Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Al and Yvonne Carter so sweet. How long have you been together? We have been married for 20 years and been together for 28 years! What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Good communication and listening to each other with respect! What famous couple do you emulate? George and Mary Bailey from "It's a Wonderful Life." Why did you settle in Royal Oak, and how long …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Jim and Jodie Ellison so sweet. How long have you been together? Jim and Jodie met in 1995 at Stagecrafters. She was an actress and he was a set designer. The play was "Into the Woods." They were married on Christmas Eve, 1996. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Jodie: You need to be friends and you need to have a level of trust. There are things about him that …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Amy Gore and Freddy Fortune so sweet. How long have you been together? 10 Years! What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? He cooks, I clean. What famous couple do you emulate? Sonny & Cher - the good times. Why did you settle in Royal Oak, and how long have you lived here? Freddy bought a fab ranch here in 1999, we're still loving it. What’s your favorite romantic …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Bill and Dorothy Shaw so sweet. How long have you been together? Friends at Dondero High School, married 48 years. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Secret to happy relationship... we stayed friends! What famous couple do you emulate? Edith and Archie Bunker. Why did you settle in Royal Oak, and how long have you lived here? Bill was born here, I moved here at…
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Frank Houston and Danielle Atkinson so sweet. How long have you been together? We met in Orlando during the summer of 2003 and worked together on a ballot proposal campaign to raise the minimum wage in Florida. After one year of collecting nearly one million signatures and spending probably as many hours together, a million working people who were living in poverty received a raise, …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Bob and Liz Morton so sweet. How long have you been together? We have been together since 1978, and will be married for 30 years this September. It doesn't seem possible, as we don't even feel 30 years old! What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? A secret to a successful and happy relationship? Be kind to one another, and make sure you marry someone you like and …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Gerry and Kathy Boylan so sweet. How long have you been together? Married 34 years. Met 34 years and 6 months ago. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Let's see: You have to be able to make each other laugh. You have to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em when arguing. We think that you have to start with thinking you were marrying way over your head to …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Rio Scafone and Seán Eric Harris so sweet. How long have you been together? We met in 2007 on MySpace. It was a few months before we met in person, but very shortly after that, Seán was smitten. Rio was intrigued though leery about this "Sean from MySpace" as he was touring at the time with a band out of Canada and as she is also a musician she knew the wild ways of bands on the …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Gary and Nancy Briggs so sweet. How long have you been together? We have been together for 36 years. (Met at Albion College) What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Good communication, spending time together, lots of love and laughter! What famous couple do you emulate? Our daughter follows famous people—we don't! We have no idea. Why did you settle in Royal Oak, …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Kyle Evans and Michael "Chet" Chetcuti so sweet. How long have you been together? 7 years. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Communication, friendship and common interests. What famous couple do you emulate? We are famous, so we guess us. Ha! Why did you settle in Royal Oak? To be in town, close to work and geographically central. What’s your favorite …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Mike and Dawne Ripinski so sweet. How long have you been together? We have been together for 40 years - married for 38 years as of this next March 22. We met while working together for JC Penney in Toledo. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? The key to our relationship is keeping a sense of humor. No matter how serious the situation we can usually find …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Jack and Patti Salter so sweet. How long have we been together? I met Patti through her sister, Veronica Hoff , the night before Thanksgiving in 1961. All the Hoff boys came to the Boys Club of Southern Oakland County as it was than known. I asked her out the next week and asked her to marry me on Jan. 18, 1962. We were married on Sept. 8, 1962, so we have been married for over 50…
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Don and Dela Jackson so sweet. How long have you been together? 23 years this coming August. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Communication, understanding, forgiving, faithfulness, and the ability to put sacrificing your own wants and needs behind that of your partner's. Also, the ability to be able to say (as well as accept) "I'm sorry." What famous couple …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Derek and Mandy Meinecke so sweet. How long have you been together? We met on a blind date the summer following our sophomore year in college. We were married three years later, and have been married for 15 years. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Communication, trust, and unconditional love. What famous couple do you emulate? Famous only to us, Cliff and …
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Tammy and Russ Ristau so sweet. How long have you been together? 21 years together, we met at 3D Bar (now Luna) in Royal Oak. What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Communication, commitment and compromise. What famous couple do you emulate? None, they all seem to get divorced after a couple of years! Why did you settle in Royal Oak, and how long have you lived…
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Ryan and Megan McVicar so sweet. How long have you been together? 11 years! What’s the secret to a successful and happy relationship? Cultivate a deep, enjoyable friendship. Marriage is the union of two people who are best friends. Although this feeling comes natural while dating or in the early days of marriage, it will not remain unless there is a commitment to continue the hard…
Royal Oak has its fair share of lovebirds, so we decided to check in with a few of them before Valentine's Day and ask them to share relationship and date night secrets. Today we take a closer look at what makes Cindy and Doug La Ferle so sweet. How long have you been together? We've been married almost 33 years. We met in junior high school in Clawson, but our friendship really grew when we sat across from each other in an art class in ninth grade. We were 15 when we started dating -- in fact, our first official date was in Royal Oak, at an SRC rock concert at the Psychedelic Midway. Right …
