Clinton Fall Festival in Michigan is an event for people f all ages. Mom and dad, grandma and grandpa and kids at home, everyone can visit and enjoy this festival together. There will be over two hundred and fifty booths for arts and crafts, a car show where almost five hundred cars will be displayed, live music, parade and a lot more fun. You can plan a trip with your friends, family or colleagues. It does not matter who you come with, but this not an event you want to miss.

Inspired by previous year’s success, they are trying to make it even better this year. Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels will perform their old and new hits.

There will be over two hundred booths displaying crafts, all of them are hand made. The crafters take a lot of pride in their work. The near hundred thousand visitors who attend this event, a good number of them are drawn in by these works of art.

There will be lots of fun events for kids. Whispering Pines Animal Kingdom Show will return this year. There will be an adventure centre and mini Pedal Tractor Pull to get the kids involved.

Contact Information
Clinton fall Festival
PO Box 205
Clinton, MI 49236
Phone-(517)459-7396
Email- clintonfallfestival@yahoo.com

Date- September 26-28, 2008

For more information visit- http://www.clintonfallfestival.com/

Tribute Restaurant opened its door to the customers in 1996. It gave fine dining in a luxurious setting a new meaning. It is not only praised for its food and wine, but also for its outstanding service and great attention to smallest of details.

Victor Saroki is the architect of this restaurant. He earned the prestigious Interiors Award for this unique design. It is an exceptional blend of classical elegance and modern elements. The moment someone arrives, the gorgeous but comfortable atmosphere make them feel special. It takes minutes to feel at home. The main level has the dining area and the bar. The kitchen is below where guests can pay a visit and see the experienced and skilled chefs in action.

Over time Tribute received a lot of awards and recognition form its guests and food critics. Best of Award of Excellence, Wine Spectator Magazine Award of Excellence are some of the major ones.

Tribute presents authentic French cuisine with a little American taste. That is a unique combination, hard to find somewhere else. But maybe their wine collection is even more attractive. Over 2800 labels can satisfy the taste of any wine lovers. Wine prices vary from $25 a bottle to $1000 a bottle.
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Contact Information
Tribute Restaurant
31425 West Twelve Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone-(248)848-9393

Hours of Operation
Lunch-Wednesday-Friday- 11:30 AM- 2:00 PM
Dinner- Tuesday-Saturday- 5:30 PM- 10:00PM

For more information visit- http://www.tributerestaurant.com/

GM Renaissance Centre in Detroit is one of the biggest shopping centers in America. It is also one of the well known places fro shopping. It is home of many well known companies in different industries. It is located in front of the Detroit river and has an area of five and a half million square foot. Four thirty nine storied office towers and Detroit Marriot Hotel with over thousand rooms is a part of it.

The GM Wintergarden is a new addition. It has two levels of retail and restaurant space. Other new attractions are the five hundred million redevelopment of GM vehicle showroom and the food court that has room for more than thousand guests.

GM Centre has huge number of retail stores for both products and services, multi storied office buildings, number of restaurants and food court, conference centre, hotel for visitors and lots of entertainment facilities including movie theatre.

If you are here for shopping, you can get almost anything here that you can imagine. Starting from clothing, shoes, jewellery, cosmetics, flowers, tobacco, tailor shop, pharmacy and anything in between you may need.

You have up scale restaurants overseeing the Detroit river, also McDonalds for a quick bite.

In the end, you can catch the latest movie at the Ren Cen 4 Theatre.

Contact information
Customer Service Desk
GM Wintergarden
Phone-(313)567-3126
Hours- Monday- Friday- 9:00 AM- 6:00 PM
Saturday-10:00AM- 6:00 PM

For more information visit- http://www.gmrencen.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

Deadly Intentions is a group that organize scary events, mainly haunted houses. People who frequently visit haunted houses agreed that Deadly Intentions is the best and scariest by a fair margin than any other haunted houses. Their only goal is to scare you to death and they have done it successfully for five seasons.

This is not an event for the faint of heart. Some of the events are for adults only, not suitable for children. There are also events that is for the whole family. They take the old school, in your face approach to scare you. Their show has been so popular that they added more space in the last few years. This year they are increasing space again. They will add some extra hours to their show as well. It seems like people just can’t get enough of their show.

If you plan to visit, try to get there early. Otherwise you might see a long line up. Even if you have to wait in line, expect some unexpected things to happen. There are lots of surprises. There are some regular entertainments as well for the guests waiting in line. There might be people showing fire tricks and dancing. They also give away free goodies.

Contact Information
Deadly Intentions
Michigan
Phone-(248)797-0676

Date
September 26, 27 and 28 (October dates are also available, check website)

Time
Weekdays- 8:00PM-12:00AM
Weekends-8:00PM-1:00AM
Devil’s night-8:00PM-12:00AM
Halloween & November 1st- 8:00PM-1:00AM

Admission
Adults-$14
Children-$8
Specials- $10 for all days in September; group discounts available

For more information visit- http://www.deadlyintentionshaunt.com/

By The Bay is a place where you will find a huge collection of interesting objects, books and arts. It is a nautical art gallery, so the things you find here has to do with ships, sailors and water. They have such a fine collection of books, bells, lamps and home accents that even people who are not very interested in nautical items will find something interesting here. There are so many attractive items, the challenge is to keep your wallet in your pocket.

There are lots of gems in the books section. They have everything from instructional manuals to story books. These can be great gift for kids. They can learn a lot from these books.

They have a wide collection of clocks. You will find the small ones that fit perfectly on your desk, also the exclusive ones that can be a part of the family for generations.

Sailors used bells for official purposes, like shift change etc, also for social purposes like beginning and end of meal time. They have nice and shiny looking bells in their collection. Any of these pieces can add uniqueness to your home or boat.

They have a huge collection to talk about in a small space. You can check it out yourself and get into the buying frenzy.

Contact Information
By The Bay Nautical Fine Art Gallery
172 E Main Street
Harbor Springs, Michigan 49740
Phone-(231)526-3964
(888)676-7577
Email- biotherapy@bythebay.com

Store Hours- Tuesday-Saturday- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

For more information visit- http://www.bythebay.com/

Black Lake Golf Club is to the southeast of Black Lake, one of the biggest lakes of Michigan. It has an area of over one thousand acres. It is a championship standard course. When it was built, it was designed to be environmentally friendly.

This is a natural golf course. There is no fancy or clever invention involved. He length of the holes vary from thirty four to over hundred and fifteen yards. The smaller size is very attractive for juniors, new golfers and families. They can play their short games in a real beautiful green golf course.

There are some fantastic and challenging holes here as well. These are the features of this club. Over five hundred yards long hole six takes the lake into account. It makes the game risky. But the reward is also great if you can get the shots right. Any miss hit or left side shots are more likely to land in the water. The second shot requires you to avoid the bunkers. If you can make it, you can approach the green without the fear of the bunkers or the water.

Besides this wonderful course, the club is a complete entertainment facility. It has a gym with basketball course, indoor pool, table tennis, pool table, sauna and walking and biking trails.

Contact information-

Black Lake Golf Club
2800 Maxon Rd
Onaway, MI 49765
Phone-(989)733-7139

For more information visit here

Ever thought you can win some gold! You can literally win gold at Little River Casino in Manistee Michigan. They are having a diamond and gold giveaway event this September. It is happening every Thursday and Friday. At six, seven and eight in the evening one lucky person is winning an ounce of gold. Every Friday ten at night a loose cut diamond with five hundred dollars of cash goes to one lucky person. If this is not exciting, I don’t know what is. This casino clearly goes the extra mile to make a visit worthwhile.

They have over thirteen hundred slot machines with the chance of winning millions of dollars and a lot of fun. For table games they have black jack, craps, Caribbean stud poker, crazy for poker, let it ride bonus and of course roulette along with many others.

They arrange live events to give you a break from all the gambling and prize winnings. The event centre can host over fifteen hundred people. Every month they invite world class performers to entertain the guests. This October they are inviting Josh Turner, Lily Tomlin and Neil Sedaka to name a few.

They have a hotel where you can stay as long as you want and enjoy all the fun.

Contact Information-
Little River Casino Resort
PO Box 417
2700 Orchard Highway
Manistee, Michigan 49660
Phone-(231)723-1535
(888)568-2244
Fax-(231)398-2593

For more information visit here

French food can be rich, tasty and enjoyable. French food is very diverse. They are very passionate about their food and their French meals can very from very basic to exclusive that can take hours to cook and serve. French Gourmet is a French restaurant in Michigan. It can give you the authentic taste of French cuisine. If you are looking for a quick bite and a cup of coffee, this might not be the place for you. You need to have time in your hand and money to spend to enjoy the wide array of tasty meals this restaurant has to offer.

The food choice vary from lavish omelette for breakfast to multi course butter drenched meal. They have wide range of choices for salad, comes with multiple flavours of dressing. You can pick cream Brule or any other delicious dessert of your choice. Even people who are not a fan of desserts can fall for it. You must try the fresh gourmet coffee they have, it is as good as it can get. This is freshly roasted in the store. And the skilful operation of the espresso machine will give you the best beverage possible. If you want some wine or champagne instead, you will find that here as well.

This is a nice place to have some real tasty French food and an upbeat experience.

Address

French Gourmet
23421 Woodward Avenue
Ferndale, MI 48220-1343
Phone- (248)541-1200

WIRX is organizing this one of a kind event to raise money for charity. The event is called Harleys for Hospice. It will a a three day motorcycle ride along the shores of Lake Michigan. The money you spend to enjoy this fun event will all go for a good cause. This can make it very easy for you to pick a summer event. 

Harleys for Hospice is a three day event. You will be riding Harley bikes around Michigan. It include a trip across the Mackinac bridge as well. The ride will start form St. Joseph. Early in the morning there will be a sweet little breakfast and then the journey starts right on time. There will be several points on the way where the crew will stop. These points include Ludington, Port Huron and Bay city.

Anyone can join this ride. In fact the more the merrier. If you are a listener of WIRX or just want to take advantage of the best biking opportunity of the summer with other Harley fans and help some people who really need you, you can check your schedule. No problem if you want to bring your own Harley. With the cold weather right around the corner, this is the perfect time.

Harleys for Hospice
Date- September 18- September 20
Admission- $100 
Contact- Sue Patzer
Phone- (269)925-1111
Fax- (269)925-1011
Email- spatzer@wirx.com

For more information visit here