Featuring Appearances by
Elaine Putvin
Elaine Putvin grew up in East Lansing and Okemos. She is active in her children's schools, her community and her church. And on a recent visit to South Africa, she was told she is a natural storyteller.
Lori Bauer
Lori Bauer specializes in dental consulting, storytelling and writing children's books about the role of Gnomes in making cities in Michigan great. She is the president of The Tailor of Tales, LLC.
Matthew Gillett
Matthew Gillett lives in Lansing and is co-owner of Saddleback BBQ in Lansing. Originally from Mason, he lives in Lansing with his wife and two children.
Mickey Hadick
Mickey Hadick grew up in a suburb of Cleveland and now lives in Holt with his wife and a couple of cats. They have two kids in college. He makes his living as the webmaster for AF Group in Lansing.
Melissa Martinez
Melissa Martinez is a sous chef at Michigan State University where she works in Akers Hall’s The Edge dining hall. She graduated from the Culinary Institute of America’s ACE program and is a mother of one.
Agenda
October 12, 2017
Heat: Elaine Putvin - 'Heat of Embarrassment'
Retired dietitian, Elaine Putvin confided her journey through recent widowhood and an attempt at online dating; where she found things could be steamy but not necessarily honest.
October 12, 2017
Heat: Lori Bauer - 'Heat of the Moment'
Lori Bauer, of Howell, describes her move to Texas in pursuit of hot weather and her return to Michigan in pursuit of love.
October 12, 2017
Heat: Matthew Gillett - 'Heat in the Kitchen'
Matthew Gillett, who faces the heat on the job each day as co-owner of Saddleback Barbecue, explained how it is totally worth it to also take the heat for his choice of vehicles, a 2003 Pontiac Aztek.
October 12, 2017
Heat: Mickey Hadick - 'Heat in Reactions'
Mickey Hadick, a Lansing webmaster, tells the story of his hot-headed father defending a beloved cherry tree during a sweltering neighborhood party in the '70s.
October 12, 2017
Heat: Melissa Martinez - 'Heat of Passion'
MSU sous chef Melissa Martinez describes the day she fell in love with cooking during a hot Valentine's Day shift at an Italian restaurant, a feeling only surpassed by the birth of her son.