With a sizzling culinary scene, hip hotels, hot entertainment districts, eclectic shops, reactivated parks and innovative start-ups, Detroit has a fresh, new look. And the place has an energy that’s contagious, as young entrepreneurs, artists and musicians mix with generations-old mainstays, creating an exciting vibe.

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show with travel writer Debbie Stone who shares her cultural, culinary, wine tasting, and shopping adventures in Detroit and neighboring Birmingham, as well as in MotorCities National Heritage Area. Read her story on NationalParkTraveling.com. 

Featured music on this episode is “Freshly Squeezed” from the Beautiful Chaos album by Johnny Mastro & Mama's Boys, recorded and produced by Jim Diamond of Ghetto Recordings in Detroit.