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The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Michigan Edition-Part 1)

March 19, 2010 Dining

A special thanks to Nick Ponton for providing this guest blog post on the great restaurants Michigan has to offer. This is the first part of a two part series.
I love “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network, but there’s a couple of problems.  Most of the restaurants are out of [...]

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The Results Are In

March 16, 2010 Create Your Own Pure Michigan Ad

Wow!  A few months ago, we asked all of you to send us your ideas for Pure Michigan advertising, and we have been overwhelmed by your response.  We received over 50 fantastic submissions.
We have divided the print ads into two groups to make it easier for you to view:
View our Fall/Winter ad collection
View our Spring/Summer [...]

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Create Your Own Pure Michigan Ads – Spring/Summer

March 16, 2010 Create Your Own Pure Michigan Ad

Check out these beautiful Pure Michigan Ads submitted by our fans.  Let us know which ones are your favorites by voting (try to limit yourself to only one vote per image).
If you haven’t seen them yet, be sure to check out our Fall/Winter ads, and tell us which one of those is your favorite!
Click on [...]

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Create Your Own Pure Michigan Ads – Fall/Winter

March 16, 2010 Create Your Own Pure Michigan Ad

Check out these beautiful Pure Michigan Ads submitted by our fans. Let us know which ones are your favorites by voting (try to limit yourself to only one vote per image).
When you’re done here, be sure to visit our Spring/Summer collection too!
Click on the pictures to see a bigger version.

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Road Trip

March 11, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Special thanks to Kendall Newberry for finding this piece he wrote in 2006 and sharing it with us.
What does a three day weekend and a rental car equal?  ROAD TRIP!  As my girlfriend and I prepared to celebrate our birthdays (mine was a few weeks earlier), we had a map of Michigan between us and [...]

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Walleyes!

March 10, 2010 Fishing

Thanks to Dan Donarski for another fantastic guest blog piece about Pure Michigan fishing!
The planets have aligned, the sun has been shining, the temperatures are warming. What normally happens after the general walleye closure is happening right now. As in this minute, and it will continue until the general season closes on the 15th of [...]

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Getting Ready to Golf

March 4, 2010 Golf

Thanks to Greg Johnson for helping us get ready for the 2010 Pure Michigan golf season!
The 22nd West Michigan Golf Show Feb. 12-14 opened with a line of golf enthusiasts wanting the free golf balls that annually go to the first 100 people through the doors of the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids. And [...]

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

March 1, 2010 Attractions and Museums

Thank you to JT Royster of Brighton for providing this guest blog post and stunning images of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Located on a northern tip of land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, bordering Lake Superior, and near the tiny town of Munising is my favorite place in Michigan…the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This park [...]

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Got Any Smelt?

February 25, 2010 Family

Thanks to Dan Donarski for another guest blog piece with more great ice fishing advice and the best bait to use.
In these parts walleye and perch seem to get the most attention among ice anglers. Sure there are the tried and true whitefish and herring fellows, both spearers and bait anglers, but these are certainly [...]

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Fish On Ice

February 18, 2010 Family

Thanks to Dan Donarski for another guest blog piece with great advice for those looking to get out and try ice fishing this winter.

Yes, it is February, the shortest month of the year, yet the one that seemingly takes the longest to get through, to survive. Days are getting longer, there is more sun, [...]

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