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3 weeks ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
The weather still has us reaching for heavy coats and gloves, even though the calendar and longer days tell us it’s spring. So what’s an impatient gardener to do? Head to Olechnowicz Greenhouse on 132nd Avenue in Robinson Township for a planting party. kAm%92E >FD<J 2?5 @9\D@\E6>AE:?8 D>6== @7 5:CE :D ;FDE :?D:56 E96 5@@C[ H96C6 :E’D 2 D9@CE\D=66G65 f_ 568C66D] %96C6’D 2 3:8 A=2?E:?8 E23=6 :?
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1 month ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
Authors at last week’s Third Coast Author and Book Fest shared thoughts about Grand Haven as well as the world of writing. We present a few here. kAm%9:D !:EED3FC89[ !6??DJ=G2?:2[ 9FD32?5^H:76 5F@ 2C6 3@E9 :? AF3=:D9:?8] }:4< HC:E6D 25G6?EFC6 ?@G6=D 7@C <:5Dj #2496= :D 2 =:E6C2CJ 286?E 2?5 2FE9@C @7 J@F?8 25F=E E9C:==6CD W“}@E9:?8 q25 w2AA6?D w6C6”X 2?5 r@KJ >JDE6C:6D W“|FC56C qJ r966D642<6i p v@=56? v:C=D r@KJ |JDE6CJ“X]k^AmkAm}:4<[ 3@C? :?
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1 month ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
It’s in the books. The Third Coast Author and Book Fest, introduced to Grand Haven last Saturday, has been judged a success. kAm|@C6 E92? `cd 2FE9@CD 4@G6C:?8 5:G6CD6 86?C6D 8C66E65 E96 AF3=:4 :? 3FD:?6DD G6?F6D E9C@F89@FE E96 (2D9:?8E@? pG6?F6 4@CC:5@C] $@>6 3FD:?6DD6D 9@DE65 2 D:?8=6 2FE9@C[ @E96CD 2 92?57F=]k^AmkAm“xE H2D 2? @G6CH96=>:?8=J 8@@5[ A@D:E:G6 4@>>F?:EJ 6G6?E[” D2:5 |:<6 ~’qC:6? @7 %96 q@@< r6==2C[ 4@\492:C>2?^7@F?56C @7 E96 6G6?E]k^AmkAm$6G6C2= 3FD:?6DD @H?6CD E@=5 ~’qC:6?
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1 month ago | 
grmag.com | Elizabeth Granger
Welcome to North Muskegon’s “hobo” options where, the website says, you’ll find food and drinks “at prices even a hobo can afford.”My choice, pretty much determined by a non-existent flip of a coin, was Hobo’s Tavern. I’ll be returning, but next time choosing The Handsome Hobo. A recent Friday evening – a dark, snowy evening – surprised me with a full parking lot. I’d thought the weather would keep potential diners at home, but hey, this is Michigan.
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1 month ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
June Wehmer of Grand Haven will be downtown Saturday for the city’s inaugural book festival. The Third Coast Author and Book Fest, sponsored by Grand Haven Main Street DDA and The Book Cellar, offers two distinct events. The free 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Meet, Greet, and Book Signing” portion of the festival invites visitors to stop in more than 40 local businesses where authors will be available to sell and sign their books. Some businesses will host a single author, others a handful.
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1 month ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
Friday is March 14. You know, 3.14, as in pi. But skip the compass and protractor; you’ll be needing a fork to celebrate this Pi(e) Day. You’ll even find the pi symbol on the top of pies at Grand Traverse Pie Company. kAm%96 4@>A2?J’D 7=28D9:A DE@C6 :D :? %C2G6CD6 r:EJ] x? 2==[ E96C6 2C6 2=>@DE 2 5@K6? DE@C6D :? |:49:82? 2?5 x?5:2?2] r=@D6DE E@ %C:3F?6 C6256CD :D E96 7C2?49:D6 :? }@CE@? $9@C6D]k^AmkAm~? |2C49 `c[ 6G6CJ AFC492D6 H:== 4@>6 H:E9 2 7C66 D=:46 @7 |:49:82?
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1 month ago | 
grmag.com | Elizabeth Granger
I moved to West Michigan not long ago. And since I love having company, I invite friends from all over to come visit. I send invitation notes that include a chocolate “mitten” from Patricia’s Chocolate in Grand Haven. “The heart will tell you where to find me,” I say. Friends have told me they’ve eaten Detroit, or Traverse City. The smart ones tell me they’ve eaten the entire chocolate mitten and now don’t know where to find me. They ask me to send another.
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2 months ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
Local author Melanie Hooyenga’s newest page-turner, “The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway,” introduces readers to a teen who’s been living a double life, for an exceptionally unusual reason. Mike O’Brien of The Book Cellar calls it “a totally messed up mystery which is fantastic.”kAmw@@J6?82 :D D:8?:?8 96C 3@@<D 2E %96 q@@< r6==2C :? vC2?5 w2G6? `\c A]>] E@52J] $96’== 36 @? u@I }6HD ?6IE H66<] p?5 ?6IE >@?E9[ @?
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2 months ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
Jim and Lynda Johnson of Nunica don’t always exchange gifts on Valentine’s Day, but they clearly remember the year he surprised her with a beautiful cross necklace. She wears it still, sometimes reaching up and patting it lovingly. It makes her smile. She surprised him with a gift that year, too. kAm“x H2D :? 962G6?[” y:> D2:5[ H9@ C646:G65 2 42?5J\42?6\D92A65 A=2DE:4 4@?E2:?6C 7F== @7 |U2>Aj|’D]k^AmkAm%96 42?5J :D =@?8 8@?6[ 3FE E96 >6>@CJ :D DE:== DH66E]k^AmkAmy:> y@9?D@? 2?5 {J?52 !FC46== >6E H96?
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2 months ago | 
grandhaventribune.com | Elizabeth Granger
After tossing a card into his opponent’s crib, Hal Durkee looked at the remaining cards in his hand: three 5s and a Jack of clubs. Even before seeing the turn card, he was assured of 14 cribbage points. And then the turn-up card showed itself: another 5 – of clubs. kAm%96 4@F?E :? sFC<66’D 92?5 42E2AF=E65 E@ ah A@:?ED – E96 A6C764E 4C:33286 92?5]k^AmkAm%96 vC2?5 w2G6? >2? D2:5 96 4@F=5?’E BF:E6 36=:6G6 H92E 96 H2D D66:?8]k^AmkAmw6 =@@<65 2E 9:D A2CE?6C[ E96?
