Post something you like about Michigan

[1gobluedem]

I wanted to get in on the act too.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore:



Paczki:



Mackinac Island:



Zingermans:

[GOPisEvil]

1. My SO is from there.

:)

[lizziegrace]

2. We beat them in football

:P

:)

[1gobluedem]

3. The whole state?

Wow, you must be good. Or you cheat. Yep, that's it. :P

[lizziegrace]

4. Let me clarify

The team at the flagship university. :P


Lelapin's been to Mackinac Island and someday I hope to get there. It sounds beautiful. :)

[Ptah]

5. WEMU

[Heidi]

16. Yep.

And I miss the Jazz Night threads terribly. They were one of our Saturday evening highlights as Ginger cozied up and CMW and I cooked dinner together. x(

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. Lighthouses!

Michigan has the coolest lighthouses !

and Michigan blueberries are the plumpest and yummiest

[LadyoftheRabbits]

7. This is coming from the perspective of an OSU student

:P

But seriously, Mackinac Island was awesome, as was Potoski. I loved being up near the UP, and it's the closest I've ever been to Canada. :P

[Pierre.Suave]

9. I think the residents of Petoskey

would demand you spell it correctly...

but don't worry, we understand, you go to OSU...


:P

[1gobluedem]

10. Petoskey stones are cool

[Pierre.Suave]

26. yes, they sure are

Do you have any?

[LadyoftheRabbits]

17. Whoops

It's been a number of years since I ventured up... north. About eight. :P

[Pierre.Suave]

25. LOL

Petoskey is only a nice place in the summer, in winter it is a ghost town.

[Pierre.Suave]

8. I am going to second Zingermans...

and add in

[MrCoffee]

11. The Ypsi Water Tower

Zingerman's kicks ass too.

[1gobluedem]

12. I can see that from my office window

It's distinctive!

[MrCoffee]

13. I lived about 4 blocks from it when I was at EMU...walked by it every day.

Quite the landmark.

[Lady Effingbroke]

14. Michigan is a very beautiful state.

I visited a friend in Grand Rapids a couple of years ago and was amazed by the lush, soft, fire-ant-free grass (you can sit on it and not be stung within an inch of your life!), clean, crisp, fragrant air (noticeably free of pollution), and the beauty of the surrounding area.

[sasquatch]

15. The people in Macomb county unseated Judge Noreen Redmond

:)
Oh and the Lions make the Bengals look great in comparison.

[mitchum]

18. The Port Huron Statement, Stooges ,MC5, Sonny Rollins, Betty Carter, Soupy Sales

much greatness out of Michigan

[lightningandsnow]

19. You drive through it to get to Chicago from Toronto.

It's a pretty state.

[rucky]

20. People from Michagan are called Michiganders

[JVS]

23. In the UP they're called Michigeese

[BuddhaGirl]

21. My DH is from Michigan

and is a Wolverine! Go Blue!

I would love to visit Michigan someday, especially the Upper Peninsula.

[sasquatch]

37. Impure American League baseball, I shun thee

:P

[JVS]

22. 2 portions to make it twice as nice

[MrScorpio]

24. It's where I was born

And where I live today

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

27. I grew up in Detroit

and Michigan is a wonderful place to ......................visit!
I got out and don't see myself ever returning to live. But it is my home state and gets its props from me :)
:toast: :bounce:

[semillama]

28. The Copper Country

including:

The Quincy Mine Hoist:



The Suomi Restaurant (home of the best French Toast on Earth):



Winter Carnival:


Shute's Bar:



I could go on and on and on...

[phaseolus]

29. Pastrami Joe's in Marshall

Former employer sent me to Marshall a lot. I developed an addiction to their sandwiches...

[1gobluedem]

33. And Win Schuler's bar scheeze

My grandparents lived in Marshall and would go to the restaurant and get it when we were coming. It wasn't commercially available back then.

[Lucian]

30. I love camping at Brimley State Park in the fall.

[PassingFair]

31. Belle Isle

The People's Island!

[no name no slogan]

32. 2 Ps, 5 Great Lakes

More than any other state. That kicks ass. :headbang:

[Pierre.Suave]

34. 5?

perhaps you need a map...

:P

[no name no slogan]

35. if you count St Claire

It has borders on five of them: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and St. Clair, which is technically considered one of the lakes because it connects Huron and Erie.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. Hell

I hope to visit one day.



Sometimes it freezes over:

[1gobluedem]

38. And Paradise

In the same state. Paradise is in the UP.

[marigold20]

39. The Prison View Party Store somewhere in the UP

We spent very nice week in the UP one summer and ran across a town with a prison - across the road was the Prison View Party Store.

[1gobluedem]

40. Probably Newberry

You can also go and watch bears at the dump there.