Downtown Petoskey
Ernest Hemingway: A new conversation
It has been a couple of years, but your man-on-the-street has returned from a long vacation and a COVID break. The temperature in Downtown Petoskey was close to sixty-degrees, and smell of spring in the air. I plopped my chair …
A Winter Weekend
After a few months of mostly ice and little snow, the drifts are finally piling up – by the foot! For three solid days, snow arrived with an accompanying blizzard, and with it, there seemed to be a collective sigh …
Sold Out!
As we progress toward COVID vaccinations, there seems to be tantalizing lights near the end of the long tunnel we have been parading through. Downtown Petoskey continues its resilient path, carrying the torch. Tillie’s Tafel at 437 Mitchell Street opened, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Relaxing in August
August 29, 2018 I’m still summering in Downtown Petoskey. Ahhhh, the heat and the water make for a relaxing summer swan song as August rolls by. I still shop every day, and I continue to explore Downtown Petoskey between Michigan …
A July to Remember
Hi, I’m back, and have I got news for you! You think June and the 4th of July were amazing in Downtown Petoskey, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. On Friday, July 21st, I will be cavorting and carousing with some …
Downtown Petoskey Summer Open House
May 16, 2018 It’s a beautiful May day in Downtown Petoskey. The bay is a calm, shimmering blue, the sky above, cloudless, while people peruse shops, wander in and out of restaurants, and some enjoy their first ice cream cones …
ZoeDance
April 18, 2018 “No experience necessary,” Zoe Marshall-Rashid likes to say. “No expectations with new students. You come to learn.” And learn to dance you will! ZoeDance can have you waltzing like Fred & Ginger, tapping like Gene Kelly, or …
#fowling
February 14, 2018 On the third day, there was booze and throwing footballs at things, and more were happy. “Welcome to the Petoskey Winter Carnival. I’m Hal Goodwit and thanks for watching ESPN 27, the Fowling Channel. We’ve been spanning …