Summer is here. Even the upper reaches of the U.P. are seeing temperatures in the 70s and 80s. It's time to take advantage of the...

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...

Pictured Rocks Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior stretches from Grand Marais in the east to Munising in ...

Grand Marais beach with the giant dunes on the horizon During my recent visit to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, I repeatedly asked m...

Dear Great Lakes,  I underestimated you. Lake Superior I grew up loving the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. I lived in a little beach...