If you seek a glass of wine...

     Main Street, Paw Paw, Michigan, 1906, (note electric utility and telephone poles).  

Paw Paw is the County Seat of Van Buren County.  This beautiful region is often referred to as

"Michigan's Fruit Basket", and is replete with roadside produce stands in the summer and fall.

Grapes have been grown in this area since the 1860s.  Paw Paw is home to the oldest winery 

in Michigan-- the St. Julian Wine Company.  The Meconi family from Italy started making wine 

in the "new world" in 1921, and established the company in 1936.  St. Julian's is one of the 40 

largest wineries in the United States. 

                                            

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                                                      www.pawpaw.net

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If you seek a water wonderland...

                                       GREETINGS FROM WEST MICHIGAN
                                               (Postcard folio from the 1960s)

                   The West Michigan Tourist Association is still based in Grand Rapids:

                                                           www.wmta.org
                    
                     Blogging is possible only when our computers are in running order!
                     If you seek a good computer repair place, specializing in Apple,
                     Circumspice Michigan recommends CompuCraft, also in G.R.:
          

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If you seek a chicken dinner...

    CHICKEN CHARLIE'S, INC.

                                                                Kalamazoo, Michigan  

                                                            Your Host-- Charles Schwarz

                                             One of Michigan's most outstanding restaurants 

                                                       CHICKEN - STEAKS - SEA FOOD

                                                                       Air-Conditioned

                                                   More than an acre of paved parking space 

Sorry!  Restaurant closed.  Chicken Charlie's was a restaurant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that

was popular with families in the 1950s.  It was located on the corner of Whites Road and South 

Westnedge Avenue.

Chicken Charlie's had memorable cole slaw-- sweet, tangy, and very finely shredded.  

The restaurant decor featured "picture windows" that were actually huge blow-up photos of exotic locales such as Cypress Gardens.  They were set into the wood-paneled wall complete with recessed lighting.  Click on the card to enlarge it and you will see one of these windows.

This postcard is a Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card,  c. 1952.  

In case you are waxing nostalgic about some favorite spots in Kalamazoo that are no longer around...

                                               www.vanishedkalamazoo.com 

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If you seek a fishing village...

                                               FISHING DOCKS AT LELAND, MICHIGAN

      Thousands of tourists visit this quaint fishing village at Leland, Michigan every summer.
      Located in Leelanau County, "Fishtown" is a favorite gathering spot for artists from all
      over the country.  Next to the fishing village is a beautiful sand beach on Lake Michigan.

                                                                                                          Color by Phil Balyeat

                      Postcard distributed by The Camera Shop, Traverse City, Michigan

             This postcard was postmarked 1968, sent from Okemos, Michigan to Kalamazoo.

                                                      
                                                             www.lelandmi.com
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