I thought it would be nice to get a new week off to a start by reviewing the past weekend here in Michigan. In the world of sports we saw the Tigers come back to split a four game series with the Orioles and the Red Wings take the first two games in the [...]

Legislation has been proposed that would axe the $6 daily and $24 annual Michigan State Park fees in favor of an additional $10 on your vehicle registration. Any vehicle with a Michigan plate would gain entrance to any state park without paying.
They want to include an option to opt out of paying the additional [...]

There are numerous charities just here in Michigan that do great work and their services would be sorely missed if they suddenly disappeared due to lack of funding. Food banks, Salvation Army, Goodwill, and many others are finding a demand for their services while at the same time seeing funding and donations dwindle.
MIPRO Consulting [...]

The State of Michigan has a new site for those looking to do business in Michigan, www.Michigan.gov/Business. It combines a lot of information and forms all in one convenient location. Believe me, this is something that should have been done a long time ago.
When we first launched Gift Baskets From Michigan LLC the [...]

The Ten Most and Least Affordable Cities list was put together by the National Association of Home Builders. There were two lists of Most and Least Affordable Cities - those with populations over 500,000 and those under 500,000.
It’s not surprising that no Michigan cities made the Least Affordable list, but it was nice to [...]

This article in the Detroit News is reporting that in order to help balance our state budget, Gov. Granholm is looking to cut funding for both the Upper and Lower Peninsula State Fairs as well as the Department of History, Arts and Libraries.
Weigh in on this issue via the comments and the poll [...]

I was tipped off to “Blue Collar Town” by Christina Henderson via Twitter. You can follow Christina at twitter.com/ChrisQuick.
The song’s writer, Chris Brooks, happens to be her boss and when she first made mention of it it was something like, “listen to boss’ new song, “Blue Collar Town” and I thought that perhaps it [...]

This morning I made sure to fill up all of our bird feeders so our feathered friends would have some yummy treats to help keep them warm. Not five minutes after I filled them up we had quite the assortment of birds.
I counted two blue jays, a handful of male and female cardinals, a [...]

The list of the 2009 Michigan Notable Books is already out and I didn’t even get to all of the ones I wanted to read from the 2008 list. My how time flies.
The titles in bold are the ones that I have added to my “to read” list which (as hard as I try) [...]

Wow.
I just read Mitch Albom’s new article over at SI.com, “The Courage of Detroit.” As a native Michigander whose heart goes out to our entire state I just think he hit it right on the head. My favorite quote? “We are downtrodden, perhaps, but the most downtrodden optimists you will ever meet.”
Yep, [...]