I was at Briarwood Mall with another fit mommy, early before the stores opened. We decided to spend the extra minutes with a quick walk. While walking, we noticed a huge group of adults in the Von Maur area of Briarwood. There were tons of chairs and excited participants, ready ...
Our chickens are eating our weeds; their eggs taste fuller as a result - all due to a conversation with a man about his goats.
The state, local governments and community groups are ramping up efforts to make fresh, healthy produce more widely available — especially in urban areas — with a mix of programs targeting shoppers and sellers alike. This spring, Detroit launched a new effort to improve its grocery stores. And a food ...
My fledgling tomato plants measure 16-inches tall--I just went outside with my ruler to double-check. So how is it possible Carpenter's Greenhouse and Organic Produce (Allen, Michigan) is selling beautiful Michigan tomatoes at the Farmer's Market? "We begin germinating the tomato seeds in-house in January," said Rich, one of the ...
Oscar Wilde says the secret of life is in art. I have always felt like art holds secrets that I have not yet taken the chance to understand. I remember going to the Detroit Institute of Arts as a teenager and wandering around in awe and also wondering what I ...
There has been much buzz about the loss of 159,00 manufacturing jobs in Michigan lately. This made Think Local First wonder, what is still being produced locally? We knew the answer was a fair amount, but even we were surprised by what we found.
When my coworker told me she was going to a Kid Rock concert, I rolled my eyes. I returned with a homemade bingo game for the concert: Kid Rock was the free space, surrounded squares containing halter tops, bleached manes of hair, cans of PBR, leather-tanned forty-year-olds and gold Detroit ...
I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but this irritates me to no end. I have a very good friend whom I have know since elementary school who sends me flowers for my birthday. Irritated about flowers you ask? On your birthday? What? No, I love flowers. What irritates me is ...
I am local to the core. I was born in Ann Arbor, attended public schools here, and graduated from EMU, too. I love the community I work and play in. It is said the average person will have three careers. I surpassed that long ago. I know this community from ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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