving sister.

Hoa Hoa in Novi continues whitefish tradition
with Pan-Asian dining.

That's when the Beans turned to Gittleman to do the job,
do it fast and they did.

Less than four months later, Annabel sleeps through the
night in a cozy nursery, not far from her parents but all
on her own. Below her, a new mudroom and laundry room are the unexpected and highly valued pluses of the
motivating factor—getting Annabel a room of her own and a full night's sleep for mom and dad.

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"Every morning when David left for work, he would say to the guys, 'Get it done!' " recalled Missy. The Gittleman
guys knew what he meant. Four years ago, Gittleman added a master suite and a great room to the Bean's home.
The job went quickly and the results were spectacular, a scenario that repeated itself a second time.

"It went perfectly," said Missy, "It's absolutely wonderful"!

For planned projects or those that come up unexpectedly, Gittleman Construction is a company to count on.

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t enjoyed 40 years as a
The new Hoa Hoa Inn
casual Chinese dining
opened in 2004, and as
favorite on Nine Mile
strange as it may seem to so
Road in Oak Park ... Then,
many, is already celebrating
11 more in a much larger
its first anniversary.
location at Crosswind's Mall
It is still very much a
in West Bloomfield.
Chinese
restaurant, and as
However, the larger opera-
in Oak Park and West
tion caused continual stress
Bloomfield, whitefish con-
on owner Gene Woo, and it
tinues to reign as king of
eventually took its toll ... He
DAN NY
the waters at Hoa Hoa
decided to move again rather
RAS KIN
with
100 to 350 pounds of
than have his health suffer.
Lo cal
whitefish,
prepared 10 differ-
A wise shift to a smaller
Colu mnist
ent
ways,
sold
each week ...
place ... smaller even than the
Salmon, in six styles, comes
Oak Park restaurant and
in a vigorous second with
much fewer seats than the
over 100 pounds weekly.
oversized three-room West Bloomfield
The feeling has always been a bit
locale.
odd going into a Chinese restaurant
He changed the name from Hoa
and seeing so many people eating
Kow Inn to its present Hoa Hoa Inn
whitefish,
salmon, Chilean sea bass,
... and altered the concept from all
three
preparations
of perch, etc ... but
Cantonese and American to include
the reputation that Hoa Hoa has gar-
Pan-Asian as well.
nered from its Hoa Kow days goes on
Gene's new Hoa Hoa Inn on Novi
with a high pride.
Road, just south of 14 Mile, is not as
That this is still a Cantonese restau-
large as the others ... seating 90 in
Oak Park and about 150
in West Bloomfield ... to
a present comfortable 60
or so.
There is now a relaxed
smile on his face because
of a much less stress fac-
tor ... proof that
although stress in the
restaurant business goes
with the territory, a
good deal of the health
problems it creates can
be relieved if dealt with
properly.
As fine as the food has
been before, say so many
people, it seems to be
even better now ... as
Gene's family members
all pitch in to make it a
true family dining oper-
ation ... His wife, Ruby,
Gene Woo
supervises food prepara-
tion and does a lot of the
rant, regardless of what name or din-
cooking along with son Victor and
ing description it may use, is in the
son-in-law Jimmy Yu ... Daughter
Joyanne is now part-time since becom- knowledge that Hoa Hoa serves more
than a thousand egg rolls a week ...
ing a new mother, helping with carry-
and
over 500 pounds of bean sprouts
out and cashiering; son Arthur is bar-
weekly.
tender, and daughter-in-law Liza (mar-
And remember, these numbers are
ried to Victor) is an excellent, smiling