Category Archives: Michigan

Photo Friday: through the looking glass by vintage.carousel

March 5, 2010 – 10:58 am

Today's Photo Friday is brought to you in part by Alice in Wonderland.
vintage.carousel (Brooke Hren) has sets including Favorites, Viewfinder and (in a seasonal way) Summer, Autumn and Winter (slideshow)
Splash around in her flickrriver ... and don't be late!

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Michigan Comes Up Gold – Belgian Golden Ales that is

March 4, 2010 – 10:58 am

The New York Times Beers of the Times recently did a tasting of Belgian Golden Ales that Michigan - precisely the Leelanau Brewing Company and Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - dominated, taking home the 4th best and the top beer!
Of the 20 beers we tasted, 10 were from Belgium, nine from the United States [...]

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Women's History Month: Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye

March 4, 2010 – 8:11 am

In Sarah's War, Seeking Michigan pointed us to Michigan in Letters where they have a feature on Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye, born in 1841 in New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah ran away from home at age 15 to escape her tyrannical father and an arranged marriage. After two years of living on her own, she [...]

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Vote on Let's Save Michigan Posters!

March 3, 2010 – 9:32 am

Hundreds of posters were submitted, and the 60 finalists in the Detroit Institute of Arts & Let's Save Michigan Poster Contest have been posted online.
Voting is underway, and it's a great chance to see what some artists feel Michigan has going for it.
Poster: Handmade Michigan by Joseph Cissel

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Lost Landscapes of Detroit

March 1, 2010 – 9:07 pm

Lost Landscapes of Detroit from the Prelinger Archives is a disjointedly delightful ramble through historical footage of Detroit. From a filmmaking trick involving downtown Detroit and a Daguerre camera to the Detroit Police Department's film introducing itself through the career of Officer Joe, this is an hour of video that anyone who loves the [...]

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Which Way Will the Wind Blow in Michigan?

March 1, 2010 – 8:53 pm

Lillgrund by axelivarsson
Early in February, Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center and the University of Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute received $1.34 million in state grants to explore the feasibility of offshore wind turbines on Lake Michigan.
Although this study is not yet even off the ground, Scandia Wind and Havgul Clean [...]

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Photo Friday: A Winters Evening by t p mann

February 26, 2010 – 10:50 am

t p mann would like you to Ride the Breezeway along Country Rd C48 from US 31 in Atwood through Ellsworth & East Jordan and ending in Boyne Falls. With scenic overlooks, farms, orchards, restaurants, galleries and shops, it's a great motorcycle or bicycle ride.
Check out this photo of a farm near Boyne City bigger [...]

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James Beard likes Michigan chefs!

February 25, 2010 – 10:30 am

The list of Restaurant and Chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards has been released. The Beard awards are the nation's most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. Michigan has an impressive five chefs in the running for Best Chef: Great Lakes:
Myles Anton, Trattoria Stella, Traverse City, MI
Randy [...]

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Weird Wednesday: The Giant Grasshopper of Kaleva

February 24, 2010 – 7:53 am

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey (also pictured below right) gives you a sample of what's weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda's latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at weirdmichigan.com, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/lindasgodfrey and [...]

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Make a Sour Cherry Preserves Tart for National Cherry Month!

February 23, 2010 – 7:39 am

February is National Cherry Month, and over at the Spoon Blog from American Spoon, Megan baked up a tasty treat that she was kind enough to share with us. Dig in!

Ordinarily I would not insist that you drop whatever you’re doing and start baking now, but ordinarily I don’t run across tarts as easy to [...]

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