I have added a new poll to my Squidoo Lens - Best of Michigan that asks a simple question.
Has Jennifer Granholm done a good job running our state? You have two choices - either yes or no. None of that “undecided” garbage that a typical poll contains.
Vote today at www.squidoo.com/bestofmichigan.

The results are in for the poll I had running on my Squidoo Lens - www.squidoo.com/bestofmichigan/. My question was a simple one - Have you ever been to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula?
The following are the results -

Yes, but I do NOT live in Michigan - 0%
Yes and I DO live in Michigan - 69.2%
No, [...]

I was talking to a customer the other day who wanted to customize our Tastes of Michigan basket for a client. One of the Michigan products she wanted to remove from the basket was the S’more Soup because it sounded “disgusting.” Well, I thought I had better clear the air about what S’more [...]

Um, yeah. So I came across this video from the Detroit Free Press where columnist Mike Wendland reports that
It was French fur trappers who introduced the muskrat as a food source to southeastern Michigan in the 18th century. French settlers later appealed to their bishop to allow muskrat to be a fish substitute. [...]

A cost cutting measure has one of the 5 prisons in Jackson scheduled to close by July 1 of this year. Approximately 1,500 prisoners would be released (if they have served their minimum sentence) and put on parole. 425 jobs will be affected with the majority offered jobs at other prisons, but layoffs [...]

The paczki. Wonderful fruit filling wrapped in a heavy dough that weighs in at over 400 calories.
But they are so delicious!
My favorite places to get them are still in Lansing. Roma Bakery makes a ton of paczkis every year and they get snapped up pretty quick. Quality Dairy was another great place [...]

Due to President’s Day, the Post Office is closed today. As we ship a large percentage of our gift baskets via the USPS I thought I should mention that the shipment will be delayed until tomorrow, February 20th.
Have a Great Day!

Michigan gas prices went down just a bit to an average of $2.29 as of this morning. One year ago we were paying $2.17.
Just one month ago we were under the $2 threshold at $1.95. That was when we hadn’t had our winter yet and the mild weather had helped push demand for [...]

Just what is the legendary Stormy Kromer you ask? Well, back in 1903 retired semi-pro ball player decided he had lost one too many hats due to the wind whipping them off. He enlisted his wife to add earflaps to one of his old baseball caps so when he was riding in his [...]

The wind is gusting and snow is falling. It is a perfect day for meat loaf. I know a lot of folks don’t care for dishes with the word “loaf” in the title, but this is quite possibly one of the best tasting meat loaf dishes I have had.
So, without further ado, lets [...]