MCS Panorama
Waiting room, Michigan Central
Station by jeanpierrelavoie
Over on Michigan in Pictures today we featured a link to an incredible panoramic walkthrough of Detroit's Michigan Central Station by Montreal photographer Jean-Pierre Lavoie.…
Ready to Pick: Leafy Greens
Salad by by jpwbee
Taste the Local Difference says that leafy greens are ready to pick! Greens are an excellent source of iron, calcium, Vitamins A and C, and folic acid and also very high in dietary fiber and low in calories and sodium. What's…
City as Canvas: Exploring the potential of Detroit
Craftsman Home, McLean Street
Highland Park MI by pinehurst19475
A few weeks ago, the Chicago Reader had a great feature saying there's nowhere in America quite like Detroit right now. You should read the whole thing but here's a taste:
They…
Photo Friday: soft beauty by cae3/ Anita
cae3/ Anita says that she's a mom, wife, registered nurse and photographer.
Check this photo out larger in her Explored slideshow and see more of her lovely flower shots.
Here's her Flickriver.
Photo Friday: Tulips at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) by cseeman
cseeman (Corey) is the Library Director at the Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan (Corey's homepage)
You'll definitely want to check this photo out background bigalicious or in his cool Tulip slideshow.…
the evolution by buckshot.jones
Here's a guest article from buckshot.jones' excellent Detroit Journal.
Here's the process of prairiefying a city:
A city is built on the river, allowing for trade and commerce and irrigation of farms.
The city prospers and more…
M is for Monday ... and Midwest, MCS, Michigan Agriculture and MORELS!
Morels ! by cedarkayak
The latest issue of Midwest Living feature on the Best Midwest Food Towns served up a platefull of restaurants in our region that might entice the culinary tourist. Their editors selected Traverse City as the #2 town…
Downsizing Flint ... on purpose
Abandoned building in Flint - Colors by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek)
The New York Times has a great report titled An Effort to Save Flint by Shrinking It that begins:
Instead of waiting for houses to become abandoned and then pulling them…
Sprung: Michigan Spring Photos
Click this photo from Brooke Pennington for the Spring slideshow from our Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!
Here's the link to Brooke's photo (which you can see bigger in his Spring photo gallery) and here is some Spring wallpaper from…
Weird Wednesday: Stonehenge Reloaded
The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when we feature offbeat stories from the Great Lakes State. Check out more Weird Wednesdays from Absolute Michigan.
Here's a video feature that we last showed…
Photo Friday: it starts tiny, it starts slow by caterpillars
caterpillars (Laura) has a degree in anthropology and studio arts, many cameras (mostly film) and a yard full of lionhead rabbits. She will also totally shoot your wedding, event, or portrait, so contact her.
Check out her Michigan slideshow.…
Photo Friday: With St. Anne, Church People by fotek
fotek is working on a great set of Photomatix HDR photos of St. Anne's Church in Detroit (slideshow). He says that it's such a beautiful church that pictures will never do it justice, but I think he may be wrong.
Some of his other sets…