Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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At Home in Traverse City
If I don't stop YouTubing videos like this, I'll end up hopping a bus all the way to a Glen Lake beach in Traverse City, Michigan.
Actually, that doesn't sound too bad, with the song stuck in my head. Sneaking away, to sleep under the stars on the white-sand beaches in the cherry capital of the world, the one city that feels more like home than the one I live in. I know I'll live there one day. I'm even changing my life goals from Renton, Washington, to Traverse City, Michigan, I think.
It's a place I've gone to almost every summer since I was born. It's a place I have vivid memories of. Riding up that last hill, that giant hill, on the way to the cottage. Then the sudden dip, and you can see for miles. You see the the entirety of Little Glen Lake, and Pat's cottages are right at the bottom of the hill. Across the street from her is the small family owned ice cream shop, where everything is delicious, and where the air has a homegrown feel. Little book sales in churches, a small meat shop, (I won't go there anymore, as a vegetarian, but I have fond memories) the Cherry Republic store, the bay, the harbor, and the Sunsets. Oh my gosh, the sunsets don't compare to any you'd see anywhere else. The sand dunes are always warm, and the streets are always buzzing with people. The small stores are all happy, and the restaurants have live music and amazing food. I'll never feel at home anywhere else, even in this house.
My favorite video is the Traverse City radio ad, but that's probably because I love Traverse City so much. Please take the time to watch all of them, because they're short. They'll make you feel good. They'll make you want to visit Michigan. They'll remind you of home. And someday, when I'm old and wrinkly, I hope they'll remind you of me. I hope they'll remind you of who I am now, and what I want to be. What I'm like, and what I want to do with myself. How I loved you, and how I tried my hardest to make you do the same. How I still, to this day (if you're reading this in the future), remember you. Want to talk to you, hang out with you, and love you. Whether as a friend, or more than that, all depends. Call me. Find me. I'm probably in my house in Michigan.
I know, I'm an advertising machine for Michigan. But I feel like that's where I need to be.
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Yay, Michigan! My mom lives up near Traverse City now and has a store in Frankfort (just south of there). :D It's a lovely area.
I grew up in Grand Rapids and now live near Detroit. I gush over Michigan a lot, too, and I missed it so much when I lived in Massachusetts briefly. I often think I live in the most beautiful state in the country, but I may be a wee bit biased. ;)
Oh, and here's a shameless plug of the photographs I took when I was in the Upper Peninsula this month! Check it and rec it!
ok.. i wonder if you are someone i know.. my mom's family are all from michigan my grandmother grew up going every summer to michigan.. 2 of my grandmother's brothers live at glen lake.. i am actually taking my grandmother to glen lake later this month... my cousin still says the best milk shakes in the world are at laker shakes.. message me and let me know..my grandmothers maiden name is darlington...:)
HI JENNA.
i just upped your comments. oooooooh.
hey this is where i live! :]
Traverse City is beautiful. It's like a northern Caribbean. My family lives in Saginaw and occasionally goes up to Traverse to vacation. The water, the sand dunes, the shopping....it's amazing!!!!
it's only good in the summer..
spring is about two weeks maybe..
and then november comes and it starts snowing.
and then it doesnt go away until ohhh the end of april if we're lucky
but other than that i suppose it is pretty cool.
and after cherry fest it's film festival time..free movies on a huge screen on the bay= awesome.