The leaves may be changing on the trees, but the warm early-October weather beckons Michiganders to get out and enjoy the outdoors while they can. One spot to do that is the 70-acre nature preserve at the Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center off Coolidge Rd. in Troy. Even though the nature preserve is located in…
Ever wanted to hop around with kangaroos? How about join a town of prairie dogs for a late lunch or feed a giraffe a tasty snack? There’s only one place in Michigan you can do all those things legally, and that’s at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak. The Detroit Zoological Park’s 125 acres is…
Ferndale is full of people trying to turn their passions into business ventures, and the city’s annual DIY Street Fair brought them together last weekend to celebrate their creative and entrepreneurial spirit. Local artisans, organizations, musicians, food trucks and brewers converged on Nine Mile Rd. to present and show off their endeavors. And despite cloudy,…
The inviting, front lounge area foretells the friendly atmosphere that makes dining at downtown Petoskey’s Julienne Tomatoes Cafe & Bakery a wonderful experience. The cafe’s dedication to using local produce and products and its embrace of community is why it has earned a spot on this blog. Julienne Tomatoes moved into 421 Howard Street in 2003. Previously,…
If huzzah-ing is your thing, then the Michigan Renaissance Festival is the place for you. Located in the forests off Dixie Highway in Holly, visitors are transported back to a time when disagreements were settled with swords, kings and queens reigned supreme and turkey leg was the delicacy of choice. If you’ve never been before,…
It’s no mistake that Rochester Hills’ Arts & Apples was ranked the 27th best art festival in the nation by Sunshine Artist Magazine. As the second largest juried art show in Michigan, Arts & Apples draws almost 300 talented artists and over 125,000 visitors to the 30-acre Rochester Park each year. While visitors can also enjoy three…
An almost secret garden is hidden in Bloomfield Hills. It’s almost secret because finding the 40 acres of gardens off Lone Pine Rd. in Bloomfield Hills is not easy. Better known as the Cranbrook Gardens, its origins date back to the early 20th century when George and Ellen Booth purchased a barren farm and dubbed it…
It’s Labor Day, and for many lucky Michiganders it meant the day off work or school. Combined with partly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s, it also meant a lot of people breaking out their golf clubs to enjoy one last taste of summer before the chilly fall weather hits. Herein lies today’s…
“Made in Detroit” swag, autographed pictures of Detroit sports stars and portraits of iconic Detroit sites were only a handful of the items for sale at this year’s Arts, Beats & Eats festival sponsored by Ford Motor Company. If I had to pick the event’s theme it would easily be “Must Love Detroit”, and by…
Must Love the Mitten. 