![Sampling Shangri-La in Detroit](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
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…
![At Home at Kalamazoo House B & B](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/crop-Kalamazoo-house-breakfast_9841-470x140.jpg)
“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…
![Natural Beauty: Beth Millner Jewelry](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Millner-love-birds_1065_large-355x140.jpg)
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 According to Mom](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pasties_1131-470x140.jpg)
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…
![A Taste of the Great Lakes at Scalawags](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/scala-whitefish_0667-470x140.jpg)
Passing through Mackinaw City at an odd time of day I decided to do some research and sample the popular Scalawags Whitefish & Chips, a…
![Air Zoo is Something to Sing About](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/air-zoo_0350-300x140.jpg)
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…
![A Spin Around Hog Heaven, Milwaukee](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1.-H-D-Museum-ext.-Sculpture-K.-Usitalo_4367-470x140.jpeg)
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…
![Yogurt Bread is Good Therapy](http://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/recipe-yogurt-bread_7560-470x140.jpg)
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…