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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...

Running Wild at Binder Park Zoo The kind folks at Binder Park Zoo asked if we would share information about their annual Cheetah Chase 5k on our Facebook page. We were more than happy to help support them and we thought that we should actually go out to Battle Creek, Michigan to experience the...

  Beer, its whats for dinner (and lunch, and well just about any time!) While up in Traverse City for the Bayshore half and full marathon over Memorial day weekend, we couldn't miss an opportunity to check out some great Michigan beer. The Traverse City area has become a bit of a beer mecca...

Building a raised garden where we could plant our favorite vegetables has been on our home improvement list for a while. Chuck and I were also smart enough to know that we do not have the necessary talents or tools to build a raised garden but that didn't stop us. We contacted a professional. When...

WonderFool Productions produced its third FoolMoon event on Friday, April 5th, 2013. And I have to say, each year it gets better! The luminary parade was colorful and creative, Theo Katzman delivered on the Fool's Main stage and the Michigan Beer at Bill's Beer Garden was delicious. FoolMoon 2013...

  My Grandmother, Ruth Cornelia Lewick Sodt (1893 - 1979), was a scrapbooker. I recently retrieved one of her scrapbooks from the "cedar chest" that was buried in my sister Martha's basement. When I dusted it off I was immediately in love. I so wish I could spend the afternoon with Ruth. I'm...

    Great Beer and Great fun at the Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fest For the past four years, we've headed West to Grand Rapids, Michigan with our friends Jeff and Angie, to partake in the annual Michigan Brewers Guild Winter beer festival. Each of the guild festivals have their...

  We were very lucky to have tickets for the Sundance Film Festival USA screening of 'The East'. I bet you didn't know that the Michigan Theater is one of 10 cities selected as an official venue for the Sundance Film Festival USA. Yep right here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thank you Russ Collins....

    Finding Vegan Friendly Restaurants in Michigan is easy, if you know how to search for them. I typically use one of these on-line vegetarian eating guides: Happy Cow - the healthy eating guide Urbanspoon Vegguide.org Yes, I know these work great if you are in a metropolitan area....