Category Archives: Chambers of Commerce

Michigan Neighborhoods: Kalamazoo's Historic District

Henderson Castle, Effets de Neige
by John Clement Howe
The homes in the neighborhoods of Stuart, West Main Hill and South Street in Kalamazoo reflect both the individuality and also the economic status of their original owners. There are a variety of architectural styles examples here from the the turn of the century. The most [...]

Michigan Historic Homes: Kaleva Bottle House Museum

Bottle House by agilitynut
This home was built by John J. Makinen, Sr. using over 60,000 bottles laid on their sides with the bottoms toward the exterior. Most of the bottles were from his own company, The Northwestern Bottling Works. The house was completed in 1941 but sadly Mr. Makinen passed away before he [...]

Five things you need to know for Tuesday, February 5, 2007

Welcome to a Super Fat Pazcki Tuesday edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. We've been meaning to share the video of Gov. Granholm's 2008 State of the State speech, which probably ranks near the top in the "Getting People Who Don't Want to Stand Up and Applaud to Stand Up and [...]

Book-related Michigan Festivals & Events

You can read on for a list of Michigan Festivals, Events and other happenings that feature books, authors and writers. If there's one we missed, please add information or a link to it in the comments!

Michigan February Event Calendar

Our Michigan February Event Calendar seems to demonstrate that the more the weather tries to keepDownload free cingular ringtone, cingular wireless, download free cingular music ringtone! About Me Name: cingular sprint ringtones View my complete profile. us bottled up, the more innovative ways [...]

Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

Michigan January Event Calendar

Here's a few highlights of the many events being held around Michigan for the month of January. A lot of them are out in the snow for snowmobiles, skates, skis and sled dogs, but there's also a chance to heat up with the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Ferndale Blues and the Detroit Auto Show. The [...]

Five things you need to know for Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Kalamazoo Gazette notes that while our state's leaders pay lip-service to protecting our environment and many plans call for re-development that leverages our amazing natural assets, we are almost at the bottom of US states in spending to protect & enhance them.
Great Lakes Town Hall turns two
In December 2005, an online social network called [...]

Michigan Ski Tour: Upper Peninsula

We'll be featuring each region of Michigan this week with our Michigan Ski Tour. The first is the first place the snow falls and the lifts open: Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Read on for ski area and ski resort information & links! As always, if you have something to add: a story to tell, a helpful [...]

Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Welcome to the "Big Tuesday" edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan (sequel to our critically acclaimed Big Wednesday edition). For us, some big news was the fact that the Nick of Time Gang in Lansing managed to replace the service tax with something a lot fairer and more sensible. AP writer [...]