Category Archives: Old Mission Peninsula

The O’Keefes: Putting The Grand Into Traverse Bay

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

As ‘heavyweight’ is not a term to be used lightly, ‘grand’ must be accompanied by a certain level of grandeur, as in Grandfather Time, grandioso or Chateau Grand Traverse. Meanwhile, Old Mission’s heavyweight title belt remains firmly around the midsection … Continue reading →

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Brys Is Nice: Try ‘Dry Ice’ For Sugar And Spice

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Take my advice and read this twice: Brys Dry Ice is gold-medal nice; and Patrick Brys is that in a trice—as sisters Katie and Stephanie Brys can likewise entice.   No, I’m not channeling the ghost of Dr. Seuss; it’s … Continue reading →

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2 Lads Winery: Laddie Come Home

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

In setting the kibble-strewn stage, Lassie Come Home was a 1943 MGM tearjerker starring Roddy McDowell (as young Joe) and ‘Pal’ (who played Lassie) that ultimately launched the syrupy television series; in the film version, the Yorkshire Carraclough family, having … Continue reading →

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Michigan Wine, 2012: State Of The Stating-The-Obvious Address

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

(April is Michigan Wine Month, as certified by Governor Rhymes-With-Spider, who’s been at the business end of more recall referendums than my Ford 150). Ever since Al Gore starting criss-crossing the country in his gas-gulping Jetstream 400 to lecture about … Continue reading →

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