July/August 2022
Features
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From Heritage Hill to pickleball, we’ve got it all
Somehow, we’re deep into summer 2022. How did that happen?
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Beer City pickle
There’s a sport taking the United States by storm: pickleball.
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Home improvement
Andrew Straatsma said he and his fiancée are among the lucky ones.
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Night out in Grand Rapids
With the beautiful summer evenings making it easy to stay up well past bedtime, options abound for where to spend those “extra” hours.
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Food + Drink
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A new groove
When East Hills favorite Grove, owned by Essence Restaurant Group, reopened this past spring, it was nearly unrecognizable from its former self.
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Slàinte mhath
Scotch can be an intimidating beverage to start exploring, but the iconic drink is fairly accessible with a little bit of knowledge.
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Look + Feel
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The canna biz
Marijuana was once taboo, an illicit drug that still has millions of people behind bars.
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Steely style
Noah Baldwin, a design engineer at Steelcase, spends his days solving puzzles and designing solutions.
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How to: Jump into cannabis
Recreational cannabis legalization is stretching across the United States, including Michigan.
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Art that’s hardly mundane
Jenny Roberts is an artist, poet and Chicago transplant living in West Michigan, whose work examines the subtleties of life.
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Planting an oven in the ground
When friends come to visit Nina Van Harn during decent weather, the first place everyone heads is to the backyard.
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People + Places
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Ocean fresh downtown
Real Seafood Company, 141 Lyon St. NW, opened in late May serving up “contemporary” seafood from across the globe.
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Farm fresh
It’s 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning and Fulton Street Farmers Market is just waking up.
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A city in motion
Rosalynn Bliss has seen numerous changes in her seven years as mayor of Grand Rapids.
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Rapid changes
This spring, a major development along the banks of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids stirred plenty of excitement.
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On key
For 39 years, John Pesano has performed as part of the Schubert Male Chorus.
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