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Dec 7, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Craig Manning |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ren Brabenec |Greg Tasker
Bottoms Up By Craig Manning | Dec. 7, 2024 We adore this holiday variety pack from Short’s Brewing Company for three reasons: A) the beer is terrific.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Nov. 30, 2024 Our friends at the Otsego Conservation District recently shared an important reminder about how much waste is created during the holiday season. (As much as 43 percent more than usual!) They offered the following tips for minimizing your carbon footprint contributions this year. 1) Pick sustainable gift wrapping materials, like paper wrapping, bags, and gift boxes. (Fabric ribbons can add a pop of color!) Anything with glitter, foil, or laminate cannot be recycled.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Stuff We Love Nov. 30, 2024 A few weeks ago, we learned a new term when working on our Artists & Artisans issue: kinetic jewelry. These are pieces that have a moving element, either for beauty and interest or to keep the wearer gently busy. (Think fidget spinners for the sophisticated adult.) For a local touch, check out Cedar creator Dana C. Fear’s line of earrings, necklaces, and rings. These pieces combine movement, sound, and comfort into timeless looks for all genders.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Ross Boissoneau |Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Craig Manning
New holiday songs and albums to play this season By Ross Boissoneau | Nov. 30, 2024 It’s that time of year again, when the 250 different versions of “The Christmas Song” playing on the radio and in stores are relieved only by Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Over and over again. But even if it isn’t on the mainstream waves, each year brings something new, or at least someone new releasing a holiday collection.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Tastemaker Nov. 30, 2024 Important PSA! The Spicy Chicken Sandwich ($15) is back on the menu at Hop Lot, and that means two things. One, that the quiet season has arrived for us locals. (Hooray!) And two, that you’re about to experience fried chicken perfection. This bad boy isn’t too spicy—a Hop Lot beer should be on hand, of course—but it does get a kick from the jalapeño lime slaw and house-made hot sauce that the chicken is dipped in before arriving on a brioche bun.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Two ladies' nights in northern Michigan Nov. 30, 2024 The shops in downtown Traverse City are getting ready for Ladies’ Night, held Dec. 5 from 5-9pm. Participating stores will offer treats, special discounts, prizes, and plenty of holiday cheer. Watch for updates and can’t-miss stops at downtowntc.com/ladies-shopping-night. Two days later on Dec. 7, Myrtle & Maude’s of Williamsburg will open the market doors for their Ladies’ Night on the Farm from 11am-2pm.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Low Bar’s mixologist shares the ingredients and techniques behind out-of-this-world drinks By Karl Klockars | Nov. 30, 2024 What makes a great cocktail?
If you were to judge by the array of hundreds of bottles of spirits behind the bar at Traverse City’s cocktail lounge Low Bar, your first instinct might be to name any number of high end whiskeys, rums, gins, vodkas, or other liqueurs.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Nov. 30, 2024 It’s that time of year again, when the city of Manistee turns back the clock to the Victorian era for their Sleighbell Parade and Old Christmas Weekend! The fun begins Thursday, Dec. 5, with ice shaking, a Christmas history talk, a Krampus Krawl bar crawl, and the Manistee Choral Society’s Annual Victorian Christmas Concert. Friday has a cookie crawl, holiday bracelet making (’tis the damn season!), the inaugural Manistee Art Stroll, jingle bell karaoke, and more.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau |Craig Manning
Guest Columnist By Mary Keyes Rogers | Nov. 30, 2024 Where do a couple of billionaire businessmen intend to aim a wrecking ball on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency? Sorry, that’s not a joke. It is an honest question.
Let me tell you a story. Little Jimmy was playing ball in the yard when he saw a giant bug on the outside glass of the kitchen window. He didn’t know what kind of bug it was, but it was huge and gross.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Craig Manning |Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau
Walloon Lake’s new bar is three months in and ready to be your go-to spot for a good drink By Craig Manning | Nov. 30, 2024 Do something different.
From the start, that was the goal husband-and-wife team Matt and Meghan Thatcher were chasing with Walloon Watershed, a new restaurant and bar that opened Walloon Lake in September.
Mission accomplished.
