Leelanau Groomer by TART Trails News from the Week Stories from the week included a roundup of Leelanau County webcams, a cool aerial photo of Leelanau’s northwestern shore and the fascinating tale of a potential pre-historic Stonhenge beneath Grand Traverse Bay. The Week’s Weather We lost our snow but got it all back with interest […]
A few weeks back we posted the photo to the right in a feature titled Underwater images from a Lake Michigan Stonehenge at Michigan in Pictures. Stonehenge Beneath the Waters of Lake Michigan at Geoff Manaugh’s very cool BLDGBLOG introduced Mark Holley, professor of underwater archaeology at Northwestern Michigan College, his underwater imaging and the fascinating […]
Georgienne was at last weekend’s 5th Annual Winter Carnival sponsored by the Leelanau Township Chamber and the village of Northport The event took place at Bramen Hill (on Morningside Drive off West Third Street just out of Northport) and featured a snowmobile poker run, outhouse race, broomball, curling, free hot dogs, hot chocolate and coffee […]
I think that this is Christmas Cove – can anyone confirm or deny? Kimberly has another aerial right here. You can see more of her Leelanau photos on Flickr (slideshow) and learn more about her at her blog!
The 2009 Blues at the Bluebird concert will be held on Saturday (Feb 21) at the Bluebird Restaurant in Leland. The event benefits the Leelanau Conservancy and this year features Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang out of Chicago. Eddie plays tenor and alto sax and harmonica and is a very talented singer, songwriter, musician, […]
Empire Bluffs by chrisd1332 News from the Week Stories from the week included some Leelanau & Traverse City Valentine’s Day ideas, the Leelanau Players upcoming Steel Magnolias performance, a Suttons Bay man’s plan to walk the Way of St. James to benefit Herman Center park and photos of the big Lake Michigan meltdown and Jim […]
Gary Hoensheid of Suttons Bay has plans for a 350-mile walk across Spain that he hopes will help bolster support the purchase of the parkland to establish the Herman Center Community Park in Suttons Bay Township. From March 11 to April 10, Hoensheid will trek across the Camino de Santiago Ancient Pilgrim Trail. “El Camino […]
The Leelanau Players production of Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling will take place the last two weeks of February at Leland School’s auditorium. The performances take place February 20-22 & 26-28. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Ryan Dobry Diabetes Charity, an organization that works to educate the public and help fund some of […]
Jim Sorbie got some great shots of the Polar Bear Dip at last weekend’s Empire Winterfest! He says that there wasn’t any safe ice on South Bar Lake (the traditional location) but of course that doesn’t stop the good folks of Empire from doing their seasonal duty!
Copycat & Meltdown, photos by farlane This isn’t really an official “Photo Friday” – I just had to show you all what a difference two days can make!
Well, I relied on the power of Facebook plus our new staffer Laura to compile what is a far bigger list than I thought we’d have. If you have other ideas for folks, post them in the comments! If you want to range a little further afield, check out Celebrate Valentine’s Day the Michigan way […]
Frozen to South Manitou by farlane News from the Week Stories this week included a national radio feature on Leelanau Hoop Houses and CSA Farms, the winners of our Grocer’s Daughter Chocolates Valentine’s Giveaway and a look at the odd phenomenon known as “guerrilla knitting” that has arrived in Suttons Bay. The Week’s Weather The […]