By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Weddings are many things: celebrations of love, lavish parties and family reunions. Typically they are also meticulously planned and rehearsed, down to where the flowers and candles are placed, months before the vows are exchanging. Not so for Megan Lewis, 38, and James Garfield Bartley, 31, both transplants from Detroit, […]
By Codi Yeager Sun contributor It was still in the room—warm and dark and safe. There was soft music playing in the background and the faint, mixed aroma of essential oils bottled in their glass vials. Plants cozied up to the walls. Trees stood silent outside the windows. On the massage table, I lay looking […]
By Mary Sharry Sun contributor School had just let out for the summer and here I was already thinking about fall, the new school year. Kindergarten was wonderful and then first grade with blackboards (I date myself) and chalk, oak tables and chairs, the cloakroom where in the winter snow-crusted mittens dripped onto the floor […]
By Adam Dean Sun contributor The location in which you choose to live your life defines a great deal about why you live it. Some people dedicate their lives to their corporate jobs and often live in bustling cities full of the “American dream” and asphalt jungles. Some people dedicate their lives to helping others […]
By Andy McFarlane Sun contributor Welcome to one of the nation’s premier wine touring regions. That may sound like a wild claim, but our wines from our 15 wineries have consistently garnered greater and greater recognition over the last several years on the state, national and international stage. In just the last month alone wines […]
Press release Joel Mabus, songwriter, serious picker, old time fiddler and humorist will host a songwriters’ workshop and then perform a concert on Saturday June 14. This event is hosted jointly by the Glen Arbor Art Association and Northern Michigan Songwriters in the Round. The evening concert will kick-off the 2008 Manitou Music Festival.
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor On Sunday, May 25, roadside onlookers throughout the county will catch bike racers zooming by during the fourth annual Tour de Leelanau (moved from the fall to Memorial Day weekend this year to get a leg up on other national bike races). Among other feats, the pedalers will climb the […]
Despite the threat of torrents from above, Empire pulled off its annual Asparagus Festival in mid-May without a hitch. Here are this year’s winners in the Asparagus Festival recipe contest. Photo by Joanne Rettke Judges: Ann Derrick of the Good Harbor Grill in Glen Arbor; last year’s recipe winner, Empire’s Bonnie Nescot, and Patti Cantrell […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor In early June, the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (the local branch of the National Park Service) will hold three identical public meetings on consecutive days to present four action alternatives, including the Park’s “preferred alternative,” for a new General Management Plan (GMP), and solicit public comments in the process. […]
By Pat Stinson Sun contributor “What you think on, grows.” That’s the firm belief of Empire resident Jan Sikorski, who meditated and slept on the question, “What is mine to do?” after watching the movie, “The Secret,” loaned to her by a friend. In the movie, Mother Teresa’s statement, “Do NOT invite me to an […]