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The Daily Michigan: As If We Were Prey by Michael Delp

February 7, 2012 – 7:36 pm

“In understated prose that remarkably says more in one sentence that many writers do in a paragraph, Delp takes us inside the head and hearts of his male characters, all of whom share a certain melancholy, both eerie and familiar, all in a style reminiscent of another up-north renowned author, Jim Harrison.” —Detroit News Today [...]

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day the Michigan Way

February 7, 2012 – 11:15 am

Here’s a whole ton of Valentine’s Day ideas. YOU probably have some other ideas – share them in the comments or right here or on our Facebook! Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius by Church of One Next Tuesday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day – a day for lovers, sweethearts, paramours [...]

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The Daily Michigan: Private Tea Cupping from Light of Day Organics

February 6, 2012 – 10:39 am

Today on The Daily Michigan we’re giving away a private tea cupping for up to 6 people, to include matcha ceremonial green tea at Light of Day Organics. Founder Angela Macke has a background in Holistic health, as an RN, educator and horticulturalist and based on her own positive experiences in utilizing gentle, natural rhythms to restore [...]

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The Daily Michigan: Tropical Love Valentine’s Day Box

February 3, 2012 – 4:02 pm

Our good friends at Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate in Empire are another of our featured partners for The Daily Michigan. Their chocolates are all-natural and contain many organic and other naturally grown ingredients, many grown in the garden on founder and proprieter Mimi Wheeler. This year Mimi and her staff are introducing five brand new fruits in [...]

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The Daily Michigan: 5# of Dried Cherries from Cherry Republic

February 1, 2012 – 8:46 am

Here’s the first of our new The Daily Michigan features, and one of our readers will win 5 pounds of tart cherries! All you need to do to be eligible is to let us know you want to win. We hope you’ll sign up to receive our daily email (Monday – Friday) but if that’s [...]

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February is National Cherry Month!

February 1, 2012 – 7:20 am

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? February is National Cherry Month, and the Cherry Marketing Institute (link below) has bushels of info about the history and present state of the cherry industry including growing research showing that antioxidants in tart [...]

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Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids – January 26-29, 2012

January 24, 2012 – 2:41 pm

Michigan turns 175 Thursday and Absolute Michigan is giving away a whole bunch of prizes to people on our email list to celebrate! One of the items is 2 tickets to the Auto Show – you can sign up for our list at the bottom of this article. Smile by pairadocs The Michigan International Auto Show returns [...]

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Discover Michigan Wines at Regional Wine and Food Tasting Events

January 23, 2012 – 12:26 pm

Delicious Michigan is a regular column by Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis, authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries and The History of Michigan Wines. Learn more and get autographed books at deliciousmichigan.com and read some of their past articles on Absolute Michigan at Michigan Uncorked! Michigan’s wine industry is booming, and the [...]

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Michigan 175: Yooper Steez Skateboard Deck

January 21, 2012 – 2:42 pm

One of the items in our Michigan’s 175th Birthday Bash giveaway (#mich175) is a skateboard deck from Absolute Michigan sponsor Yooper Steez. Yooper Steez isn’t a skateboard company, but has always drawn inspiration from the skateboarding and snowboarding culture. This is just one product (of many more to come) that offers a way for Yoopers to show [...]

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Michigan’s 175th Birthday Bash!

January 19, 2012 – 8:12 am

Photo by Aunt Owwee On January 26, 1837 President Andrew Jackson signed a bill declaring Michigan the 26th state of the union.  That means the Great Lakes State turns 175 next Thursday. That seemed like a pretty big milestone to us, and to celebrate, we’re throwing Michigan’s 175th Birthday Bash and giving out a week’s worth [...]

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