by Jeff Smith | Aug 29, 2017 | Counties, Towns, Vacation |
In 1903, a Chicago-based transportation company opened an elegant inn on Onekama’s Portage Lake. The same firm that designed Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel designed the inn, and it echoed the Grand’s same Victorian presence. The inn owners named it The Portage Point...
by C. D. | Jun 28, 2017 | Counties, Towns, Vacation, Work Here
When you talk with Mariada Gezon, new operations manager of Portage Point Inn, you can’t help but feel that the rejuvenation of the 110-year-old inn at the west end of Portage Lake will be a resounding success. In addition to being a bright, dedicated and energetic...
by C. D. | Jun 19, 2017 | Counties, Events, Towns
ONEKAMA:Â The Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra (BASO) is 37 years old this year. Formed in 1980 by Julia Kurtyka, a professional violinist and string teacher at Frankfort Public Schools, the BASO offers local community musicians a venue for playing their instruments....
by Libby | Aug 5, 2016 | Counties, Events, Live Here, Outdoors, Towns
The MyNorth Weekly Calendar of upcoming Northern Michigan events highlights some of the amazing things going on across the North. Hand-picked by MyNorth Media’s Calendar Editor, Libby Stallman, there is something for everyone. So pull out your calendar, you’re not...
by Libby | Jul 8, 2016 | Counties, Events, Live Here, Towns
The MyNorth Weekly Calendar of upcoming Northern Michigan events highlights some of the amazing things going on across the North. Hand-picked by MyNorth Media’s Calendar Editor Libby Stallman, there is something for everyone. So pull out your calendar, you’re not...
by Emily Bingham | Apr 14, 2016 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink, Towns
$1,900: That’s how much a caramel-apple-pecan pie baked by Donna Ervin, owner and dessert-maker extraordinaire at Onekama’s Glenwood restaurant, fetched at a Traverse City auction last autumn for U.S. Sen. Gary Peters. The pie, made with local Honeycrisp apples,...
by Tim Tebeau | Mar 10, 2016 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink, Live Here, Towns, Vacation |
Six food devotees shared some of their all-time favorite eats in Northern Michigan with us for our annual MyNorth Food Finds. In our Food Finds 2016 series, originally published in the March 2016 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine, discover 42 tasty eats...
by Courtney Jerome | Dec 2, 2015 | Counties, Features, Live Here, Towns
Meow + Wag = Happiness. It’s as simple as that! The following Northern Michigan shops and boutiques in Traverse City, Onekama, and ShopMyNorth.com have unique holiday gift items for the pet lover on your shopping list. This was originally published in...
by mynorthmedia | Sep 10, 2014 | Counties, Food & Drink, Towns
Just because it’s fall doesn’t mean that local produce has disappeared from the Northern Michigan food scene! Below find five farmers markets throughout Northern Michigan that offer squash, sweet corn, pumpkins and more. Go ahead and stock up on fall!...
