Category Archives: Clothing

Five things you need to know for Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Welcome to the Michigan Goes Global edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan where we try and see how Michigan and Michiganians have fared on the wider stage over the last week or so. Somehow we didn't have room to fully explore Grand Rapids' title as the new Bingo Capitol of the [...]

Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

Shop Michigan: Northwest Special Freight Train from Lionel

The word of the week on Absolute Michigan this week was "toy" and one of the things we learned is that Lionel Model Trains are based right here in Michigan!
The Northwest Special Freight Train features a GP38 diesel locomotive, boxcar, 2-bay hopper, operating searchlight car, caboose and some Lionel FasTrack sections to get you going. [...]

Blogs We Dig: Neurotic Mom

Helping with dinner by Karen McG.
Neurotic Mom is a blog at mLive that has been online since at least January 2004. Three years later, author Jen Eyer is still kicking down a unique blend of informative articles, useful links along with some good old-fashioned fretting.
Some of her posts (Non-toxic Toys, Vacation Stress) fit right into [...]

Weird Photo: Meet the Hamtramckquins

Last year Insomnia Jones, J.D. profiled "the poor, decrepit plastic people of a small, Polish-friendly Michigan town" (Hamtramck) in her Hamtramckquins set. Since it's a "Weird Wednesday" here on Absolute Michigan, we thought we'd share them with you.

Blogs We Dig: Detroit Bad Boys

Detroit Bad Boys is a production of Matt Watson & Ian Cameron (and the occasional guest writer). It features great analysis and in-depth articles from the mainstream media and other blogs ... and they sell T-shirts too. DBB also brings a thoughtful and in-depth perspective to coverage of the Detroit Pistons. It's obvious that they're [...]

Shop Michigan: Grey Poncho with Boucle Accents from Oak Grove Alpaca

This Grey Poncho with Boucle Accents is hand woven using Michigan alpaca, and a tiny bit of mohair for some color and is warm and soft and perfect for a night around a bonfire.
Oak Grove Alpaca is a small alpaca ranch near Howell that is committed to raising world-class Huacaya Alpacas. They write:
We are [...]

Shop Michigan: Guglia Zip Hoody from Moosejaw

A nice lightweight fitted hoody, even has a man sleuthing around on the back, theJaw Women's Guglia Zip Hoody is lightweight and stylish.
Moosejaw is a Michigan company supplying high quality gear from the best brands out there. Not only does Moosejaw have sweet clothes from other companies, they also have their own with cool logos [...]

Shop Michigan: M22 Classic T-Shirt

The M22 Classic T-Shirt is a terrific T-shirt from the Grand Traverse Area. This totally comfortable T-shirt represents "'North America's best kept secret."
M22 was founded in 2002 by a group of Northern Michigan kiteboarders. The guys were scribbling graphics for a sticker when the design for M22 came into being. They say that M22 [...]

Celebrate Valentine's Day the Michigan Way

Crim Kiss by Hemicuda82
The day for lovers, sweethearts and paramours is drawing close. Like it, love it, or hate it, Valentine's Day has become an annual tradition. Such a tradition, that according to the Greeting Card Association, over one billion valentines will be given out, and eighty five percent of those by women.
As you celebrate [...]