Erica McMillan

Hog Harvest Connects Community to Food and Farming

Hog Harvest Connects Community to Food and Farming

Community Gets Opportunity To Learn Farm To Fork Philosophy

Marquette, MI – Imagine for a moment that the slabs of meat wrapped in plastic on the grocery shelves hold a story within them, a story that you become a part of with every bite. Ponder for a moment, how the story began, before it landed on your plate… was this animal respected, cared for, […]

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Vierling Restaurant Taste of Marquette

Vierling Restaurant Taste of Marquette

Stop in to Try Some of Marquette's Best Local Flavors

Marquette, MI – Every town has one, the go to place everyone sends visitors for a taste of the local flavors and character. If you’re visiting Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, that go to place is sure to be the Vierling Restaurant and Brewery. You’re looking for views? How about a table overlooking Lake Superior? […]

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Remade In The U.P. eh!

Remade In The U.P. eh!

Marquette's (re)design Fashion Show transforms old clothing into new trends

Marquette Michigan – How do I explain the sheer shock and excitement of watching women strut down the runway clad in curtains, bedsheets, tablecloths, and t-shirts looking as if they were out of a fashion catalog or magazine? The (re)design fashion show at the Marquette Regional History Center proves that even here in the U.P. […]

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Creativity Blooms At Garden Bouquet & Design

Creativity Blooms At Garden Bouquet & Design

Our Pick For Unique Mother's Day Gifts This Year!

Marquette, MI – Climbing apple trees and exploring the fields and forests of her family’s small hobby farm as a child left Kim Smith touched by the magical world of nature. She continued to nurture the strong connections she had grown to the natural world throughout her life, and now shares her deep knowledge of […]

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Woman of the Hunt

Woman of the Hunt

Woman of the Hunt: Chris Plourde shares her perspective on women involved in the art of deer hunting.

    Deer camp – In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan stories of legendary proportion are woven throughout the local fabric describing the glories, heartaches, and comedies of the deer camp experience. For the most part, the world of hunting culture in the U.P. is a man’s world.   There are however, a few women who have […]

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How To Be A Responsible Consumer

How To Be A Responsible Consumer

Avoid being eaten up in our consumer culture by making smart choices to re-use and multi-use when possible!

Small changes in our lifestyle is all we need to save our planet but, there’s more in how to be a responsible consumer than just riding bikes or changing light bulbs.  Here we going to get to the source  and make suggestions to re-adapt the culture of bartering as in ancient times.  Many of the […]

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The Brewing Stylings of Nick VanCourt | Ore Dock Brewery

The Brewing Stylings of Nick VanCourt | Ore Dock Brewery

Marquette, MI – You know those little kids who run around sipping off the beers of their elders at every family get together? Nick VanCourt was one of those small boys at the feet of his grandfather every chance he got. A first generation American from Austria, his granddad often enjoyed European imports like Becks […]

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Born Again Bikes

Born Again Bikes

Andy Gregg of Bike Furniture Design Repurposes How We Use Wheels

Marquette Michigan – Bicycle mechanic and wheel builder Andy Gregg has become part of a lineage of innovators dating back to one of humankind’s most influential mechanical breakthroughs, the wheel.  The wheel has contributed to a variety of uses throughout human history from pottery making, irrigation, milling, transportation, and now, furniture! As the modern architecture […]

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Sweet Water Cafe & Bakery Serves Food With a Conscious

Sweet Water Cafe & Bakery Serves Food With a Conscious

  Marquette Michigan – Inception of the Sweet Water Cafe came about after the owners realized a lack of places to find healthy made from scratch food while dining out in the Marquette area. It was this that moved them to turn their own cooking philosophies into a restaurant featuring whole, real, and minimally processed […]

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Michigan House Cafe & Brewpub

Michigan House Cafe & Brewpub

Calumet, MI – If you’re looking for ambience this is the place. The historic downtown district of Calumet looks as if frozen in time and the Michigan House Cafe & Brewpub honors the rich past of the area in every way. It occupies the street level floor on the corner of 6th and Oak where […]