Photo of the Week: 2017 Plymouth Ice Festival

dog ice sculpture standing guard at night, illuminated with green light

While ooohing and aahing over the gorgeous ice sculptures created by ice carvers and local culinary arts college students, like this stunning dog ice sculpture, is my typical way of enjoying the Plymouth Ice Festival, this year the festival had an added feature: interactive games at the children’s ice playground.

“Whoa! I won 100 points,” shouted the grinning young child bundled up in a winter snowsuit next to me.

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Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 2015

Eagles ice sculpture with American flag in the back

With wind chills bringing temperatures to the -10 to -20 degrees (Farenheit) range, it had to be one of the coldest years for the Plymouth Ice Festival this weekend in Plymouth, Michigan.

Held the first weekend of January, the Plymouth Ice Festival brings thousands of people to downtown Plymouth to see the beautiful ice sculptures. One of my favorite parts of the festival is the ice sculpture competition held between culinary arts student teams from local community colleges. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 2015

Photo of the Week: Spirit of Detroit Ice Sculpture at Meridian WinterBlast 2014

Spirit of Detroit ice sculpture with the Renaissance Center in the background in downtown Detroit

This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the WinterBlast event in downtown Detroit, bringing musical acts, snow activities, ice skating, local marketplace, food, and fun for the family. We had a great time at the WinterBlast yesterday listening to local musician Jason Milan perform and checking out the snow slide and ice skating.