Category Archives: Michigan Holiday Gift Guide

Celebrate Valentine’s Day the Michigan Way

Here’s a whole ton of Valentine’s Day ideas. YOU probably have some other ideas – share them in the comments or right here or on our Facebook! Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius by Church of One Next Tuesday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day – a day for lovers, sweethearts, paramours [...]

2009 Absolute Michigan Holiday Gift Guide

Photo by Cherie S. Think Globally, Shop Locally with our Michigan Holiday Gift Guide, designed to help you find the perfect Michigan gifts online or off. Feel free to add your Michigan based gift suggestions in the comments section below! The photo in this post was taken by Cherie S. and is titled “Don’t worry [...]

Michigan Books: Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka (Viking) — In this lively and entertaining story about growing up in Flint as the second of six brothers, Scieszka lived in a rambunctious household filled with pranks and typical boy adventures. The brief and humorous stories fit the wonderful illustrations [...]

Michigan Books: Ravens in the Storm: A Personal History of the 1960s Antiwar Movement by Carl Oglesby

Ravens in the Storm: A Personal History of the 1960s Antiwar Movement by Carl Oglesby (Scribner) — In this powerful first-person account of the Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) and the University of Michigan during the 1960s anti-war movement, Oglesby draws from more than 4,000 pages of government intelligence on himself and the organization [...]

Michigan Books: War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest by Michael Rosenberg

War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest by Michael Rosenberg (Grand Central Publishing) — The greatest years of the storied football rivalry between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s amidst campus unrest, Vietnam War protests [...]

Michigan Books: The Model T: A Centennial History by Robert Casey

The Model T: A Centennial History by Robert Casey (Johns Hopkins University Press) — Debuting in 1908 as the first mass-produced and truly affordable car, the Ford Model T quickly revolutionized automotive design, engineering, manufacturing and sales, and American society as a whole. Complete with historic photographs and color advertisements, many from the Benson Ford [...]

Michigifts: Historic Michigan Travel Guide 4th Edition

Need a good holiday present or stocking stuffer? The Historic Michigan Travel Guide – at only $9.95 – may be just the ticket for your loved one interested in history! Traveling the historic sites of Michigan just got a lot easier. The Historical Society of Michigan’s Historic Michigan Travel Guide provides information on hundreds of [...]

Michigan Books: Measure of the Heart: A Father’s Alzheimer’s, a Daughter’s Return by Mary Ellen Geist

In this tender memoir, Geist details her experiences as she gave up her job and returned home to Northern Michigan to take care of her ailing father stricken with Alzheimer’s. Geist deftly describes the painful hardships of the disease and the factors that influenced her decision to return home, and shares the blessings of growing [...]

Michigan History: Five Decades with Bob Seger (Pssst, music always makes a great gift)

If there is a single word to describe the musical career of Bob Seger it is “durable.” For almost fifty years, Seger has been writing, playing and singing rock ‘n roll tunes-everything from hard-driving rock to tender ballads. Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1945, Seger moved to Ann Arbor as a young boy. He began [...]

Michigifts: Pewabic Pottery – Detroit, MI

Pewabic Pottery -Detroit by DetroitDerek Pewabic Pottery is a living treasure and offers visitors an exciting glimpse of a little known part of American history. Founded in 1903 during the Arts & Crafts Movement, Pewabic is nationally renowned for its tile and pottery in unique glazes. Today it is a non profit ceramic art education [...]