Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine - May 2020

In this issue

Morels! Tips for the Hunt. Oh So Delish Recipes! Set a Sumptuous Northern Table / Grand Hotel Opening Day: Peek inside the Grand tradition! / What Real Estate Speaks to You? On the water, kn the woods, a first home? / Immersed in Cherry Blossoms: Four ways to make it a day!

Lace, Linen & Legacy

Henrietta Gattle and her son, Otto, opened their first brick-and-mortar store selling fine European lace and linens in 1919. More than 100 years later, Henrietta’s family continues the tradition at Gattle’s new location in Harbor Springs.

2 mins

Armchair Travel

Let these books, and their beautiful Northern Michigan settings, inspire future vacations.

3 mins

A Taste of Home

I have a fascination with almost anything well made—things produced with pride and passion, regardless of whether or not I actually need or can afford them—a simple, hand-stitched felt sleeve for my laptop; small-batch Rhum agricole from Martinique; Winslow Homer paintings.

4 mins

HOME SWEET (MILLENNIAL) HOME

MILLENNIALS—THOSE BORN BETWEEN 1981 AND 1996—HAVE BECOME THE LARGEST GENERATION ALIVE. AND THIS GENERATION THAT MANY PREDICTED WOULDN’T FOLLOW A TRADITIONAL PATH, ACTUALLY ARE: THEY’RE BUYING HOMES.

9 mins

A SPLENDID FORAGED FEAST

THE GIFTS OF THE NORTHERN WOODS FIND A PLACE AT OUR TABLE AS FRIENDS COMBINE THEIR TALENTS FOR A FORAGED MEAL AND NATURE-INSPIRED TABLE.

5 mins

A GRAND OPENING

IT’S A BROADWAY HIT PRODUCTION THAT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING AT THIS VENERABLE LEGEND ON MACKINAC ISLAND, HONORING MONTHS OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK AND ENSURING EVERY PERSON AND ITEM IS IN PLACE ON GRAND HOTEL’S OPENING DAY … RIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOWERS.

7 mins

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