Little Traverse Bay has a fabulous, 26 mile bike path called the Little Traverse Wheelway that runs from Charlevoix through Petoskey to Harbor Springs. In addition to connecting several parks (including Bayfront Park in Petoskey, which is referenced below) it also includes places to stop for picnics and scenic views …

We have several traditions for the trek north, some of which trace back to Jennifer's childhood. One of these is to drive around the bay to Juilleret's, which has been serving hot meals on the waterfront since 1895. After this, we go across the street to Kilwin's (which is no …

We took the kids to Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf today. They had a blast, and the Wee Lad actually did pretty well (no where near par, but clearly trying) once we told him he couldn't touch the ball with his hands until he was done. Wee lass seemed to enjoy …

We went up to the park on the Bayview campus today. Wee lad ran into a friend named Nora, who he met at last year's "Tot Lot" summer program. They were testing out the new playground equipment near the Post Office. It's a very nice setup, I discovered I can …

This morning while Nana and Wee lad and Jennifer were out shopping, the Wee Princess and I took a walk. We walked around the block, and then we walked over to the swings by the Memorial Garden and she was content to swing there for probably 15 minutes. We watched …

Yes, it's true. Khazad-dum (Mark IV) is dead. Some sort of hardware failure. I have a suspicion it's motherboard damage, possibly brought on a by an ailing power supply. At least, that's what killed the last one.

The short version of the story is that I found some unrelated trouble …

So, I was a bit surprised at the choice to release a 32-bit iMac to succeed the G5. Most experts seem to be saying this won't matter for most people, but I disagree. The 64-bit capabilities of the G5 are pretty important for editing home or professional video, and that …

Went to see the Bloodrayne movie. If you aren't familiar with Bloodrayne, it is loosely based on a video game about a half-vampire, half-human young woman who sympathizes at most closely with humans. At least, the non-evil ones... My bottom line is that this movie was better than average, at …

So, the young Master comes in to get his breakfast this morning, toting the DVD case for Bambi and says "Hi Daddy. Want get my Bambi on!" ... As far as I know, he's never heard that particular construction of speech and it just sounded too funny coming from a 3 …