![In the Tank for Rutabaga](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rutabaga-2_5407-470x140.jpg)
It must have something to do with my Finnish roots, but I like rutabaga. The homely looking relative of turnip and cabbage is a staple…
![Gemignani's is a Hancock Gem](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gemignani_8295-470x140.jpg)
In the North End of Boston, is Wednesday still Prince Spaghetti Day? Those of us of a certain age will remember the classic TV commercial…
![Michigan's Eiffel Tower](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/eiffel-tower-paris-mi_3751-470x140.jpg)
Ooh, la la. Michigan has its own Paris, complete with Eiffel Tower. But the name and the replica of the world-famous landmark have nothing to…
![A World View at MSU](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/msu-museum_9758-470x140.jpg)
As I poked around the Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing early one Saturday morning I half expected to turn a corner and bump…
![Artful Adventure in Ann Arbor](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/umma_4555--470x140.jpg)
If Suzanne Witthoff’s idea hadn’t taken root, the museum shop at the University of Michigan Museum of Art might have been filled with $67,000 worth…
![I've Got an Ale in Kalamazoo](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/checker-cab_0050-470x140.jpg)
Big Band leader Glenn Miller made the city famous in the 1940s with the hit, “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo,” but now that the…
![Tiger Town](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/unknown-5-267x140.jpeg)
Tiger Town: 1983 Family drama written and directed by Alan Shapiro, starring Roy Scheider, Justin Henry, Ron McLarty, Bethany Carpenter, with appearances (as themselves) by…
![Finding Tallulah’s Folly in Lansing’s Old Town](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Old-Town-Lansing-jewelry0439-470x140.jpg)
I was looking for a cup of joe to fuel the ride back to the 313 from a quick trip to Lansing and figured there’d…
![Army Keeps Yarden Safe](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2-soldiers_4074-470x140.jpg)
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…