M22 Lakeshore Trail

STORMCLOUD BREWING COMPANY established in 2013 has become a celebrated attraction in downtown Frankfort. Tourists and locals alike...

MANY INDIVIDUALS I’VE TALKED WITH have kicked around a term that describes a movement that has swept through northern Michigan. The word...

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE that the Simpson family has been growing and processing grapes for over forty years. They were pioneers evolving...

NANCY AND I DROVE TO SUTTONS BAY over the weekend not realizing the Village was having their late winter Yeti festival. Not to fret as...

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE that came my way this past week during my drive along M-22 from Manistee to Frankfort. Just past the parking lot...

I ENJOYED A GLASS OF CHIANTI this week at Frankfort’s newest restaurant, Vita Bella. I sat down at their small bar and watched the many...

I RECENTLY PURCHASED AN iPHONE12 and one of it's features displays a new archived photo each time you open it – kind of a neat feature....

IN READING ABOUT THE HISTORY of our region, it has been interesting to learn about the logging industry that attracted operators in the...

WHAT CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME is the beauty I see each day as I work around Lake Bluff Preserve. https://www.m22lakeshoretrail.com/lakebluff...

THE PERSONAL CHEF MOVEMENT is certainly in full force in northern Michigan. A small outing in early June got the ball rolling with my...

WE WERE STANDING ON THE FRONT BALCONY of our Birch unit overlooking Lake Michigan chatting about our guest’s future wedding plans. To our...

LAST YEAR I HAD THE PLEASURE OF CORRESPONDING with the past president of the Society of Golf Course Architects, Mr. Greg Martin. This was...

THINGS ARE STARTING TO POP IN THE WOODS. In early May, I find many automobiles parked along M-115 and M-22 with no one in them. Are they...

RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD in NW Michigan is our wonderful farm distillery named Iron Fish. They are located three miles from Crystal...

IT TOOK A LATE WINTER OUTING to remind me how nice the new clubhouse is at Arcadia Bluffs South Course. The entrance to the new compound...

2020 IS QUITE A MILESTONE FOR OUR REGION as Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a national...

THE VILLAGE OF BEULAH has become the home to two downstate entrepreneurs that dreamed of making craft beer in northern Michigan. In 2019,...

IT WAS SATURDAY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, Nancy and I had just finished previewing a couple homes for clients over by the college when a...

IT HAD BEEN SIX YEARS since my last visit to the Western Ave Grill in Glen Arbor. The idea of having a dinner get together came from an...

FLY FISHING HAD PASSED ME BY FOR MOST MY LIFE. But late this fall, after reading a couple books and watching an Orvis video, I was...