Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Station Winter Fest 2019

blue and purple gradient colored illustration of a person's profile lights up the front of the old Michigan Central Station train station.

With winter finally arriving in southeast Michigan this weekend with snow and cold temperatures, it was the right weekend for me to enjoy the inaugural Michigan Central Station Winter Festival, a new winter event hosted by Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.

The free ten-day festival is open to the public, offering music, games, art, food trucks, ice carving, retail shops, and a fantastic 3-D light show that displays on the front of the building at night. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Station Winter Fest 2019

Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 2019

majestic horse ice sculpture in Kellogg Park.

It’s the second week of January and in my community that means it’s Plymouth Ice Festival weekend!

Ice sculptors have been busy the past few days creating incredible sculptures to grace Kellogg Park in downtown Plymouth, Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Plymouth Ice Festival 2019

Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays

copper and white freighter on the Detroit River, with a Christmas tree on the center of the barge.

Great Lakes freighters pass by Belle Isle State Park, an island in the Detroit River north of downtown Detroit, regularly as they deliver raw materials to ports on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. But it’s not often you see a Great Lakes freighter celebrating the holiday season with a Christmas tree onboard, as… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays