“It’s all about the breakfast,” explains Bob Piskoty on why he books The Kalamazoo House Bed & Breakfast on his frequent business trips to Kalamazoo. He and…
In the 1870s the first “Orientals” arrived in Detroit, and by the 1920s and ’30s the number of Chinese immigrants had grown to support a…
Sun is shining, temperature’s rising, most of the tulips have faded and the hostas and other ground cover is well, covering the yarden. And it’s…
In my hunt for gifts from the Great Lakes State I decided to check in on MIUpperHand, an online store for goods handmade in the Upper…
Pasties (PASS-tees) are an all-in-one meal that consists of a flaky but substantial crust that holds a combination of meat and root vegetables. The Cornish…
If a tour of the Air Zoo, Michigan’s flight and space museum near Kalamazoo, had a soundtrack it would be an eclectic mix to cover…
Many years ago, BK (Before Kids), TJ and I got into flying kites. I’m not talking about the kind of kites we flew—or tried to…
Passing through Mackinaw City at an odd time of day I decided to do some research and sample the popular Scalawags Whitefish & Chips, a…
One spin around the block on the back of a motorcycle does not a biker chick make. But that was my mother’s fear when my high…
On a recent trip to Blue Skies, our Upper Peninsula retreat on Lake Michigan, the baking bug bit, as it always does. Baking is a…
