All Season’s Bistro in Lansing is one of the five finalists for the 2006 America’s Best Restroom award. Check out the link to view and vote for All Season’s Bistro. You can view a short description of the bathroom as well as some pictures. This bathroom looks a lot nicer than most [...]

Today is Fat Tuesday, but in my world I refer to it as Paczki (prounounced poonch-key) Day. Whether you go for the authentic Polish versions or the doughnut-like version you are heading for some serious calories. A five-ounce paczki weighs in at over 400 calories with 25 grams of fat.
When I used to [...]

Kim Carr, Ishpeming High School business and technology teacher, teaches classes that I wish would have been available to me when I was in high school. Her students use the tools they have learned in her classes to run a small business, Hematites ‘R Us, at the school. The store carries a plethora [...]

A small private road west of Traverse City was the winner of The Car Connection’s Wild, Weird, and Wacky street names contest. Psycho Path was the brainchild of someone with a strange sense of humor. I remember seeing that road sign on a recent trip up north and thought it was funny and [...]

Most of us that reside in or used to reside in Michigan are familiar with the pasty. It is a staple of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula popularized by Finnish miners working in the copper mines. When traveling the U.P. (or Yoop, as some refer to it) you can’t pass through the tiniest of towns [...]

As most of us know, winter is set to “officially” end on March 21 . However, the meteorological winter consists of the months of December, January, and February.

Should we sell off our state parks that do not generate enough revenue to pay for themselves? Should our state continue to pursue short term fixes for long term problems?
Our state parks generate an estimated $400 million annually for Michigan’s economy. They are great places of recreation and relaxation. They are 97 [...]

Here is a list of a few of the many things happening this weekend (2/25-2/26) all across Michigan. Have a great weekend!

Yep, you read that correctly. Never heard of the Outhouse Classic? You see, up in the U.P. winter does strange things to folks and they need to do something a little odd in order to break out of winter’s monotonous grasp.

Desiree Cooper, from the Detroit Free Press, has a great article that rationalizes the need for the Detroit City Council to vote in favor of the transfer of operations from the city to the zoological society.