By Eliot Singer Op-ed contributor Suzanne Sorkin and I have fallen in love with the Number 11 BATA Bus. As retirees, we decided to live in our small condo at The Homestead much of the time between April and November. Like most seasonal (and year-round) residents, we hate the hassle of trying to drive anywhere […]
What is your favorite soup? Is it bean with ham or perhaps tomato bisque, cheddar broccoli or chicken noodle? No matter your preference, you’re invited to celebrate National Homemade Soup Day on Saturday, Feb. 4, at The Homestead’s “Super Soups” contest.
Michael Huey spent the first decade of his life in an enchanted kingdom: The Leelanau School and Camp Leelanau for Boys. Huey, 52, grew up here with his grandparents and great aunt, who founded the school and camp, his parents, and two siblings. In his 2013 book Straight As the Pine, Sturdy As the Oak, a history of the school and camp, Michael Huey writes: “We lived on-site year ‘round … When thick, heavy snowflakes fell around The Homestead on quiet December afternoons … it simply intensified the feeling I always had anyway of being tucked in under the shelter of Prospect Hill. There, more or less alone, with the hill behind us, and the Crystal River, its dune, and Sleeping Bear Bay before us, our lives seemed as complete and as safe as they possibly could be.”
Here’s your guide to Leelanau County golf courses, past and present, with a little inside info from a few avid local golfers. Part one of our two-part series looks at the courses closest to Glen Arbor and Empire. In the next edition, we will expand to Leland, Northport and Suttons Bay.
The streets of downtown Glen Arbor are packed these days with tourists, beachgoers, and shoppers. The tills hum at apparel shops, rented bikes and kayaks roll off the assembly line at Crystal River Outfitters, and there’s a hungry line out the door at Art’s Tavern. But “help wanted” signs on storefronts, restaurant entrances and social media appeals, have become as ubiquitous in our tourism boomtowns — in Glen Arbor and up and down the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Let’s extend special invitations to the emergency providers and others who have taken the lead on safety and restoration to our community. Let’s include the sheriff’s department, fire departments, EMS providers, and the NPS rangers and the crews from Consumers Energy, the road commission and MDOT. Let’s invite everyone in the community so we can collectively recognize and thank those who have done such wonderful jobs.
Well known to many local jazz enthusiasts, Jeff Haas is heard weekly on Interlochen Public Radio’s “New Jazz Archive” and at other venues that feature his trio, quartet and quintet. The Quintet will perform at the top of Bay Mountain overlooking Sleeping Bear Bay, at The Homestead Resort, on July 22 at 7 p.m. Familiar and new jazz tunes will fill the air as the sun sets over Lake Michigan. Jeff Haas comes from a musical family. His father, pianist Karl Haas, was his first teacher and was well known throughout Michigan.
In advance of Glen Lake Restaurant Week, May 1-9, we reached out Chef John Piombo at Nonna’s to ask what excites him about this culinary opportunity before the local tourism season kicks into gear. Participating restaurants will offer their own 3-course prix-fixe dinner for $25. Some establishments will offer $15 lunch specials as well. Glen Lake Restaurant Week began in spring 2014.
The setting overlooking Lake Michigan at The Homestead’s Bay Mountain is spectacular and the chair lift ride up is invigorating, but the star of the show is Ronald Radford, American master of the Flamenco guitar who will perform on Thursday, July 24 at 7 p.m.
From staff reports It’s hard to imagine there’s another Michigan winter right around the corner. But The Homestead is already preparing for a season-long celebration marking three decades of ski and snowboarding fun. “Our 30th ski season is a special milestone,” says Jamie Jewell, the resort’s vice president of sales & marketing. “There have been […]