February 14, 2008 – 11:21 am
The Bluebird by The Leland Report
Since 1927 when boat builder Martin Telgard and his wife Leone opened the Bluebird as a small sandwich and soda shop, the Bluebird in Leland has been the gathering place for locals and tourists alike. From the casual bar & tavern to the more elegant, scenic dining room on [...]
January 14, 2008 – 10:13 am
We head north from Southwest Michigan to check out some of the bookstores around Northwest Michigan. As usual, we miss some great ones, but that's OK because you'll post comments and let us know about those we overlooked - at least that's how I wrote it in my head!
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 [...]
November 9, 2007 – 9:14 am
This is a photo from the Boyne City marina on Lake Charlevoix. Megan writes that she climbed over a 'danger: thin ice sign' to take these, but there's no ice yet. It's just one of the photos in her michigan meanderings set (slideshow).
She writes that until very recently she was a good southern girl [...]
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November 6, 2007 – 7:35 am
It's an off-year Election Day edition of Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan. Despite the lack of big name offices to decide, there's a lot of the nuts and bolts decisions to make about schools and local government. The Secretary of State reminds you to bring your photo ID to the polls for [...]
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October 24, 2007 – 11:05 am
RandomSPACE features the musings and photography of Lars Jensen. Lars explains:
Well, I'm not sure what to say about this place. As the title suggests it is mostly random stuff, although in recent times it has mostly focused on photography from my travels. I try to only put stuff on this page that is interesting [...]
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October 15, 2007 – 9:16 am
Our next stop (as designed by Travel Michigan) is the region of Northwest Lower Michigan containing Traverse City - Northport - Frankfort. This also appeared on Michigan in Pictures. There's a lot of links on Absolute Michigan that can add to your fun - type a town or something like "farm market" into the [...]
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October 9, 2007 – 9:39 am
outside east jordan, mi. by redmudball
The photo to the right is of the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church of East Jordan (link) and is part of Casey's Fall in East Jordan set.
While the color is still in full bloom in the Upper Peninsula, we better head south across the Mighty Mac and spend some [...]
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September 19, 2007 – 9:45 am
Upper Tahquanemon Falls by JohnnyRR
A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of October. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
October 6
The Red Flannel Festival - Cedar Springs
This will is [...]
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September 6, 2007 – 9:25 am
tour de two by various artists
Next Saturday (September 15, 2007) Michigan hosts two very different bike tours. The annual tour de troit is billed as a leisurely 40-mile ride through the streets of Detroit that begins at 10 AM explores the city's historic areas and sights. I'm not sure if I'd use "leisurely" and "40-mile [...]
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