Little Sable Point Lighthouse

This weekend, Boyfriend and I drove up to Grand Haven again to visit with my sister and her boyfriend. It's so gorgeous up there! I'm hoping someday we will eventually move there. On Friday we ended up taking a short drive up to Shelby, MI to see the Little Sable Point Lighthouse. We all had so much fun! It was located at the end of a dead-end drive of a state park. It was so tall! You could see it over the trees before you even got to it.

There was a total of 130 steps to get to the top. It actually wasn't that bad, it was the getting down part that I didn't want to think about. I'm afraid of heights and all I could think about was falling down all the stairs haha. But we ended up doing just fine. 

The view from the top was gorgeous! We had such perfect weather. I loved that it was in the low 80's all weekend. The breeze at the top was surprisingly warm (I was expecting it to be cold) so we stayed up there for a while just taking it all in and enjoying the view of Lake Michigan.

I hope you enjoyed your weekend! I can't wait to visit more lighthouse around Michigan...there are literally hundreds of them :)

Downtown Ann Arbor

This weekend, most of my time was spent in downtown Ann Arbor. I have never been downtown before and I met a friend in one of my photography classes who knows her way around the city. I met up with her on Saturday after I picked up my camera and we went straight to the farmers market.  I loved seeing the fresh fruits and vegetables along with handmade things from the locals.

I couldn't believe how busy the city was. In most downtown areas the streets are dead but here there were packs and packs of people. I loved it! We had fun walking the streets and seeing new things (well new to me anyways). I didn't even know that there was a Ben & Jerry's store! I'm so going back there sometime to get ice cream!

On Sunday I met up with my friend again but this time Boyfriend came along as well. One of the things that I didn't get to see on Saturday was graffiti alley. I've heard about it before from other classmates but everything's different in real life. It's just covered everywhere with graffiti and there's even this "gum wall" that's covered in gum and has been painted over. The graffiti is always changing so I'd like to go back there again to see what people have done.

We also went back to this place called Zingerman's. It first opened in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1982 and since then it has become one of the country's leading specialty food stores. It's so cute inside! In the front there is a counter where you can purchase your choosing of bread and in the back there is a deli where you can get delirious meats and sandwiches and their shelves are covered with ingredients from all over the world. You can experience everything from corned beef and noodle kugel, to hand-picked Kalamata olives, to hand made croissants and pretty much everything in between.

And just because I don't think I've posted a picture of him before, here is Boyfriend along one of my favorite brick walls in Ann Arbor  : )

Swimming at Vineyard Lake

Sorry I haven't been blogging much lately. It's just been so hot and humid here in Michigan that I don't want to do anything. I've also been busy with school and work. But today boyfriend and I finally went out to Vineyard Lake to go swimming!

It's nothing special but it's one of the better lakes around us and most of the time its not too crowded either.

It was so nice to get out and get some sun. I'm glad that we could actually enjoy the weather after we cooled down. Thursday we are supposed to be getting some rain so that will be nice. It's been in the 80's all this week and I'm not complaining but it wouldn't be so bad if the humidity wasn't so high. Tomorrow it's supposed to be worse : (

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Grand Haven Adventures: Part 3

Before leaving Grand Haven, boyfriend and I headed down to the beach one last time. It's rainy days like these that make me wish I lived up there. Maybe in a couple years I will...

I should also tell you guys that this is my first week back to college so I might not be blogging as much for a couple weeks. On Mondays and Wednesdays I have class from noon to 10pm and it's an hour drive home haha. So not much time left for blogging. Hope you all had a fabulous weekend and were able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather : )

Tulip Time Festival

Sunday, the four of us had an amazing day in downtown Holland for their Tulip Time Festival. I've been wanting to go here for a while now and was so happy that the sun was out so that we could actually enjoy the day. The main reason I wanted to go was so I could see Windmill Island. It was so cute. A little Dutch village, small carousel, conservatory, delicious fudge, and people walking around in wooden shoes!

The best part had to be the windmill. I was so excited to go up and see everything! I didn't know there were so many floors to it though. You could take a tour of the windmill and on each floor they would talk about something new. I think there was six total. I knew it was a working windmill but I didn't know that they actually use it to make flour. It was really interesting to hear about it and how it was brought over here in the 1960's by boat. It originally took 6 years to build it but only 6 months to put it back together in Holland! They actually put roman numerals on some of the boards so it was easier for them.

And of course, the field of tulips was gorgeous as well! There were so many of them : )

These ones were my favorite. Love the mix of purple and light pink : )

Afterward, we headed downtown to see all the cute shops and eat some food. I was so excited when I saw that they had elephant ears! I love those things. It was really busy so we didn't stay long. I definitely want to go back there soon though.

Grand Haven Adventures: Part 2

Today was another gorgeous day in Grand Haven. We woke up nice and early to go to the Tulip Time Festival in Holland (a cute dutch town south of GH) but first we headed over to Five Mile Hill to see the best view of Grand Haven. It's said that standing on top of this hill, on a clear day, you can see for five miles. When I first read about this hill on Tieka's blog, I knew one day I would have to go and see it myself.

We came here the day before and totally forgot to get pictures. And for some reason I went all the down this crazy hill. (In the fist picture, its where the arrow is pointing to.) I wasn't thinking about it while going down the hill but let me tell ya, I totally regretted going all the way down. Because on the climb back up, I thought I was going to die. haha.

the arrow is pointing at where I was before going down the hill

Yeah...never again. But the view from the top was absolutely gorgeous!

Tulip Time Festival post coming tomorrow!

Grand Haven Adventures

This weekend boyfriend and I decided to drive up to Grand Haven, MI to visit my sister and her boyfriend. The first time I came up here there was snow on the ground, so it wasn't much fun. But today was such a gorgeous day, I'm so glad it didn't rain! Boyfriend, my sister, her boyfriend, and I all ventured out to the pier to enjoy the view.

It was a bit windy...and cold...but it was totally worth it. I mean isn't it gorgeous? 

After a nice scouting of the town, we came back home, grilled some hot dogs, then ventured out again and went to Temptations. If you follow Tieka from Selective Potential then you know all about this place. But if you don't, I have to tell you...it was the best ice cream I have ever had in my life. And I'm a avid ice cream eater. All of their ice cream is homemade and it just tastes so yummy! It was a hard decision but I ended up getting their peanut butter cup ice cream in a waffle cone. If you are ever in Grand Haven you have to go there : )