It may be fashionable to dis the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Dune Climb, but step for step, it’s one of the most fun things for families (and people who like to run at extremely high speeds) to do in the state of Michigan and the payoff for hiking up that wall of sand is […]
The Manitou Music Festival welcomes Minneapolis performer Trina Hamlin to the Studio Stage at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor on Wednesday, July 11. Trina’s pure voice and unspoiled powerful presence have gained her a steady national following since she began playing solo shows on the downtown New York City club scene. Opening for Trina […]
Waterline by Andy McFarlane News from the Week Stories from this vacation-filled week included a look at this weekend’s Cedar Polka Festival and the redesign of the Leelanau.com home page. The Week’s Weather The week’s weather was a throw back to June’s I remember: 60s and 70s with a mix of sun and rain – […]
After what I think we can all agree was “entirely too long” designer Fred DeMarco and the staff of Leelanau.com has unveiled a new design for the Leelanau.com home page. If you want to look back through the years to see where we’ve been and what we’ve done, check out the Internet Archive’s Leelanau.com section. […]
Sweet Pea by Andy McFarlane News from the Week Stories from the week included a strawberry feature from Taste the Local Difference and look at the Leelanau Enterprise’s new site, the announcement of the homes for the Northport Home Tour and a story about net radio and the wider internet. The Week’s Weather If you […]
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that the homes for the annual Northport Womens Club Home Tour (Wed, July 18 from 9:30 – 4:30) have been set. The five homes include Dan and Sue Brondyk’s chameleon home on M-22 between Leland & Northport (pictured right) and the Putnam Cloud Tower House in Omena, home of the Omena […]
We interrupt this blog to let you know that we stand with the many internet radio stations that will observe a national Day of Silence today. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15, 2007 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006 – […]
The latest issue of the Leelanau Enterprise has interesting and in-depth profiles eleven Leelanau residents: Ed Love, Steve Baker, Jim Wetherbee, Bob Ooley, Tim Lewis, Peter Miller, Richard Miller, Jenny Evans, Jackie Freeman. They also profiled two iconic Leelanau residents, “Editor” Nelson of the Leelanau Enterprise and Michigan legal pioneer Emilia Schaub (a member of […]
The annual Northport Harbor Days begins on Friday night (Jun 29) with “Shaboom” playing for the Music In The Park Concert from 7-9 PM. Saturday features the “Run (and Walk) for Funds” American Cancer Society Race, Northport Bay Yacht Club Boat Race Boat Race, plenty of kids games, a rubber ducky race and horseshoe tourney. […]
(reprinted from Absolute Michigan) Last night I came across this photo of a wild strawberry shortly after coming across some of its domesticated brethren in my strawberry shortcake. That reminded me to check in with Taste the Local Difference and sure enough, they say that Michigan strawberries are ready to pick. Their in-depth article features […]
Day Farm II by Andy McFarlane News from the Week This week’s features included an article on the Lake Leelanau St. Mary baseball team’s great playoff run and on Leelanau Community Supported Agriculture farms, There was also a great black & white photo from Jeff Lamb of a cherry orchard in the morning mist that’s […]
I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff last week when he was up here. He has more photos of Leelanau and also has done some beautiful work documenting New Orleans.