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Marvin's Marvelous Marriage Machine
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Getting hitched, just $1 ... Mechanical matrimony, priceless!
exchanged, a voice congratu-
of a restaurant ... The food
lates you and instructs you to
available is hot dogs, potato
kiss:'
chips, ice cream, beverages and
You get your own personal-
popcorn, and seating is at benches and
ized wedding certificate from a
tables ... Yet there may be a wait and res-
thermal printer, but the inven-
ervations might be taken.
tor, Sam Lanyon, is quick to
First to have the machine folks around
say that the ceremony is not
the world are waiting to see will be
legally binding.
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
According to Lanyon,
on Orchard Lake Road, south of 14 Mile,
"This
is our first version of
Farmington Hills.
the
machine,
which has been
It's the 8-foot-tall AutoWed wed-
bought
by
Marvin's
Marvelous
ding machine talked about in the
Mechanical
Museum
in
July 8 issue of the Toronto Star,
Michigan,
U.S.A."
... Lanyon in the
which refers to it as "a kind of
says
that
requests
to buy the
Star
vending machine for wed-
AutoWed
Machine
have
come
ding ceremonies" ... The
from
the
United
States,
Brazil,
invention is coming from
the Philippines, Russia, Portugal,
London, England, where its
Italy,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom,
creator has been "working on
Hong
Kong and Japan.
AutoWed for months, after
M.M.M.M.
owners Marvin and
selling the idea to Marvin's
son
Jeremy
can't
wait to get it,
Marvelous Mechanical
either.
Museum in Detroit. The
DANDY DINING DEAL ...
prototype is now finished,
Its
traditional favorites, 10- to
says the Stan and "will soon
12-ounce
whitefish (regular $14.99)
be shipped to the U.S. and take
or
Ruby
Red
Trout (regular $15.99)
its place in the Mechanical
...
Complete
dinner including soup
Museum.
or
salad,
potato
and vegetable ...
"The way the vending
$9.99,
one
week
only, Thursday, July
machine works is simple,'
21,
through
Thursday,
July 28 ...
says the Toronto paper ...
D'Pauli's
restaurant,
Sugar
Tree
"You put in $1, and it begins
Plaza,
Orchard
Lake
Road,
north
to play a special wedding
of
15
Mile,
West
Bloomfield.
march, then asks you what
THINGS PEOPLE TALK
kind of wedding ceremony
The new AutoWed
ABOUT
... Mon Jin Lau, Troy,
you want, gay, straight, lesbian
machine, soon to
not
just
another
restaurant but
or best friend forever.
be at Marvin's
more a superb dining adventure
"Once you have selected
... Closing of Sea Grille, West
the type of wedding, then
Bloomfield, bemoaned by many like Dr.
AutoWed takes over, conducting the cer-
Michael Salter ... Enjoying a fresh fruit
emony in a robot-like voice straight out
bowl after dinner at Moro's Dining, Allen
If
you
agree,
you
press
the
of Star Wars.
Park ... Rainbow trout at Pepino's in
number '1' on the vending machine. If
Walled Lake ... Broasted chicken and
you don't agree, you press '2' for 'escape:
ribs at Boneyard, West Bloomfield, Brass
After you exchange vows, it dispenses two
Pointe, Farmington Hills, and Chic-N-Ribs,
plastic rings. Once the rings have been
Farmington Hills ... Dim sum
at Shangri-La, West Bloomfield
... Beautiful art on walls of the
Gallery, Bloomfield Township
Gulyas (gulash) served
from a heated kettle on the
table at Rhapsody Hungarian
restaurant, Southgate.
"THEY ARE WRONG,"
exclaims Executive Chef Jerry
Sanchez at George's Honey
Tree, West Bloomfield, about
the restaurant in Hartland
saying that it is the first one
in Michigan to have rock cooking ...
"Cooking on a stone has been a big feature
of ours for quite a while he says.
GOOD WAITRESS DEPT. ... Christine
Doss at Early Bird restaurant, Orchard
Lake Road, Keego Harbor ... Always smil-
ing with a personality that brings out her
efficiency and rapid attention to customer
wants ... All traits that make her a much-
wanted server.
IT WAS AN overly warm high 80s eve-
ning as 1,200 to 1,500 people jammed
every seat outdoors for the recent Friday
night Shabbat at Temple Israel.
During the summer months, Friday
night Shabbat with a theme is a regular
event at the West Bloomfield temple.
On this night was the 12-piece orches-
tra of Simone Vitale, including Simone
himself on the guitar and four songsters
vocalizing Hebrew background, whose
uncountable tally of weddings, bar mitz-
vahs and various events are community
standouts ... Also many musical gigs
around town at Joe Vicari's Andiamo res-
taurants and New Year's Eve shindigs, etc.
Simone and his orchestra appear yearly
outdoors in the summer and indoors dur-
ing the winter for the annual Temple Israel
Friday evening shabbat events ... This is
Simone and his group's sixth year.
Among the evening's highlights was
the beautiful singing of Simone's non-
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professional daughter Melissa Hortick,
who sang with the fine voices of Cantor
Michael Smolash and Cantorial Soloist
Neil Michaels ... Melissa and husband,
Marty, are Temple Israel members with
Simone's grandchildren, 6-year-old
Max, who will go to Hillel Day School in
Farmington Hills after his Temple Israel
religious school stint in September, and
3-year-old Talia, a Temple Israel religious
school student.
The continuous Hebrew musical pro-
gram interspersed with short interesting
talks by Rabbis Harold Loss, Paul Yedwab,
Josh Bennett and Marla Hornsten brought
a delightful evening for the huge crowd of
worshippers.
ANNUAL PICNIC by Knights of Pythias
Detroit Lodge #55 will be Sunday, Aug.
7, under the second shelter at Shepherd
Park, Oak Park, noon to 3 ... No charge for
members, family, friends and relatives ...
Toys for the kids, games and plenty to eat.
REUNION DEPT. ... Shindig for
combined togetherness event by for-
mer students of Vernor and Vandenberg
Elementary schools (1958-1965) is Tuesday,
Aug. 2, at Gino's Pizza, Keego Harbor ...
Contact Jules Goldman, (248) 926-8585 or
email goldman237@comcast.net .
CONGRATS ... To Ken Maier on his
50th birthday ... To Mert Robbins on his
birthday ... To Cristina Teodori on her
22nd birthday ... To Marcia Nodel on her
birthday ...To Mary Mac on her birthday
... To Bonnie Raskin on her birthday
... To Jo Thompson on her birthday ...
To Simone Vitale on his birthday ... To
Sam Borak on his 99th birthday ... To Dr.
Maurice and Leonor Reizen on their 68th
anniversary ... To Roger and Marilynn
Boesky on their 50th anniversary ... To
Dr. Abe and Sylvia Pearlman on their 71st
anniversary ... (Correction: To Karen
Minc, not Ming, on her birthday). I 1
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