Farmers’ Market

It’s Wednesday morning…which means there is a delicious display of fresh fruit, veggies, and baked goods downtown at the Sara Hardy Farmers Market.

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Taco Night @ Brew

Beer, coffee, and tacos? It sounds unusual, but after a recent outing to Brew‘s Taco night, I may become a regular. Every Thursday, 6-10 pm, three tacos (the offering changes by week..steak, chicken, pork, sometimes veggie), with homemade pico de gallo in soft corn tortillas for $7.99. Worth noting, you can add a pint of cerveza for just $2 ($9.99 for 3 tacos and a pint?!…obvious choice). Great environment for young, old, and everyone in-between. Spotted at tables nearby: a twenty-something couple enjoying good food/conversation, a hipster grabbing a taco and a beer at the bar, and a family with two toddler-aged boys playing chess at a table. Welcoming vibe, good tacos, and a great excuse to have a beer (or two?) on a weeknight.

Dunes Concert

It only happens once a year, so you’ll want to mark your calendar for the next annual Dune Climb concert. The free event is part of the Manitou Music Festival, put on by the Glen Arbor Art Association. This year a bluesgrass band called Detour entertained the nearly 2,000 who gathered on the climb. Be sure to take in a tour of the mouth-watering picnic spreads and don’t miss the view of Little Glen Lake, seen from the top of the Climb.

Noteworthy Music Makers

I’ve always had an affinity for musicians. I think it’s part of my lifelong dream to be a pop star (hence, my major fashion inspiration). Recently I’ve seen some particularly exciting acts from the diverse and talented mix of musicians featured around town.

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Funktion is a funk/soul/groove band hailing from Kalamazoo. I was out with some girlfriends a few weeks ago at Union Street Station when they were performing, and we had an absolute blast. They played a wide variety of funky covers from classics like Parliament’s “We’ve Got the Funk” to 90s throwbacks like “No Diggity.” There was a good crowd, and the band was extremely high-energy. They tried to get everyone involved…and on the dance floor. Did I mention they had a trumpeter and a bongo player? So much fun.

I also caught Mike Moran at the Filling Station last weekend. Being relatively new to the area, I wasn’t familiar with his music, although I have since learned that he is synonymous with summer music in TC. And understandably so. He’s earned comparisons to John Mayer, Dave Matthews, and Paul Simon, and his performance outside on the patio set the backdrop for a perfect summer evening. His set was comprised of a mixture of his original music and unique covers, and was enjoyed by all…and all ages. This is the second time I’ve seen Mike perform (groupie alert?) and was definitely not disappointed. Great music and great venue!

The Midway

I will admit Cherry Festival week is my least favorite time of the summer. The traffic, all the motor boats anchored in the bay, giant blow-up Frito Lay bags in the open space, and the hard-to-hide-from-a-child Midway rides in the Farmer’s Market lot. The requests started coming from my daughter as soon as she spotted them..”When can we go ride the rides?”. $20 of coin-scrounging later with me scratching my head wondering how she found that much, we were at the ticket booth buying $4.44 rides on the ferris wheels and $3.33 entries into the house of mirros (perhaps more aptly named the house of dirty plexi-glass?). On the bright side, photo-ops and people-watching were free.