Good food, good friends, and good fun are three staples of great summer memories! If you’re looking for a fun summer day-trip with a group of friends, hop in the car and get ready to eat your way across Isabella County at these delicious stops. A word to the wise, though: wear stretchy pants on this

With a variety of locations for artists to display their work or teach classes – such as Art Reach of Mid-Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Studio 23 in Bay City, and Imagine That! in Midland – as well as an assortment of “do-it-yourself” art shops, the Great Lakes Bay Region is becoming a nurturing hotbed for artistic

Hardtack Coffee Company started out as a hobby, the finished product ending in the coffee pots of family and friends. Dan Maloney had visited an old Army buddy in Oregon, who showed Dan his home coffee roasting operation. Inspired, Dan began roasting his own coffee beans in a cast iron Dutch oven right on his kitchen