![Bowled Over in Munising](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/munisingware_8291-470x140.jpg)
With the warm weather the garage and yard sale scene heats up, beckoning collectors and the curious to rummage around someone else’s household items for…
![Water Way to Enjoy the Pictured Rocks](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Pictured-Rocks-Miller-family-millers_2047-470x140.jpg)
Ask any sea kayaker who’s been there: paddling is the best way to experience Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula. The…
![Hot Diggity Johnny Dogs](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Munising-Johnny-Dog-K.Usitalo_2410-470x140.jpeg)
Who would have imagined that the lowly tube steak would be elevated to gourmet fare? Hot dog shops have popped up across Michigan, and while…
![Get Your Kicks On Route 2](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/us-2-scenic-overlook_8820-470x140.jpg)
A few years ago TJ and Graham headed west on US Route 2 on a road trip to Montana, and I was jealous. Driving the…
![Cheerleader Cheesecake in Saugatuck](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/saugatuck-ad-004-470x140.jpg)
The (nearly) naked truth about the Pure Michigan tourism advertising campaign is that it works, as evidenced by 26 beauties in bikinis on the sandy…
![Wake UP to Java Joe's Cafe](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/java-joes-brooklyn_2065-470x140.jpg)
Yes, there is a Java Joe. At least in the a.m. each day. “He’s Joe in the morning, Jose in the evening,” says Brooklyn, my…
![Tradition Lives at Roma Cafe](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/roma_9109-470x140.jpg)
Oh how I’d like to be at the bar of Roma Cafe, sipping a Manhattan and listening to the walls talk. Roma, in Detroit’s Eastern Market, is…
![World's Largest Limestone Quarry is Pure Michigan](https://www.greatlakesgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/limestone_6630-470x140.jpg)
It looks like something out of the west…the wide open spaces, the eerie landscape. But it’s the world’s largest limestone quarry, located near the Tip…
![Gemignani's is a Hancock Gem](https://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…