Category Archives: Grand Rapids

Photo Friday: gold veins by Hooks Pix

February 29, 2008 – 11:47 am

Abstract detail of the Amway Grand - be sure to click through and see it bigger.
Don says that Michigan is a beautiful state and that he doesn't get enough time to explore it. He has managed to get out enough to cool photos from Grand Rapids to Northern Michigan, all with an eye for the [...]

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metaphysics by powerbooktrance

February 27, 2008 – 9:47 am

The photo is metaphysics by powerbooktrance and its part of his set of photos titled The Grand River.

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Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival

February 15, 2008 – 7:29 pm

The 3rd Annual Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival is scheduled for next Saturday, February 23, 2008. This year the event moves from Lansing's Old Town to Fifth Third Ballpark in Grand Rapids. It's a mostly outdoor celebration of Michigan Beer featuring 25 of Michigan's finest breweries and over 150 varieties of Michigan-brewed craft beer. [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: Yesterdog in Grand Rapids

February 6, 2008 – 11:41 am

Yesterdog, Grand Rapids, photo by barronoid
Yesterdog is located in Eastown, one of the most popular places to visit when in Grand Rapids. The Hot Dogs - Yesterdog, Cheddardog, Ultradog, Krautdog and Veggiedog - are made right in front of your eyes, so you can see all of the action before sitting down to get sloppy. [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: The Fleetwood Diner in Ann Arbor, Lansing & Kentwood

February 5, 2008 – 9:21 am

Fleetwood Mohawk by aTanguay
Food at the Fleetwood Diner is, as one might expect, no-frills, hot as blazes and delicately flavored with whatever else has been on the grill all day. This is a good thing. Come here for all manner of eggs, bacon, sausage, etc., burgers the way you want them, greasy fries, BLTs, tuna [...]

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Michigan Restaurants: Rosie's Diner in Rockford, Michigan

February 4, 2008 – 10:19 am

Rosie's Diner by bellzatk
All month on Absolute Michigan we'll be featuring Michigan restaurants. Week one is Diners & Hometown Favorites and the first of these is "the original queen of diners and the most famous diner in the world." Rosie's was featured in the Bounty paper towel commercials that starred Nancy Walker as Rosie the [...]

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Michigan Books: Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen

January 28, 2008 – 8:19 am

Stealing Buddha's Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen (Viking) is - according to author Bich Minh Nguye's web site - a story of:
As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in the 1980s in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bich Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity. In the pre-PC era Midwest, where the [...]

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Michigan Books: Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher

January 24, 2008 – 9:34 am

Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher (Samadhi Press) is the story of former Michigan legislator John Otterbacher of Grand Rapids surmounting the challenges of 8 heart surgeries in 8 months. From the Sailing Grace web site (where you can also see a lot of cool photos from the trip):
This true story, narrated with present-tense immediacy, begins [...]

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Shop Michigan: Travel Folding Cribbage Set from Drueke

November 29, 2007 – 9:01 am

At just under four inches long when folded, the Travel Folding Cribbage Set is great to take on any trip, and it even comes with playing cards. It's a must-have for any cribbage fan.
The Drueke Company was founded in 1914 in Grand Rapids, filling the gap left when World War I made it impossible to [...]

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The Ultimate Sacrifice: Remembering Michigan's Veterans

November 10, 2007 – 8:06 am

The Ultimate Sacrifice - Black and White, photo by DarrinW.
Copied from Michigan in Pictures.
Darrin took this photo at Veterans Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I think it's a good idea for everyone to take a pause in their activity this weekend to consider the profound sacrifices that so many have made on the behalf [...]

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