Although we’ve never attended it, I had a dream about being in the thick of things at the annual Outhouse Classic in the Upper Peninsula town of…
Beer is big in Michigan. Current count is 250 small, craft brewers across the state. It’s a movement more than worthy of a celebration or…
As someone who’s had a few memorable bouts of seasickness I’d rather forget, I can’t explain why I like to attend the Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat…
‘Tis asparagus season in Michigan While tourism and agriculture tussle over which industry ranks second to manufacturing in Michigan’s economy, some folks are combining the…
“Oz The Great and Powerful,” the 2013 Disney movie that is a prequel to the 1939 classic “Wizard of Oz,” was mostly made in Michigan by director…
Vernors, Detroit’s first and longest-running claim to soda pop fame, has been pleasing palates for 150 years. Perhaps its longevity has something to do with…
Despite the doom and gloom about the environment, we made it to another Earth Day! Since 1970, April 22 has been designated a time to protest…
The Dutch Dancers of Holland’s Tulip Time Festival, May 7-14, have been kicking up their wooden-shoe-clad heels at the annual event in Michigan’s Little Netherlands…
I’ve been a Road Dog from the start. Story goes—I was born in Kentucky but as mere pups my siblings and me somehow made our way to…
NOTE: I was prompted to dust off this Great Lakes Gazette story from August 19, 2013 after reading “Who Was Ty Cobb? The History We…
