Crains Detroit Business has an interesting feature about how an old warehouse at the Grand Traverse Commons could become the hub for our region’s local-food movement: Discussion is percolating about developing the Commons into a regional food hub, with a year-round indoor farmer’s market, processing centers and even a restaurant incubator with test kitchens — […]
The first-ever YetiFest takes place on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in Suttons Bay. The festival and fundraiser benefits Suttons Bay Schools, Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce, and TART. Here’s the schedule: Yeti-Look Alike Contest ~ 9:00 am Registration starts at the school and continues until 1:00pm, Awards at 2:00 pm 4-4 Hockey Tournament ~ 10:00 […]
via Michigan in Pictures… National Pie Day ~ January 23, 2012, photo by Trish P. – K1000 Gal Today (Wednesday, January 23rd) is National Pie Day. A whole day just for pie? The Pure Michigan Blog explains: Created by the American Pie Council, ‘Pie Day’ is dedicated to celebrating America’s love of pie. And in Pure […]
Leelanau celebrates wine, art & love the first weekend of February with the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association’s Taste the Passion weekend. The weekend starts with a special winter benefit for the Glen Arbor Art Association called Art From Michigan’s Wine Country. on Friday evening (Feb 1) from 6-8 PM. The event takes place at The […]
Karl Bahle shared a great set of photos from the 50s and 60s on Facebook of snow in Suttons Bay. Click here to see them all on Facebook. Remember when there was snow all winter? Plus side – the Bay Theatre is open all year now!
Today’s Michigan in Pictures notes that according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Northern Lights are likely all week! Ken took these photos of the Aurora Borealis from Empire Bluffs on July 15, 2012 and stitched them together. Check out an amazing time-lapse from Ken of that night’s action below!
It’s another year, and another winter that Sugar Loaf is no closer to re-opening. Will this Leelanau icon ever return and offer scenes like this one from the 1970s on Waffle? Stay up-to-date at the Friends of Sugar Loaf group on Facebook. Photo credit: NW Cedar MI Leelanau Days Gone By Skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain […]
The photo above by John Levanen demonstrates just how low Lake Michigan is right now. An article in this morning’s TC Ticker begins: As of December 18, Lake Michigan water levels virtually matched a record low set back in 1964. Andy Knott, executive director of The Watershed Center in Greilickville, says the level was computed […]
Perennial favorites Seth Bernard & May Erlewine Bernard return to the Old Art Building in Leland this Saturday, December 22nd at 8 PM. This is a special Winter Solstice Concert and will also invite the audience to sing along. Come join the fun and warm your spirit with original roots music and songs from May’s recent CD […]
The Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce shared this photo by Tom Kelly of the Inland Seas Education Association. The photo shows record high water from 1986. Almost 30 years later we’re looking at record low water levels on Lake Michigan that are just 2″ above the all-time low from December 1948. Traverse City based AP writer […]
Ken Scott shot this photo of Plant Masters of Suttons Bay getting ready for the holidays. Many of these go to organizations in Leelanau who use them as a fundraiser – did you get yours? Lots more in Ken’s Suttons Bay slideshow.
Here’s a few ideas to help make your Thanksgiving holiday a little more local … and a lot tastier! It all starts with the turkey. I’m not sure if the folks at Hubbell’s Farm or Haymaker Poultry Co. have any left, but I do know that one great place to get a tasty turkey is Biehl’s […]