Recent Blog Posts
Trapper's Cabin, located on the lower level of Grandpa Shorter's Gifts, has been under construction since early January. What used to be an oasis for everything "cottage" like, is now a Pendleton retreat in a way. Not many stores in Northern Michigan do very much at all with the Pendleton brand, al...
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With the snow still flying here in the Northern Michigan and the kids being home on spring break for the last week, I've been trying to hold my own. Being that I work from home, I had to find some creative ways to spend spring break and took advantage of our Spring Break Staycation Ideas here on the...
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The event may have gone and passed, but make sure not to miss Bowling Down Main Street in Harbor Springs next year! The event is held every year around April Fool's Day, so that makes it pretty easy to mark your calendars in advance.
The Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce holds this event each ye...
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Hello, friends and welcome back! It's that time of year again, early spring here in Northern Michigan. The weather is hit or miss these days. Some days it's up in the 50's and it's got me thinking of summer on the horizon. The next day it will be in the low 30's with snow flurries and waves crashing...
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Michigan comes alive in the spring. Trees and grass turn green, flowers bloom and the lakes sparkle blue in the sunshine. It’s a great time to take a Mitten State road trip. Here are some ideas for spring road trip destinations around the state.
Comerica Park, Detroit
Nothing says spring like base...
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Four Unique Ways to Display Petoskey Stones Around Your Home
Have you ever wondered what you could do to your home to add some Northern Michigan pizzazz or even just how to uniquely display that collection of Petoskey Stones that you've been adding to for years? Well, if you have, then great! I hav...
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One of the top producers of flowers and fruit in the nation, Michigan’s landscape bursts with colorful, fragrant blossoms throughout spring and summer. We take pride in our horticultural contributions and celebrate them at festivals all around the state. You don't have to have a green thumb to enj...
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A Way to Refresh This Spring: Shower Therapy Tabs
I don't know about you, but this constant change in climate from warm-and-sunny to cold-and-wet really does not play nicely with my sinuses/allergies. Often I walk into work dragging because I can barely breathe out of my nose. Like most, I have med...
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Hello, friends! Spring break is approaching quickly approaching here in Northern Michigan and some of you might be staying around the area this year. As I wrote in a previous post, here on the Grandpa Shorter's blog, we just did a big a big family vacation back in February so we are planning on...
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There are so many reasons to come to Michigan in the summer. We could go on and on about it, but we had to narrow it down. Here are 18 of the best reasons you should make Michigan your summer playground.
1. Beaches - The Great Lakes give Michigan 3,052 miles of coastline, the most freshwater coastl...
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