Transition to Fall
August 7, 2019 As the air cools through the evening and into night and the fog covers warming Lake Michigan, we turn our attention to the slowdown and a transition to fall. Families are the first to travel south for …
Summer Returns
July 10, 2019 So, if you arrived in early spring, you probably found winter and if you arrived in early summer you found early spring and if you arrive now, we’ve gone directly to late summer. Blooms and blossoms are …
Our House is Open
June 5, 2019 As the curtain of fog rises over the bay, we find our Downtown ready for business and the stage set for all to disengage from a long winter and cold spring. The annual Open House kicks …
A Soft Rain in May
May 8, 2019 There’s a soft rain today quenching the thirst of the yellow daffodils, pink and red tulips, purple pansies, and the fresh spring grass. Renewal is all around us, here, in Petoskey, with the warmth and breadth of …
“The Yawning that is Spring”
April 17, 2019 Ralph Waldo Emerson once contemplated: If I go into the forest, I find all new and undescribed. Ralph Waldo Emerson Awaiting the new and undescribed, Spring is yawning to resume the warmth we love and the leftover …
There’s snow. There’s ice. It’s winter
March 13, 2019 The eight-foot snow piles in my backyard next to the driveway are real. The carved-out hamster-runs around my house are necessary. The walk downtown in the sunshine on a subzero, blustery winter day? Beautiful. We had a …
Winter Arrives for the Winter Carnival
February 13, 2019 From ice into snow through thaw and onto a flash frozen tundra, Downtown Petoskey remains open for business. The winds billowing off Lake Michigan came twisting over and around streets as the raucous gales brought winter …
Winter White Sale
February 6, 2019 Growing up shopping at J.L. Hudson’s in downtown Detroit, I remember my family faithfully shopping in January for the winter white sale. At least that’s what I remember the branding of the sale to be. Living in …
December Holiday
December 5, 2018 The week of the Open House is upon us! The Stafford’s Perry Hotel and accompanying Christmas Parade on Thanksgiving weekend may usher in the official start of the Holiday festivities for Downtown Petoskey, but anyone who …
Giving Thanks in November
November 14, 2018 We grovel and we groan. We worry and bemoan. But there comes a time when we realize all isn’t so bad. Around Downtown Petoskey in November, we begin to slow and give thanks to the tourists traveling …
The Ahhh’s of October
October 24, 2018 A word of warning to those who have never visited Downtown Petoskey in the fall: You will always want to return. The addiction is slow but certain. Burnt oranges, startling red’s, and stunning yellows parade around the area …
A Softness in September
September 12, 2018 With school back in session and as the climate cools into the beginnings of fall, we take a big sigh and enjoy the peace of Downtown Petoskey. The pace slows to a meander or saunter, parking seems …