by Tracy Becker | Oct 4, 2019 | Do Stuff, Featured, Get Outside
This. I wish I could bottle this smell and send it your way. But if you’ve been in our corner of the state recently, you know the exact smell I’m talking about — Concord grapes. Thousands of grape-d acres perfume Michigan’s Sunset Coast in the early days...
by Jocelyne Y Tuszynski | Sep 21, 2019 | Eat & Drink, Featured
Do you love supporting local farms and shops, eating only the freshest produce and baked goods, and interacting with business owners and artists? Great! Michigan’s Sunset Coast is filled with many opportunities in which you can achieve all of these things...
by Jocelyne Y Tuszynski | Aug 19, 2019 | Eat & Drink, Featured
It would be so lovely to be able snack on sun-warmed cherry tomatoes, plump indigo blueberries, cherries, and tender asparagus even when they’re not in season. If only there was a way we could somehow suspend in time our place in this luscious Midwest fruit...
by Tracy Becker | Aug 16, 2019 | Featured, Get Outside, Kids + Family
Recently, my daughter decided she wanted to ditch the training wheels from her bike. It only took an hour (and a little assistance from her dad) for her to gain the confidence she needed to pedal freely. She was so proud. And I was ecstatic. Finally, two of my three...
by Jocelyne Y Tuszynski | Aug 9, 2019 | Eat & Drink, Featured
Of the many perks of living in Southwest Michigan, our abundance of produce, flowers, herbs, and other farm fare grown locally sets us apart (and above, if I may say so) from any other place in the world. And while markets offer a convenient opportunity to browse the...
by Jocelyne Y Tuszynski | Aug 2, 2019 | Eat & Drink, Featured
Beach days, afternoons at the pool, sun-kissed cheeks and popsicle stained lips. Carnivals! Festivals! Eating outdoors! Summer seems to have its own food groups and mealtimes. So what sunshine-y nourishment says “Summer is finally here”? Plump, grilled hot...