27 posts tagged Mackinac Island

Lilacs and the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival May 16, 2008 lilacs 2008 05-10 03, photo by Ray-48. Wikipedia says that Syringa (Lilac) is a genus of about 20–25 species of deciduous shrubs or small trees in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to Europe and Asia.

Even in today’s fiber-optically connected, digital world, there’s nothing like being there to get the lay of the land. That’s why Business Review staff have traveled from Beijing to Chicago, and from Mackinac Island to Orlando just in the last year to talk with business leaders and bring back information our readers can’t get anywhere else.

Tourist season is coming! Time to travel, camp, go sight-seeing and vacation in the Upper Peninsula. If you’re a local don’t forget to be a tourist in your own town this summer and visit all the places you’ve read about but have never visited.

Beginning Sunday, Meijer will carry food items inspired by the historic Michigan resort, Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Meijer will create a summer-long Grand Hotel section within the store to offer more than a dozen products that carry the Grand Hotel brand name.

Several of the Hearthside Grove crew enjoyed a memorable Mother’s Day on Mackinac Island Sunday, May 11, compliments of the Star Line Ferry out of Mackinaw City, to whom they give great thanks!  A Sunday cruise to Mackinac is the stuff memories are made of, and is the kind of experience that guests at

Several of the Hearthside Grove crew enjoyed a memorable Mother’s Day on Mackinac Island Sunday, May 11, compliments of the Star Line Ferry out of Mackinaw City, to whom they give great thanks!  A Sunday cruise to Mackinac is the stuff memories are made of, and is the kind of experience that guests at

So here I am at 8am in the morning (Eastern time) after yesterday's two hour drive, 5 hour red-eye, another 4.5 hour drive, and half hour boat ride... I hit "The Island"... (yah!!) .. but then instead of taking a nap like any normal human being would do.. I hit the streets with my camera...

The tiny island boasts more than 2,000 hotel rooms along with its variety of restaurants and many other attractions. For the ultimate in Mackinac lodging, we like the island’s famous Grand Hotel. Opened in 1887, the Victorian style hotel has 385 rooms, and no two are the same.

mackinaw island Destination Wedding: Mackinac IslandThough the island is barely eight miles in circumference, you%26#39;ll have plenty of options for your Mackinaw wedding. The tiny island boasts more than 2000 hotel rooms along with its variety of restaurants and many other attractions.

This post has now been put at the top, at least for a little while.  The comments are coming in and I want them to keep coming in.  This is something that desperately needs to be discussed.  NOW, discuss. This is a quote I found in a citizen journalist article from digitaljournal.com.