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Outdoor Dining on Sleeping Bear Bay
One of the best-kept secrets in the North is the intimate patio at upscale blu restaurant in Glen Arbor. Take a seat at one of the bistro tables and you are practically on the beach of Sleeping Bear Bay. While owners Randy and Mari Chamberlain prefer that people make reservations for eating inside the restaurant, they don’t take reservations for porch dining because of the… Continue
Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 5:00pm —
Solar Energy Pays Off in Michigan!
Eric Hughes of Image Designs LLC recently told me about a home he designed in Paw Paw, Michigan, that is proving that all the energy a home needs can come from the sun—even in Michigan. In fact, when the sun really starts shining in Michigan this summer, the owners expect to be making more energy than they need in which case they'll be able to sell it back to their electric company—called net metering. Hughes calls the house the Net-Zero Home. Our readers might remember that we wrote about a Hu… Continue
Posted on May 29th, 2009 at 12:41pm — 6 Comments
Empire Asparagus Festival: Fun at the Foot of the Sleeping Bear Dunes
Ah Leelanau County! You were in bloom this weekend from your lacy cherry blossoms in the north to your little green-coneheads of asparagus shooting up from the sandy soils of the south. I took my own blossom tour driving to and from my son’s soccer game in Northport, then continued on down to Empire (the little village on M-22 in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore) for the Asparagus Festival. When the village’s homespun marketeers launched the Asparagus Festival several yea… Continue
Posted on May 17th, 2009 at 9:30pm —
Dinner at Martha’s Leelanau Table
If you’re a Northern Michigan foodie and you don’t know Martha Ryan, owner and chef at Martha’s Leelanau table in Suttons Bay, it’s time to meet her. I had my opportunity earlier this week when my husband and I gathered with seven of our closest friends at one of Martha’s cooking classes. It was on a weeknight and I have to say: What a way to close a workday! The drive from my office in Traverse City to Suttons Bay was that glorious strip of M-22 that parallels Lake Michigan’s West Grand Traver… Continue
Posted on May 15th, 2009 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments
Let There Be Morels in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore!
In the beginning there are gazillions of brown, rumpled leaves. Daps of decaying cellulose that cover the forest floor as far as your eye can see. Then morel season dawns and you wonder, What do just-born morels look like minutes after they poke their cone-shaped heads through compost to greet the light? Are they born 2 inches high and ready for the skillet? Do they come out with porous, craggy skin, or is it smooth as, you know, a baby's behind? This evening I found out. It was on a hike with… Continue
Posted on April 29th, 2009 at 8:21pm —
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We also retail "SUDS" which is a very versatile cleaner. $18 for a tub that lasts us about 2 month. You can use it full strength for spot treatment or jewelry polish, dilute it in water and fill a spray bottle for counter cleaner, window cleaner, etc. You can use it in carpet cleaners etc. Great product!
Also, we had a booth at this year's Natural Health Expo and we learned of a Michigan based company called "Wow Green." They make everything from window cleaner to toilet cleaner to a stain stick for laundry. What I liked most about them was that you only buy the spray/squirt bottles once. Then you buy little concentrated sachets to refill all your big bottles. I got a sample pack from them at the Expo and we've been trying it out on everything at the salon and we are thrilled! So fun to find a great MI company! The contact I made: www.wowgreen.net/12804
Another great laundry detergent is "Celestial Soap." The maker of Celestial Soap is one of our clients and we love her detergent! She's a local business too (Traverse City). Her products are available at Eastfield Laundry and I've purchased it at Olson’s too.
http://www.eastfieldlaundry.com/products
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The proposed Michigan FairTax would REPLACE the income tax and current sales tax, with a consumption tax (sales tax at point of retail sale). Under this plan, no more state tax will be withheld from Michigan wage-earners' paychecks. What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size. This will ensure that NO Michigan family will EVEN BEGIN paying the MI FairTax on goods / services unless, or until, they exceed poverty-level spending.
Under the MI FairTax plan, points of collection are substantially reduced to just retailers, many of whom are already collecting sales tax. Because service providers must account for income tax withholding and compliance costs, their prices carry a hidden tax which a FairTax will make visible. (Business-to-business purchases would not carry the tax, as this would, again, hide the cost of taxation in prices.)
Because of the "prebate" (advance rebate calculated as .0975 x $ [poverty level spending per family size]) to ALL Michigan-resident households, the MI FairTax rate would effectively be 0% on all monthly family spending to the poverty level; thereafter it's 9.75%. A reasonably inferred average effective rate would be ~5.5% (see p.2 of pdf brochure, also review an economic analysis [pdf] on MI FairTax effects prepared by the Hillsdale Policy Group).
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77 through 79. Lived in East Hall 77 & 78 and then moved to the NMC Appartments 78 and moved mid year to a house on Garfield. My roomates where Jim Bay, Jeff Dufort and Steve Trupiano. Did you know Dave Berry?
So you have the fortune to still be living in TC? I have to settle for my cottage on Elk Lake, well at least for now!
I was on Barth's floor, he being my roll model at the time!!! ;-)
I grew up in TC, spent as much time at Sugar Loaf or Crystal Mountain (with Bill Queen) as I did at school (hence the 4 year approach to a 2 year school), and hung with the likes of the Bantien's , Mike Bloom, Steve Trupiano, Keith Klein, etc. My roommate was Willie De Young whom I have not been able to locate for a LONG time.
I was at NMC
Maritime Academy 77-78
Automotive Technology 78-79
Electronic Technology 81-83
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