Image From City Bird City Bird’s 5th Anniversary and Expansion Celebration | Thursday, December 18 Celebrate five years of City Bird and the conclusion of its exciting expansion from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. The shop has been reinvented with about 50 percent more floor area, new displays and even more products to shop. Enjoy refreshments and check out the holiday ornaments, including the limited edition 2014 Detroit ornament that will be released at the event. City Bird is lo

This weekend is chock-full of fun and fashionable things to do, so if you’re itching to hit the town, these events will keep you busy! Stylish Scarves DIY Demo | Thursday, December 11 & Saturday, December 13 Instead of buying loved ones gifts for the holidays, how about making them? Learn how to make a variety of styles of beautiful scarves at the Stylish Scarves DIY Demo at Haberman Fabrics. The classes run at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 11 and at noon on Saturday, December

Located near the back of the First National Building in Detroit, the Somerset Collection CityLoft has taken up residence and brought more than 30 retailers with it. With stores including The Lego Store, 7 For All Mankind, Aveda and The Detroit Shoppe, it is truly one-stop shopping for you, family and friends. “[CityLoft] is a great addition to a lot of the retail that is coming in downtown Detroit,” said Dan Mullen, vice president of development, Bedrock Real Estate Services.

This weekend is chock-full of fun and fashionable things to do, so if you’re itching to hit the town after you’ve stuffed yourself with turkey and all of the delicious fixings, these events will keep you busy! Wild Lights | Friday, November 28 through Sunday November 30 From 5:30 to 9 p.m. enjoy a spectacular holiday light display at the Detroit Zoo. More than two millions LED lights will illuminate the trees, buildings and animal sculptures on a trail through the front half

Part 2 of the DG3 Gift Guide includes a list of beautiful items that your work BFFs, girlfriends and motherly figures will love that won’t break the bank. 1. Luxe Faux Fur Tech Cases, $49, Restoration Hardware, 248.614.6984. This iPad case is a great buy because it can double as a stylish clutch. Use it to tow your tablet around during the day and then fill it with all of your nighttime essentials when you go out on the town. 2. Pave & Pearl Studs, $38, C. Wonder, 248.649.653

Image from Campus Martius This weekend is chock-full of fun and fashionable things to do, so if you’re itching to hit the town, these events will keep you busy! afterHour | Thursday, November 20 Mix and mingle with Hour Detroit’s A-List at Lakes in Troy. Enjoy specials like $3 Michigan beers, $4 Michigan liquor and $5 glasses of wine with discounted happy hour food items available during the event from 6 to 8 p.m. Lakes is located at 5500 Crooks Road, in Troy. For more inform

Image from D:hive Check off that holiday shopping list and support local businesses on Small Business Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 29 in Detroit. Detroit Experience Factory (DXF) and Build Institute have come together in partnership with American Express’ Small Business Saturday to bring you the 11th annual Shop Detroit. “Each year we get to feature more and more small businesses and really expand what Shop Detroit offers,” said Jeanette Pierce, Execu