Susan Pollack
Travel Writer at Freelance
A Michigan native w/ ink in my veins, I'm a globetrotting freelance travel writer who loves food, golf, Mahj Jong & pickleball. Longtime member, SATW and MTJA.
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Dec 3, 2024 |
detroitnews.com | Susan Pollack
Demre, Turkiye — Everyone knows Santa Claus hails from the frigid North Pole. But if you've ever wondered where the jolly old elf got his start, you may be surprised to discover his ancient roots on the sun-kissed Turkish Riviera. Here, amid the palm trees and sparkling Mediterranean waters on southwest Turkiye’s so-called “Turquoise Coast,” the real St. Nicholas is a hometown hero beloved by Santa-smitten children across the globe.
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Aug 12, 2024 |
mibluemag.com | Susan Pollack |Connor McDonald
Unlike many newlyweds who honeymoon in a tropical locale, Alex and Carly Salinas spent their post-wedding days close to home — stirring tomato sauce, stretching pasta dough, and stuffing tortellini at The Local Epicurean, a gourmet food emporium and cooking school in the Eastown district of Grand Rapids.
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Feb 26, 2024 |
mibluemag.com | Susan Pollack |Jim Bowser
For decades, Michigan-made MAWBY wines have added sparkle to special occasions, from birthdays and baby showers to holidays, graduations, and weddings. Throughout 2023, the award-winning winery, which produces only bubblies (sparkling wines, ciders, and canned spritzers), celebrated its visionary founder, Larry Mawby, who planted his first grapevines 50 years ago on the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
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Nov 1, 2023 |
lakelandboating.com | Christy Bauhs |Susan Pollack
Few ports of call have as interesting and eclectic a mix of attractions as Monroe County, which borders Ohio and stretches along nearly 30 miles of Lake Erie shoreline in the far southeastern corner of Michigan. The city of Monroe’s deep-water port — Michigan’s only port on Lake Erie — is 35 miles south of Detroit and 17 miles north of Toledo. It’s truly a pleasurecraft playground.
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Sep 25, 2023 |
mibluemag.com | Susan Pollack |Jim Bowser
Doing donuts takes on a whole new meaning on the Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck. Members of the Sometimes Wine Book Club are still talking about the fun they enjoyed at their end-of-season get-together aboard an electric-powered Donut Boat from Retro Boat Rentals in Saugatuck. The business, operating out of a riverfront patio-bar called The Old Boathouse, is in its seventh season renting novelty boats in the west Michigan beach town.
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