{"id":1287,"date":"2012-07-15T13:16:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T20:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveltattler.com\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2012-07-15T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T20:48:12","slug":"summer-globetrotting-right-here-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/courses-and-travel\/1287\/summer-globetrotting-right-here-in-michigan","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER GLOBETROTTING, RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

Northern Michigan's wine country is among the diverse travel options right inside our borders. (Chateau Chantal is pictured.)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cLet me outta here!\u201d is what 16-percent of fliers told\u00a0farewatchdog.com<\/a>\u00a0when asked if they\u2019d be willing to pay up to $20 extra to be first off an airplane upon landing. That\u2019s even after\u00a0U.S.\u00a0air carriers collected $816-million in baggage fees during the first three months of 2012. Spirit Airlines even charges $2 now to print a boarding pass. \u201cWanna get away\u201d (as the Southwest Airlines commercials suggest) without flying the friendly but frugal skies? You can travel the world, in a virtual sense, right here\u00a0on the highways of Pure Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Frankenmuth, founded in 1844 as an exclusively German community, is offering a taste of Oktoberfest during its\u2019 Michigan Bier Celebration Saturday, July 21, from 1-11 p.m. at Harvey Kern Pavilion. For $12, a dozen brewers, many in lederhosen, will offer advance tastes of their Oktoberfest brews while traditional Bavarian oom-pah polkas fill the air. Frankenmuth Brewery first poured in\u00a01862, making it\u00a0the second oldest in the country. Visit\u00a0<\/span>www.Frankenmuth.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Grand\u00a0Haven\u00a0City\u00a0Beach, with its\u2019 bluffs rising behind\u00a0Harbor Drive, give Lake Michigan a\u00a0Malibu\u00a0feel. Want more\u00a0California? Michigan has its\u2019 own \u201cwine country.\u201d The microclimates on the Leelanau and Old Mission peninsulas, north of\u00a0Traverse City,\u00a0allow for expansive vineyards and charming wineries with hilltop tasting rooms to sip Pinot Noir, Riesling, and even champagne. Visit\u00a0<\/span>www.TraverseCity.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and click on \u201cwine tours.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Following through at Arcadia Bluffs, Michigan.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0The towering seaside dunes and tumbling terrain of the Emerald Isle spill down not to the Atlantic, but to\u00a0Lake Michigan, at Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club north of Manistee. You needn\u2019t even play golf to enjoy the bracing, natural setting, because you can see entire property from the gourmet restaurant, restful porch, and cozy guestrooms atop the clubhouse, which makes for an Irish inn experience. If you do play golf,\u00a0Michigan\u00a0architects Rick Smith and Warren Henderson designed the closest thing to a Ballybunion-style links this side of\u00a0County\u00a0Kerry. Visit\u00a0<\/span>www.ArcadiaBluffs.com<\/span><\/a> or call\u00a0(800) 494-8666<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No need for\u00a0Nevada. FireKeepers Casino, near\u00a0Battle Creek, was designed to be a Las Vegas-style experience, including the fountain of fire\u00a0out front. Flamboyant showgirls, entertainment right above the show floor, flat screen televisions, flashing light displays, and a seemingly underwater cocktail lounge-fine dining experience called Nibi set the stage for action. Visit <\/span>www.FireKeepersCasino.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

FireKeepers Casino brings Vegas-style entertainment to Battle Creek.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is no political or economic instability to worry about at Greektown, in Detroit, though the bustling block of Monroe Street is lined with Greek restaurants, filled with Greek music, and draped without countless blue and white flags. The Atheneum Suites Hotel and New Parthenon Restaurant have Olympian reputations. Visit\u00a0<\/span>www.GreektownDetroit.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Michiagan-based travel writer Michael Patrick Shiels may be contacted at\u00a0<\/span>InviteYourself@aol.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or via www.TravelTattler.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLet me outta here!\u201d is what 16-percent of fliers told\u00a0farewatchdog.com\u00a0when asked if they\u2019d be willing to pay up to $20… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2834,555717,554655,556048,3258,1044567,470000,156514,554927,1044570,2986,555234,3894,3414,555462,398252,90385],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses-and-travel","tag-michigan","tag-warren-henderson","tag-frankenmuth","tag-firekeepers","tag-oktoberfest","tag-casino","tag-grand-haven","tag-greektown","tag-beach","tag-detroit","tag-lake-michigan","tag-traverse-city","tag-wineries","tag-arcadia-bluffs","tag-manistee","tag-vacations","tag-rick-smith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2012\/07\/firekeepers-casino.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}