Category Archives: SE

Southeast Michigan

A Very Michigan Thanksgiving

Turkey by Vaughan
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Michiganians will soon be hitting the road to attend family get togethers and enjoying annual traditions. To help get ready for the upcoming holiday we have compiled a bunch of informative and entertaining Thanksgiving related links for you to enjoy.
Head over to Michigan.gov and learn all [...]

Even the Ghosts are Gone

Jeff Westover put together this great montage of photographs from the greater Irish Hills area with the music of The Buzzrats from Ann Arbor to start off Halloween week on Absolute Michigan. (Buzzrats on MySpace)

Spotlight: Arts, Beats & Eats – Festival of Hope, Sept 4 – 7 Pontiac

Arts, Beats & Eats is excited to add to its name, mission and purpose in 2009. The festival is now called Arts, Beats & Eats - Festival of Hope and is excited to announce new changes and partners for the 2009.
Arts, Beats & Eats will still feature The HealthPlus Art Fair, one of the top [...]

July Michigan Event Calendar

This is what we said last year and I think we will stick with the message...

Bubble and Droplet. by G0Da
It seems that many media outlets are preaching the "staycation" this year. We say cut some corners, pack a lunch, brew your own coffee, just do what you have to do and support the festivals, [...]

Road Trip: The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest in Howell

If you're looking for something to raise your spirits, lift your eyes to this Road Trip courtesy Michigan in Pictures! For more on the destination, head over to Absolute Michigan keyword Howell and be sure to scroll down for a very cool time lapse video!

Pics 126, photo by m7k7k7.
The annual Michigan Challenge Balloonfest takes place [...]

When Ice Attacks: Saginaw Bay homes damaged

Embedded video from CNN Video
Weird Wednesday already? Nope. Huge piles of ice were pushed by NE winds into homes along Linwood Beach (just north of Bay City), forcing evacuations and causing damage. Linwood Beach residents return to find ice piled around, inside and atop their homes from the Bay City Times begins:
"I was making a [...]

Motown Winter Blast aka the Detroit Winter Blast

Ice Rink by Allan M
The event started in 2005 as a tuneup to Super Bowl XL and was called the Motown Winter Blast. It's now called Detroit's Winter Blast and it happens February 6-8, 2009.
In what has become typical Michigan media fashion, the Detroit News fills the glass half full, dwelling on what you won't [...]

Blogs We Dig: Black Coffee at Sunrise

Snowshoeing by nasunto
Billed as a blog about camping, hiking, nature and Michigan with occasional sarcasm and embellishment, Black Coffee At Sunrise was recently recognized at Backpacker Magazine in their Daily Dirt section online. We think the recognition is well deserved.
Blogger Nina describes her blog:
Despite the unstable times we are facing, there is [...]

Road Trip: Zombie Walk (for a cause)

Zombie Walk Detroit by Wigwam Jones
If you happen to suddenly find yourself surrounded by hordes of flesh eating zombies don't be alarmed. October 26 is 'World Zombie Day' and around 50 cities including Ferndale and Ann Arbor will be participating in zombie walks. Why you may ask? First of all to have fun but [...]

Photo Friday: and she began to understand what life in the country was all about. by riot jane

Bethany (riot jane) says she's a vegetarian, romantic, explorer, singer, voyager, wonderer, crossword puzzler extraordinaire and young at heart.
She's also a talented photographer and photo processor, bringing a unique view of life in rural Michigan through photo sets like love is a river raisin battlefield, maybee, michigan and her great photos of her favorite place [...]