I was just in our local coffee shop this morning and a fellow customer and barista were chatting about how they had both been to Philadelphia recently and how they both were so surprised about how great the city was.
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Grand Rapids is a wonderful little city that has an amazing arts scene and growing food and microbrew presence that is constantly changing.
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I grew up in metro-Detroit, and throughout junior high school I competed in public speaking competitions held on the campus of U of M.
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The lakeside town of South Haven celebrates it’s favorite local crop each August with their National Blueberry Festival. My family was in town camping at the local state park and enjoying some beach time on Lake Michigan.
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This past weekend, our family had an entire summer evening without any plans, no schedule, and nowhere we had to be. It was a beautiful day with cooler temperatures, so we wanted to sit outside somewhere for dinner.
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My daughter and I recently visited the town of Petoskey and we didn’t have enough time to enjoy it all. We’ve been here many times and every time we see or do something new.
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I never had heard of Walloon Lake while growing up in Michigan. Even as an adult, all I knew was that Hemingway summered there as a boy.
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I had never been to the state of Arizona until a month ago and I have to say, I need to go back. There was so much we didn't get to see and do and honestly one day wasn't enough for this beautiful mountain town of Sedona.
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Chicago is always such a great city to spend time in. It is one of the friendliest and smallest-feeling large cities I have ever been in. That is a great quality to have -
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Each summer my family spends a week in the eastern end of the U.P. with my mom and my sister’s family. The week always flies, but my sister and I realized that our kids had never been to Mackinac Island
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