1930s home movie of the Irish Hills in Lenawee County

Sometimes I just happen to stumble across something so interesting (well, to me anyway) that I just have to share it. While looking up vintage baseball videos at archive.org I came across this video of the Irish Hills area in Lenawee County. It interested me because my wife is from the Irish Hills area and that part of the state is very familiar to me. This vacationing family takes in the Irish Hills Towers, a baseball game, swimming, and kite flying. Watching old home movies like this one always makes me want to know more about the family. To own a home movie camera and be able to travel during the Great Depression, they must have been fairly well off.

Stealing Home - documentary on Navin Field Grounds Crew

Supposedly coming Summer 2012 is a documentary chronicling the endeavors by a group of folks partial to the history of "The Corner" to keep the former site of Detroit Tigers baseball clean and playable. See the Navin Field Grounds Crew facebook page for more information.

SPECIAL BONUS!

Here is a sneak peak at our ode to Tiger Stadium affectionately known as "The Corner" (coming soon!) -

The day KISS came to Cadillac

I can honestly say that I had never heard of this story before today. I was browsing the Detroit Free Press site this morning and came across this article - Movie about when KISS came to Cadillac could film in Michigan. Back in the fall of 1975 at the request of Cadillac's high school assistant football coach, Jim Neff, KISS came to the small northern Michigan city for two legendary days. KISS music was played during the 1974 season to inspire the football team after they started the season 0-2. KISS came into town during the 1975 homecoming week and played a concert at the high school gym and spent two days visiting with the locals before taking off in a helicopter from the football field.

Now, "Cadillac High" has been approved to receive Michigan film incentives to film here in Michigan. The film will be based on the legendary KISS visit for those two October days back in 1975.

Here is a brief documentary piece about the 1975 visit -

Five Fun Things To Do in Michigan This Weekend 2/24-2/26

1. World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships - St. Ignace - 2/20/12-2/26/12
2. Treetops Olympics - Gaylord - 2/23/12 - 2/26/12 - Family fun activities
3. Autorama - Detroit - 2/24/12 - 2/26/12
4. Snowshoe and Ski at Tahquamenon State Park - 2/25/12
5. Winter Snow Scramble - Harrison - 2/26/12

Color brochure of all of the 1958 Ford cars

I love all of the different shapes and colors. Not at all like today's bland homogenized creations. I had my son look at them and I found it amusing that his favorites are the Edsel models and the Ranch Wagons.

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From flickr user x-ray delta one

Saw this at boingboing.net

Fastball Flakes - They're Grrrreat!!

For a limited time you can purchase Justin Verlander's Fastball Flakes at a Meijer store in the Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo areas. 100% of the proceeds go to the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit and to the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Not in any of those markets listed above? Order online at www.plbsports.com where they even have a "Fastball Flakes" t-shirt ($15) or t-shirt and cereal combo ($18) available if you want more than just the standard 2-pack of Fastball Flakes cereal ($10).

I wonder if our local Meijer has any? Otherwise it looks like a Kalamazoo road trip is in my future :).