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...

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...

Downtown Lake Orion Michigan has so many great towns to visit for a weekend, a day trip, or even an afternoon. In Metro Detroit, there a...

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...

The front of the parade on Cass Lake Road Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer. In Michigan, it's time for backya...

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

Downtown Plymouth It's easy to stick to the familiar, to not venture outside the vicinity of our hometowns, to eat at the same resta...

Fork n' Pint Fork n' Pint in Waterford opened in December 2015 and offers a large menu of comfort food, including burgers, barb...

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 ...

Beer kits from Cap 'N' Cork Michiganders know good beer and have many award-winning Michigan breweries to choose from when t...

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...

Downtown Berkley, Michigan With the trendy downtowns of nearby Birmingham, Ferndale, and Royal Oak dotting Oakland County's Woodward...

Stopping for a photo while my wife paddled on At 2 square miles, Cass Lake is the largest lake in Oakland County. During the summer mo...

The Sanders ice cream stand at Hiller's As I walked around the Hiller's Market in Commerce Township, something felt off. The sta...

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...

Home. It's not just a word, a place of origin, or a destination. It's more than where the heart is. It's where the soul is. You...