Category Archives: Michigan Holiday Gift Guide

Michigifts: Fork in the Road Cookbook by Eric Villegas

December 8, 2008 – 2:47 pm

The new cookbook Fork in the Road with Eric Villegas (Huron River Press) is a companion to Chef Eric’s award-winning national PBS cooking show of the same title. The 192-page, hard cover, book is filled with gorgeous food & other photography that sweeps you across the magical mitten, the great state of Michigan. From north [...]

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Michigan Music Gifts featuring Brian Vander Ark (2008)

December 3, 2008 – 10:01 am

Our 2008 Michigan Holiday Gift Guide has some great musical gift ideas from groups like Ducksicle, Harry Goldson and Earthwork Music and even places where you can get your own gear like Elderly Instruments. We’ve decided to feature the latest CD from Grand Rapids based Brian Vander Ark, Brian Vander Ark (2008). It features 12 [...]

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The Polar Express Comes to Michigan

December 22, 2005 – 3:59 pm

While growing up in Grand Rapids, Chris Van Allsburg remembers hearing train whistles and taking train rides with his father. These childhood sights and sounds became part of the inspiration for Van Allsburg’s well-known children’s book, The Polar Express. The story is about a young boy who takes a magical journey aboard a train to [...]

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