Building a raised garden where we could plant our favorite vegetables has been on our home improvement list for a while. Chuck and I were also smart enough to know that we do not have the necessary talents or tools to build a raised garden but that didn’t stop us. We contacted a professional. When it looked like spring would finally happen in Michigan, we got an estimate from a local landscaping company to install a raised garden bed. The estimate was shocking! So we regrouped. Steve “Wise Guy” Wieczorek to the rescue. He knows how to build things and has all the necessary tools, plus he loves us. If you don’t have a...
Ann Arbor’s Fo...
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
WonderFool Productions produced its third FoolMoon event on Friday, April 5th, 2013. And I have to say, each year it gets better! The luminary parade was colorful and creative, Theo Katzman delivered on the Fool’s Main stage and the Michigan Beer at Bill’s Beer Garden was...
Michigan Theater ven...
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
We were very lucky to have tickets for the Sundance Film Festival USA screening of ‘The East’. I bet you didn’t know that the Michigan Theater is one of 10 cities selected as an official venue for the Sundance Film Festival USA. Yep right here in Ann Arbor, Michigan....
Michigan White Taile...
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
There are few things that are classic “Michigan” and White Tailed Deer fall into that category. We live about a mile from State Street in Ann Arbor, but if you stand in our backyard you’d never know it. There is a herd of White Tailed deer living in our hood. You can...
Bethlehem Cemetery
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
Bethlehem Cemetery – Ann Arbor, Michigan Our final stop on the 2012 post-Thanksgiving research fieldtrip to de-tangle the Luick/Lewick tangle. The Bethlehem Cemetery on Jackson Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was a treasure trove of history. John David Luick Sr.’s brother. Jacob...
Lima Center Cemetery
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
This cemetery is located on Jackson Road just west of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Lima Center Cemetery is also known as the Luick Farm Cemetery. Lima Center Cemetery The Luick – Lewick family mystery continues…. Our visit to the Lima Center Cemetery reveled several nuggets of Luick...
Andrew Lewick or was...
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
Family Folklore featuring Michigan Pioneer Andrew Lewick A tale of two names, gold rush fever, bigamy and suicide Every family has Family Folklore and with each generation it either gets embellished or lost. I have always been fascinated by my family’s stories. I assumed most of these...
Blue Pass be Gone
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
I returned my “U-M Blue Pass” and became a foot commuter in June. What does this MEAN? Over 25 years ago, I purchased my first “Blue Pass”. It gave me the opportunity to look for a parking space that wasn’t 10 miles away from my office but perhaps within...
Arbor Brewing Co Okt...
posted by Brenda Sodt Foster
Always a good time if you like beer, German food, and polkas. I joined my friends – Jeff, Steve, Tina, Chuck and Michael – on a beautiful, autumn evening in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a good laugh, a few beers and some music at Arbor Brewing Co’s Oktoberfest. I know, Chuck...