A view from the Sleeping Bear Dunes When I started this blog a little more than four years ago, I was living in Virginia and yearning to...

Pages Bookshop in Detroit My favorite indie bookstore from childhood died more than 20 years ago at the hands of Barnes & Noble (whi...

The Redford Theatre As a teenager, I saw a handful of movies at the Redford Theatre in Detroit--classics like The African Queen , On th...

Three new collections of poetry by Michiganders “Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and wai...

As 2016 comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the most important things in life, food and drink. Although I have plenty of favor...

Osso Buco from Roadside B&G We're almost at the halfway mark of 2016, and I've had the pleasure of eating at several excelle...

Volunteers at Focus: HOPE "Recognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we pledge intelligent and practical action to overco...

I finally made it to my first Freep Film Festival. This annual Detroit event is presented by the Detroit Free Press  and Michigan.com, and ...

A pizza from Mani Osteria in Ann Arbor I did not write as much as I wanted to in 2015, probably because I was too busy eating my way aro...

This is Detroit When asked where to escape for an overnight stay or a weekend, many Metro Detroiters probably would mention ski trips to...

From late April to mid-June, I had the opportunity to work on a project inside Detroit's Renaissance Center, aka the Ren Cen. This seven...

Since moving back to Michigan in September, I have worked in Detroit for about half the time I have been here, with the other half in office...

Gate 4 from Tiger Stadium still stands I stopped the car outside the old gate on Michigan Avenue and began explaining to my mother-in-la...

Exported From Michigan is a documentary about the people and businesses in Michigan who are making strides to bring the state's economy...

Exported From Michigan at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids "There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing s...

Window display at Dutch Girl Donuts in Detroit When I was living in the D.C. area last year, I had to go out of my way to find paczki fo...

Corktown's Brooklyn Street Local When the Detroit Tigers moved from their ancient home in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood to C...

Happy Birthday, Detroit! It's been 313 years since French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac pulled his boats ashore and declare...