All Blog Posts Tagged 'House' (10)

Today was Day 1 of a culinary press tour in Traverse City and Leelanau County. I made the invite list and am spending the next three days eating where Mario Batali eats when vacationing at his Northern Michigan cottage. The theme is genius--clever enough, anyway, to have drawn several New York-based food journalists whose editors want to know where the Babbo chef eats when at play. Tomorrow, Mario cooks us lunch. Today, we ate.

Favorite moments: 1) The many spoons dipping into…

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It's an odd thing, to wonder if the ghosts are mad at you.

We are selling the house. Yes, the house we labored over (and under), the one we restored with our own sweat and bulging biceps (ahem), the house that we thought we'd be in forever. (And ever.)

Why, why, why would we sell…

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Caption: Sarah Brokaw and old friend and Traverse City resident Stephanie Long

 

I want to think that the couple I watched slinking out soon after Sarah Brokaw took the stage at the City Opera House in Traverse City last night didn't leave because it was the man's idea. If it was, she should have…

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Traverse City Comedy Festival kickoff party number two is freshly tucked under my (still quaking from belly laughs) belt, and I’m declaring these parties must-do’s. Great food, drink and a buzz that starts climbing as Michael Moore and Jeff Garlin walk in and climaxes when they take the stage for a cameo stand up…

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You are cordially invited to attend the commitment ceremony between one otherwise level-headed couple and their home.

My in-laws, who have built all of their homes and later sold…

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The cobbler’s kids have no shoes, but by golly I’m getting a house.…

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Doug Stanton turned writing into a performance art last night at the City Opera House in Traverse City—and along the way did his part to elevate sauerkraut’s wow factor in the well-heeled world of hors d’oeuvres. Stanton, New York Times best-selling author of In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers, shared the stage with author Rhoda Janzen for the second in this season’s Traverse City National Writers Series.



Stanton’s relaxed, on target-questions and Janzen’s readings… Continue

The kitchen is becoming more than just a food preparation area in today's society. Yet, on average, the kitchen still remains one of the smaller rooms in the house. The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) considers any kitchen 150 square feet or smaller to be a small kitchen, but that doesn't mean you can't make it look more spacious with some big ideas.



Use unique storage solutions. Install high pantry cabinets to eliminate extra small cabinets. Add pullout shelves,… Continue

Go ahead women of Northern Michigan, breathe my rarified air. Yep. I touched Carter Oosterhouse, the carpenter-model-star of a slew of HGTV shows (currently, Red Hot and Green and Carter Can). Want the sizzling truth? He put his arm around me. Okay, enough. I'm old enough to be his mother (he was born when I was a freshman in college—I did the math). But here is what I really want to say about Carter: He’s a really good… Continue