Which is your favorite new Pure Michigan TV ad?

June 28, 2010

Watch the four new Pure Michigan TV spots below and then vote for your favorite in our new poll. These four commercials were released earlier this spring for the 2010 tourism season. I love them all – it’s a tough decision to decide on a favorite.

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Well, they didn’t last long

June 22, 2010

The strawberries, that is. At least here in southwest Michigan. All the local patches (including my strawberry patch that meanders around some of our raised beds) wrapped up the strawberry season over the weekend. The strawberries started early and left just as quickly as they arrived. We made the most of them and enjoyed fresh [...]

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Happy Ernie Harwell Day!

June 21, 2010

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has declared the first day of summer, June 21, 2010, to be Ernie Harwell Day. What better day to honor the “voice of the summer” than on the first day of summer? Enjoy this audio sample from the “Year of the Tiger ’68″ LP with Ernie Harwell and Ray Lane.

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30 pound cherry pie delivered to President Roosevelt on July 6, 1939

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Photo’s information via the Library of Congress – 30 pound cherry pie for president. Washington, D.C., July 6. A 30 pound cherry pie was accepted for President Roosevelt today by Presidential Secretary Edwin M. Watson from nineteen year old Jean Halmond, Queen of Michigan’s National Cherry Festival. The queen flew here to make the presentation [...]

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Phone orders accepted Monday thru Thursday beginning July 2, 2010

June 17, 2010

Currently, we accept phone orders Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Beginning the week of June 28, 2010 we will accept phone orders Monday through Thursday. We’re going to give this a trial run during the summer and see how it goes. Just as always, you will be able to place online orders 24 [...]

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The Beach at Harbor Point, Michigan circa 1902

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What are your plans for the summer?

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We already have plans for a lot of short trips around the state. We’re taking the kids to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City this month. In July we’ll be camping up at White River Campground – one of my favorite privately run campgrounds in the state. Towards the end of July and in early [...]

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Old Mackinac Bridge photo

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Love the look of this old photo of the Mackinac Bridge. You can view more of these great old slides at my Flickr photo page.

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Armando Galarraga teaches us a lesson we all need

June 3, 2010

I’ll admit, my first reactions to the blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce were no where near Armando Galarraga’s as he lost his bid at a perfect game. Armando just smiled wryly, stepped back up on the mound, and threw five more pitches to get the 28th out of the game. Armando could [...]

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Sailboats at Mackinac Island

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This is yet another slide I have scanned from the box of old slides from around Michigan in the 1950s and 1960s. Still many more to come. The image of sailboats on the water kind of spoke to me of summer and with the recent summer weather we have had and it being Friday and [...]

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