“Everyday Art” at North Gallery

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By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor With its bright red carriage doors beckoning a warm welcome, Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor — a former three-stall mechanics’ garage — houses several stellar art galleries, each with its distinctive focus on beautifully crafted and aesthetically pleasing goods. Step through the left-hand doors into North Gallery, and […]

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Art and camaraderie in Glen Arbor

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By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Just west of the Good Harbor Grill and Boone Docks, on the Lake Michigan side of M-109 in Glen Arbor, are several art galleries run by four women who have developed an interesting camaraderie over the years. They’ve even gone so far as to call themselves sisters. They are Ruth […]

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Concierge Up North serves less frantic vacations

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor Everyone’s idea of the perfect vacation differs, but most of us would appreciate having some help with our travel plans, whether we journey 500 miles or 5,000. And all of us would love an insider’s scoop on our destinations: sights to see, things to do and amenities or services about […]

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Crooning karaoke at the Western Avenue Grill

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By Kate McCarty Sun contributor It’s a sleepy Friday night in Glen Arbor. Tourists have left the beaches and they’ve finished their dinners. The sun has set behind the Manitou Islands. Despite the quiet that’s fallen over the town, something is brewing at the Western Avenue Grill. Bar manager Bill Skolnik stands behind a karaoke […]

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Homestead’s “New Leaf” offers health and fitness

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor New Leaf, The Homestead’s state-of-the-art health and fitness center for resort guests and the public, opened in June and hosted a reception and tour recently for fitness enthusiasts and others contemplating change. The 4,000 square-foot center was built to attain the highest possible LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) […]

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Pete Edwards’ Nordic Walking Poles help wounded war heroes walk again

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Wounded Iraq war veteran and Traverse City resident Michelle Rudzitis drove to Mount Adams in Washington state earlier this year for three days of solo hiking, camping and collecting her thoughts— two and a half years after a roadside bomb in Baghdad severed her left leg and nearly killed her. […]

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Let’s Go Eat … Where??

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By Norm Wheeler Sun editor You are on vacation, so don’t cook! There are plenty of choices for dining out right here in this corner of Leelanau County, from breakfast to late-night munchies, from take out to slow food, from American to French to Italian, from quick and easy to refined and elegant. Most of […]

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Hops Returns To Empire: today’s crop finds a niche market

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor It’s the world’s largest pole barn, or a wind farm, or a kiwi farm. Those are some of the guesses made by visitors to a new hops farm on the north side of M-72, east of Fredrickson Road in Empire. With a twinkle in his eye, Dan Wiesen, one of […]

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Narrows Minded: Marina wide open for summer

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Since the dismantling of the Narrows Bridge late last year, local residents have become used to taking the long way around either of the Glen Lakes to get to and from homes and businesses in the Glen Arbor area. With summer now underway, seasonal residents and visitors are also […]

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New vision for King’s Challenge

Suiting destination golfers to a tee By Pat Stinson Sun contributor If you haven’t already heard, the King’s Challenge golf course near Sugar Loaf Mountain in Cedar has new owners — and one of them is Bob Kuras, president of The Homestead in Glen Arbor, the largest resort on Lake Michigan in Leelanau County. And, […]

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