Michigan Craft Beer and Breweries

by admin on May 15, 2013

Bell's Oberon

Michigan Craft Beer and Breweries have been making a lot of headlines lately. Just this week, Grand Rapids was the winner in the Beer City USA 2013 poll. This marks the second year in a row that Grand Rapids has been the top vote getter.

It didn’t take long for the Pure Michigan tourism campaign to capitalize on the draw of the more than 100 Michigan craft breweries. Below is the new radio spot from Pure Michigan – makes me thirsty just listening to it.

Here are some links if you want more information about Michigan’s craft beer industry:

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Pure Michigan ads for summer of 2013

by admin on May 7, 2013

The Pure Michigan campaign is rolling out the new ads for the summer of 2013. Featured places this summer are Tecumseh, Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek, Manistee, Mount Bohemia, Frankenmuth, and Detroit.

Here are the ads for Manistee and Tecumseh –

Manistee:

Tecumseh:

Bonus – Detroit Tigers Pure Michigan:
This fun little spot showcases members of the Detroit Tigers organization explaining what Pure Michigan means to them.

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Riding Fourth, interesting fiction set in Detroit’s not too distant future

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Riding Fourth is a short story (only about 15 pages) set in the not-too-distant future of Detroit. A Detroit where you need four passengers to ride on the freeways and professional hitchhikers are the newest employment opportunity. Detroit has been revitalized with a shrunken city border and the creation of the Minimum Passenger Requirement Act. [...]

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My five favorite Detroit Tigers home runs

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This is my personal Top Five list of Detroit Tigers home runs. They might not all be famous, but they were chosen due to their significance to me and my lifelong love of the Tigers. Kirk Gibson, Game 5 of the 1984 World Series Growing up my favorite Tiger was Kirk Gibson. I thought he [...]

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Shipping two or more gift baskets to multiple addresses?

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Every once in a great while this question pops up from a customer so I figured I should give a “how to” to help those who add multiple gift baskets to their shopping carts and want to send them to different addreses. It’s pretty quick and painless to take care of here at Gift Baskets [...]

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Michigan Kickstarter alert – The Rust Belt Market

March 9, 2013

Owners Chris and Tiffany Best are looking to expand The Rust Belt Market beyond the weekends with this Kickstarter project. They aim to raise at lease $20,000 by March 22nd in order to build walls and diversify their space for hosting bands and other events that will help pay the rent on the 15,000 square [...]

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Michigan’s statewide singalong video

September 10, 2012

50 cities across Michigan in 7 days helped create this singalong. It put a smile on my face on this Monday morning here in Michigan .

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Michigan’s oldest and largest Civil War reenactment is this weekend in Jackson

August 24, 2012

This weekend (August 25-26, 2012) at the Jackson Civil War Muster the 2nd Battle of Manassas (2nd Battle of Bull Run) will be reenacted on Saturday at 2pm and on Sunday, the Battle of Stones River will be reenacted at 2pm. In addition to the battles are a number of battalion drills, medical scenarios, Calvary [...]

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Introducing two more no-melt versions of our best sellers

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No-Melt Tastes of Michigan $56 These two gift baskets will join our already ever-popular No-Melt Michigan’s Best Gift Basket as great options to send our most popular gift baskets in the heat without having to purchase an insulated shipping box and pay extra for 2-day shipping. No-Melt Staff Favorites $77

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“Spray Falls” Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

July 20, 2012

"Spray Falls" Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, a photo by Michigan Nut on Flickr. I love photographs like these that show off Michigan’s diverse and beautiful landscape. It’s always a treat to see the reactions from people that don’t live in Michigan. They just can’t believe a place like this exists here.

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