by Carly Simpson | Mar 25, 2019 | Counties, Events, Food & Drink, Towns
National Beer Day is celebrated every year on April 7 in the US—a tradition dating back to 1933 when the Cullen-Harrison Act officially went into effect. Jumpstart the festivities on April 6 (New Beer’s Eve) at Hopfest. The Northern Michigan event features local...
by Carly Simpson | Mar 25, 2019 | Counties, Events, Food & Drink, Towns
Bring your red-and-white checkered blanket to Traverse City for the annual NMC BBQ. The old-fashioned picnic brings thousands of people together for buffalo burgers, potato salad, ice cream, free activities and lots of family fun. The 64th annual barbecue is Sunday,...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Counties, Daily Photo, Live Here, Outdoors, Towns, Vacation
by Carly Simpson | Mar 24, 2019 | Counties, Outdoors, Towns, Vacation
The Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau fills us in on new hotel renovations, a beautiful bed and breakfast, immersive Fort Mackinac exhibits, ferry updates and more, just in time for the summer season. The Mackinac HouseThe luxury, 19-room bed & breakfast is set to...
by Erin Lutke | Mar 22, 2019 | Contests/Giveaways, Counties, Towns
The Contest Has Ended! Thanks to everyone who entered and congrats to our winner! Enter for your chance to win the best of a St. Ignace summer vacation, including the Mystery Spot. From St. Ignace, your home port in the Straits of Mackinac, you can explore, hike,...
by Kara Jarvis | Mar 21, 2019 | Counties, Food & Drink, Live Here, Towns
Specialty coffee roaster Populace Coffee is bringing their specialty drinks and baked goods to a new retail location in downtown Petoskey this summer. Populace Coffee has been serving wholesale customers since 2010 throughout Michigan and the US. In 2017, they...
by | Mar 21, 2019 | Daily Photo, Live Here, Outdoors
by Carly Simpson | Mar 20, 2019 | Counties, Towns, Vacation
Vote now to turn a LEGO model of the historic Grand Hotel into a special kit available for purchase!Michigan’s Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island has been transformed into a LEGO model that could become a kit available for purchase. Through the LEGO Ideas program, members...
by Courtney Jerome | Mar 20, 2019 | Counties, Live Here, Towns
Dr. Matthew Smith, the founder of Traverse City’s Great Lakes Plastic Surgery Center, has been trusted by thousands of patients over the past 20 years to perform reconstructive surgeries—including for those fighting breast cancer.For 10 years following her lumpectomy,...