a small, somewhat sleepy town in northern michigan that has a lovely mixture of natural beauty, water, and culture
big hills, sand dunes, and lush forests meet the ocean-like expanse and beaches of lake michigan — plus coffee shops, a one-screen movie theater, an easily walkable downtown, a surprising surf culture
I haven't spent a lot of them there, but it begs me to linger whenever I do
Oct 5, 2024
Related Recs
1d ago
✋�
I love going home. I grew up in a tiny jewel of a college town on a lake with an opera house. My mom lives in a prim little rowhouse. I love the summer. I watch the osprey that nest nearby catch water snakes and trout from the lake. I love the fall. I watch the frat boys rollerblade by shirtless, high fiving, ready to party. I love the winter. I go for long walks around the lake and into the cemetery and look at the Civil War graves while it snows. I love the spring. Everyone is so excited the winter is over, they get absolutely wasted. I see old friends from high school—teachers included—and sometimes they compliment me on some piece of writing they came across. Community is great. Townie 4 lyfe.
Jun 14, 2022
wishing to live in a bigger city—to see more people, attend more events, admire more architecture, and, most importantly, to experience a city where a morning stroll isn’t enough to cover the entire center
at the end of the day, home is home—breathtakingly distinctive, with a charm all its own.
Feb 19, 2025
Top Recs from @mattshawsome
🛑
this is worthy of celebration: the lack of video—autoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any video—on pi.fyi is a good thing
Oct 5, 2024
🥾
this is going to hurt — A LOT — but it's getting to the point where there's no other option
Mar 11, 2025