The best of Shopping Local in the Mitten (grocery edition)


Little known fact: I LOVE to grocery shop. I find it relaxing and love looking for nutritious food and new items for my family. I was so excited to be invited to the grand opening of Busch’s Fresh Food Market in Canton, Michigan (go here to enter to win free groceries by signing up for MyWay benefits!). It’s a neighborhood market that’s natural, urban and one of my new favorite places. You can find me at the honey bar (where you can buy local honey in bulk, as much or as little as you like), juice bar (I will take a Traverse City Cherry, please), Gelato bar (any flavor, please) or flower stand.Read More

Buckwheat Double Chocolate Cookies (Gluten Free!)

I was skeptical of this recipe. Verrrrrrry skeptical, but these cookies are simply delicious. They are also gluten free and full of protein and iron from the buckwheat flour, and flavonoids from the dark chocolate. So I consider them health food, but they are cookies people. Ridiculously good cookies with benefits.Read More

Overall Bliss

I really can’t get enough of this pair of overalls or the off the shoulder soft sweater I recently picked up. Everytime I’m out in my overalls I get compliments and inquiries as to where I found them. They are insanely flattering, comfortable, and not what you think overalls look like – curve hugging and a little sexy, and you can find them here (although my version is from last year and ever so slightly different – but I like the newer version better). Read More

Overalls + Varsity Shirts

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Ladies, I love a good varsity shirt. And by varsity shirt, I mean a football shirt with stripes on the sleeves that is uber soft and ridiculously comfy. I’m talking pajama worthy, yet so stylish in an “I’m not on a varsity team, but I am still varsity league” kind of way. Read More

Mother’s Day Options

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My first choice for Mother’s Day is to stay in bed as long as possible, have breakfast brought to me, get a mani/pedi at some point, and follow all that jazz by family park time, if the weather cooperates. But, if you are going out for brunch or participating in something fancier, I have the outfit for you.Read More