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Eric and Evan met us at the door and started to walk us through the process of taking unwanted trees (harvested by Evan’s tree service company – Arbor Man) and turning them into usable lumber and finished wood products. Tree Purposed Detroit is unique in that they combine all aspects...

Mingling with naughty snow sculptures while drinking one-of-a-kind Dark Horse beer in the Beer Garten. It doesn’t get much better! Lots of great pictures.

LifeInMichigan.com enjoys promoting Michigan, “One Story at time”. We are excited to provide a review of Tree-Purposed Detroit — a sawmill & custom workshop that creates high quality wood products (cutting boards, frames, tables, and much more) from urban woodwaste. If you...

Want a tattoo? Do you wonder what it is like? I love my tattoo – take a peek at my post. I recommend Jen Munford at Name Brand Tattoo in Ann Arbor,...

A recap of the 4 Elf Party at Dark Horse Brewery on Dec 4, 2013. It is a beer sale, music event, food experimentation, beer drinking, dancing, good time.

The class reunion for the Manchester High School (MHS) class of 1984 is July 19, 2014. Looking for my lost classmates! I found in Lake Erie on the Edgar B Speer.

As far as I’m concerned, my holiday season kicks-in with Ann Arbor’s Midnight Madness event. This event is a nice sampling of Ann Arbor, Michigan–shopping, merrymaking, bar hopping and fun all rolled into one event. This year’s event didn’t disappoint.

If you love Motawi Tile, their annual tile Overrun Sale is for you. It includes demonstrations, raffle drawings, prizes, popcorn and a 25% off coupon. Nawal Motawi greeted us at the door. I felt like I was meeting a celebrity!

Live music rocks! No shit, you may be thinking. What I mean is that hearing a tune live (or recorded live) cranks up the energy level a few notches. Remember when you heard “Parasite” by Kiss on “Hotter Than Hell”? Now, remember listing to that same tune on...

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The Detroit Fall Beer Festival 2013 was fantastic! Did you miss it? We have a great review of the breweries and the bands. Lots of pictures too.

Running Fits Dances with Dirt 2013 100K Extreme Relay Race was a perfect. They delivered with plenty of surprises, mud and great medals.

Readers are given a glimpse into the 1940s in this photo journal of a 1947 wedding in Farmington, Michigan

The Michigan Brewer’s Guild presented its 5th Annual U.P. Beer Festival in Marquette, Michigan on September 7th — Great beer, friends, music and a little rain.

Easy Artisan Bread is a Michigan company located in Tecumseh. They support local growers and millers whenever possible — my kind of company.

Tahqua Beer Run...who needs a beer??   Ok, I admit it. When we travel, the first thing I seek out after a place to stay, is where to find a local beer. Whether the destination is Scotland or Traverse City, Michigan, finding good beer is part of what makes traveling fun. That said, when we...

I was so inspired by the location for the 2013 Tahqua Trail Race in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Tahquamenon Falls, that I skipped the step of reading the course description. I recruited Chuck to run with me without too much fuss but my running buddy Jeff, took a bit more convincing. He sent many...

In this Michigan Beer Enthusiast's opinion, the 2013 Michigan Summer Beer Festival (MiSBF13) was the best Summer Beer Festival to date. It was well organized, attended and the weather was nearly perfect! (So there was a minor thunder storm...) The music was great. I sampled many new beers and...

  This is the emigration story of William George Sodt. In 1881 he traveled with 13 family members to the port of Bremen, Germany to board the steamship SS Salier. Only 11 of the 13 family members made it the US. We will never exactly know why they made the decision to leave their home in...

Blame it on the Maynard! I've never really been a much of a wine person. For me, its always been about beer. Not really sure why. I guess its sort of like you are a water person versus a land lover. In any case, my relationship with wine changed after watching the movie "Blood Into Wine"....

The Cabbage Looper war in Crazy Charlie's pickle patch! Finding cabbage loopers eating our cauliflower, kale and brussel sprouts was devastating. We built a 4 foot fence to keep the deer and rabbits from eating our greens, little did we know that butterflies were our worst enemy. Ever wonder about...