The Downtown Traverse City Association will host their fall Downtown Art Walk next Friday (Sep 21) from 5 – 9 pm. You’re invited to enjoy art, refreshments, food and music while supporting local and regional artists. In addition to artwork on display in 20 stores & galleries and a chance to particpate in the creation […]
Sunset with Kayak by rdmegr News from the Week As is usually the case this time of year, the news from the week was mainly events: this weekend’s Traverse Epicurean Classic and Leland Heritage Celebration long with next weekends Harvest Stompede Vineyard Run & Walk and associated wine trail tour. We did take a look […]
Between getting my first surfboard (Jamie says make that OUR surfboard) and the fall weather patterns here that seem to pile up the big waves, I’ve been spending a lot of time in or near the water. Yesterday, a few brave souls (of which I was not one) took to the raging waters of Lake […]
Our area has a lot of great photographers, and one of these is Gary Howe. You’ve seen his work in all kinds of regional and national publications (including a recent photo feature on Mario Batali in the New York Times). Gary also provides photographic services for a number of area nonprofit organizations including the Chiapas […]
The annual Traverse Epicurean Classic takes place next Thursday – Saturday (Sep 13-15) at the Hagerty Center on Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City. It’s an amazing celebration of food & wine with classes and food from some of the world’s finest chefs and culinary experts. I have a number of photos from last year […]
Photo credit: Melges Regatta on Traverse Bay by Jim Sorbie News from the Week After a week off that featured a pretty cool photo interlude, I returned to my favorite place in the world to find that Leelanau had also become the New York Time’ favorite place in the world. We also had an article […]
The annual Tour de Leelanau bike race will be held next Saturday (Sep 15). The Tour de Leelanau is a point to point open road race for the top professional and amateur cyclists in the Midwest. The men’s course is 109 miles long and starts in Leland at 1 PM. The women’s race is 69 […]
The New York Times seems to have a thing for Leelanau lately. In For Mario Batali, It’s Molto Michigan a few weeks ago, they took a visit to the renown chef’s Leelanau vacation home (complete with video slideshow with photos by Gary Howe and a tasty pizza recipe). Then last week they looked at the […]
Starting at 6 PM this Saturday (September 1), there will be an Open Mic at Marina Park in Suttons Bay. Stage and sound are provided – bring yourselves, your friends, your instruments and your lawn chairs and blankets. When it gets dark, there will be a fireworks display! For more info about the event, call […]
Photo: A Crescent Cast by Chris Arace. Chris writes: Ruins of the Crescent dock on N. Manitou Island. This dock was for the old logging town of Crescent. In the Early 1900’s it stretched 600 feet into Lake Michigan. We have a post about the ghost town of Crescent City on North Manitou Island (with […]
Matt Callow was recently an artist in residence with the Glen Arbor Artists and took some interesting photos.
I drove by this slowly crumbling barn north of Northport the other day and could remember when it wasn’t so slowly gone…