I’ve been doing a little blog maintenance and have added a few new pages. The goal will be to continually add information to the pages that refers to content that I’ve already written. The new Porch Envy tab will showcase all of my official porch research and the Up North Peeps tab will contain interviews [...]
Archive for September, 2009
New pages
Posted in Odds and Ends on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Porch jealousy
Posted in Home, Porch Envy, Traverse City, tagged front porches, Northern Michigan, porch, Porch Envy, Porch jealousy, Traverse City MI, Traverse City Michigan on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
OK folks, you already know that I am always drooling over the wonderful porches in Traverse City and that I have a serious case of porch envy. And someday, maybe I’ll have a wonderful wraparound porch, but for now, this is what our front porch looks like. When we finally have the cash to build [...]
John Robert Williams: The man behind the lens
Posted in Northern Profile, tagged commercial photographer, Doug Stanton, John Robert Williams, Michael Moore, National Cherry Festival, photo studio, TART Trails, Traverse City community leader, Traverse City Film Festival, Traverse City MI, WNMC on September 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Most Traverse City people know John Robert Williams as one of the guys who founded the Traverse City Film Festival and as a local photographer who has operated his photo studio in town for 30 years. His studio also shares his moniker, John Robert Williams Commercial Photography. Some know of his 22 years of creating zany [...]
El Dorado- The best breakfast in TC
Posted in Food and Beverage, Traverse City, tagged breakfast, El Dorado, Tex Mex, Traverse City MI, Traverse City Michigan on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Looking for the best breakfast in Traverse City? Try the El Dorado restaurant on Front Street. The Tex Mex inspired cuisine is more than you can eat, but oh so good.
Check it out next time you are in town. Your stomach will thank you.
Salmon fishing on the bay
Posted in Living, Recreation, Traverse City, tagged East Bay, East Grand Traverse Bay, fishing, Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, salmon, Traverse City on September 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Two weeks ago, I went fishing on East Bay at 5:00 a.m. It was an early morning, but rewarding. We saw a stellar sunrise. My friend Jim is a regular out on East Bay during salmon season and has a boat that is decked out with fishing doodads- fishfinders, downriggers, lures, depth sounders, rods and [...]
Wyatt’s walk to Hickory Meadows
Posted in Recreation, Traverse City, tagged dog park, Hickory Meadows, oleson's field, Traverse City, Wyatt's walk to hickory meadows on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our evening routine includes a hike through Ashton Park, through the playground at Willow Hill Elementary, along a ridge path that leads to a two-track walking path that takes you to Wayne Street directly across from the neighborhood entrance to Hickory Meadows, Traverse City’s unofficial dog park. Below is the ridge path that you can [...]
To can or not to can?
Posted in Cooking, Food and Beverage, tagged canning, class, preserving, to can or not to can on September 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I recently attended a class on preserving and canning. I was looking to create a ‘taste of summer’ by way of canning my homegrown tomato bounty.
Well, I was sure in for a lesson or two. It seems that canning is actually quite a process and requires either a pressure canner or water bath canner depending [...]
The dune climb
Posted in Leelanau County, Living, Recreation, tagged Dune Climb, Hike, Lake Michigan, Leelanau County, Michigan, sand dunes, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Traverse City on September 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ahhh… nothing like a hike up the dunes to Big Blue! The 3.5 mile round trip trek is quite the climb but worth the effort!
We went on the hike when David’s brother and niece were in town. It was a chilly 60 degrees with a slight drizzle here and there, but we toughed it out [...]
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Appreciating Life Up North is a look into my interests and love of life in Traverse City, Michigan. I aspire to live simply, support local businesses, embrace ‘green’ living and try to enjoy every minute of it.
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