by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Jul 6, 2013 | History, Michigan
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... by Chuck Marshall | Jul 5, 2013 | Michigan, Travel
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... by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Jun 24, 2013 | Michigan, Running
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,... by Chuck Marshall | Jun 18, 2013 | Beer, Michigan, Travel
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... by Chuck Marshall | Jun 1, 2013 | Food
Cafe Ollie – Something for Everyone! I read about Cafe Ollie over on AnnArbor.com. It sounded like a nice place, but I sort of forgot about it. Then I saw that our Dark Horse Brewing friend, Joanna Hollyday, had liked their Facebook page which got me over to...