In my crisscrossing of the state I’d never visited the village of Elsie, a dairy area not far from Ovid (a more familiar landmark might…
Planning to work in your yarden and need flowers, herbs or other plants so you can build your own Michelle Obama kitchen garden? Looking to eat…
Just my luck. I finally found the neighborhood bar of my dreams, and it’s not in my neighborhood. O’Duffy’s Pub is the kind of joint where…
If you’re looking for one book to help you understand the Great Lakes, spend some time with The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of…
Taste the tropics at Frita Batidos, which dishes a dash of Cuban street food in Ann Arbor. The informal restaurant is the creation of Eve Aronoff, a…
You don’t have to be a protester rallying for a cause or a grade school student on a class field trip to walk the marble…
When did pieces of my past become museum material? On a tour of the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing I saw the Mackinac Bridge souvenir tray that’s pictured…
Worn—but gleaming—wooden floors, workhorse elevators and the exposed structural elements of an industrial building reveal the manufacturing past of the sturdy, four-story structure known as…
My oh my, we love these pies! I’d heard about the cute, retro pie shop north of Lansing and the perky, pearl-wearing Linda Hundt behind…
