January/February 2023
Features
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Best of the best: Retail
The results of our readers’ survey in the retail category are in.
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Best of the Best: Ways we say I love you
In honor of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, a subsection of our “Best of the best” features various gift ideas for that special someone as well as wedding venues, hotels and more.
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Best of the Best: Arts and Entertainment
Our readers chose the best in arts and entertainment. From live music venues and museums to artists and TV personalities, here are the winners:
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Best of the best: Where we imbibe
Our readers were polled and chose these bars as the best places to imbibe in their favorite beers and/or cocktails:
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Sunseekers
Are gray skies getting you down? This is the first in a series of three articles from Tylee Shay on winter escape destinations:
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Redemption
Given President Biden’s October 6, 2022 address vowing to pardon prisoners incarcerated at the federal level for simple marijuana possession, many have been hopeful friends and family would be released from federal incarceration due to cannabis prohibition, and the war on drugs.
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Best of the best: Ways we stay fit
We polled our readers and they told us the best places for keeping active and fit. Here are the results:
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Sunseekers: Part two
In Sunseekers: Part two, Tylee Shay takes us to Phoenix, one of three sun filled destinations she covered in the latest issue of Grand Rapids Magazine.
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A cannabis connoisseur’s expert review
I smoked, dabbed, and ate a lot of Pharmhouse Wellness’ (Grand Rapids only 100% locally owned cannabis provisioning center) offerings over the last several weeks. Here are my favorites:
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Sunseekers: Part three
Whether you’re looking for nightlife; live shows and casinos, or mountains, camping, and hiking, you can head west and visit Vegas.
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Food + Drink
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Not your father’s Olive’s
I lived around the corner from Olive’s, 2162 Wealthy Street in East Grand Rapids, for years. I love cooking and entertaining in my home, so I didn’t eat there every week, but often enough to know the menu, what I liked and what didn’t suit my taste.
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Look + Feel
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Pet dental care
Dental health is a very important topic, one that I believe isn’t spoken about often enough.
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