Category Archives: Bed & Breakfasts

Taste the Passion: Wine, Chocolate & Love

January 24, 2011 – 11:49 am

The annual Taste the Passion weekend wine tour celebrates wine, chocolate and love on Saturday, February 5 & Sunday, February 6, 2011 at the wineries of the Leelanau Peninsula wine trail!  The tour features special wine pours combined with tasty chocolate or savory pairings at Leelanau wine trail wineries between the hours of 11am and [...]

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Live at the Michigan Culinary Tourism Conference

January 10, 2011 – 8:26 am

Click here for a video from the conference! All day today the Absolute Michigan team is at Creating Michigan Culinary Destinations, Michigan’s first conference on Culinary Tourism. The conference was a hot ticket, and nearly 200 tourism industry stakeholders are getting ready to learn about Michigan’s new initiative to increase tourism. You can learn all [...]

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Leelanau Peninsula’s Toast the Season Event Kicks Off the Holiday Season

October 13, 2010 – 7:38 am

GIVEAWAY ALERT! There’s two chances to win free tickets to this event this week. One is to tune into our friends at Michigan By the Bottle for their giveaway, and over at Leelanau.com they’ll be giving away a couple’s ticket to one person on their mailing list tomorrow. Michigan Uncorked is a regular column by [...]

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Hoxeyville August 21 – 23, 2009

August 18, 2009 – 1:49 pm

Nestled on 75 + acres of pristine north country farmland and natural hardwood forest — within the Manistee National Forest — is a testament to pure north country peace and hootenanny. Hoxeyville will boast 2 stages of national touring artists as well as a 3rd stage featuring the best and brightest talent from around our [...]

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Michigan Uncorked: Off-season hospitality sparkles at Chateau Chantal

March 23, 2009 – 2:26 pm

Michigan Uncorked is a regular column by Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis, writers who are passionate for Michigan and authors of award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries. Learn all about Lorri & Sharon and their book at www.michiganvine.com. Breakfast is at 8:30 a.m. sharp! Don’t snooze because if you do, you lose out on [...]

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Absolute Michigan’s Mondo Valentine’s Day Rundown

February 11, 2009 – 3:15 pm

Ginny, You Are My Shining Star by docksidepress We have compiled an extensive list of Valentine’s Day Events, Gift Ideas, Getaways & Dating Ideas, Giveaways and Parties for Singles, Couples & Kids. With Absolute Michigan’s Mondo Valentine’s Day Rundown you have no excuse in not charting out a stellar V-Day. Just scroll through this seemingly [...]

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May is Travel Month

April 25, 2008 – 7:11 am

Oval Beach 2 by shqipo / Ledio Anyone who has been following the news will know that with high gas prices, a lagging national economy and a still-depressed local economy, Michigan’s summer travel forecast isn’t the best. We could advocate hiding in the backyard with a couple of cans of gas, nervously listening for Mel [...]

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Five Things you need to know about Michigan for Wednesday, June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007 – 9:58 am

Vacation Time? There’s an interesting speech by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek) wondering if now is a good time for members of the Senate to take a summer recess, pointing out (quite rightly) that schools, local government and others are waiting for hard numbers for the upcoming budget year. To see it, go to the [...]

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Wine, food and a sense of place

May 9, 2007 – 10:05 am

Marcus Samuelsson at the Epicurean Classic by farlane Travel writer Kim Schneider has a nice article about how Michigan’s wine tourism industry is developing. David Creighton of the Michigan Grape and Wine Industry Council says visitors are seeking experiences that link the wine with the vineyard. “The sense of place is, for most of us, [...]

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Culinary tour of Grand Traverse County’s Old Mission

April 13, 2007 – 8:01 am

Check out Absolute Michigan keyword “Old Mission” for more web sites and articles about Old Mission. A Vintage Year? by oddzen Lake Magazine has a nice feature by Emily Bingham on Northern Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula that focuses on the culinary attractions of this orchard and vineyard filled peninsula that divides the East and West [...]

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