Restaurant Review: Sushi Blue
Sushi Blue offers a wide assortment of Japanese/American cuisine, including everything from unadon to cheesecake. Decorated with bamboo, blue lighting, Japanese artwork and lanterns, this sushi restaurant is comfortable and accessible to everyone in the Lansing area. Sushi Blue can be found right off of South Cedar, just past Edgewood Boulevard , in Lansing. Appetizers The...
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Heather Strang: A Jane of All Trades
It has been a unique journey filled with competition, travel and self-discovery that led Jackson National Life Insurance Company Vice President Heather Strang to where she is today. Valued personally and professionally by her coworkers, Strang seems perfectly at home in Jackson’s impressive headquarters building in Lansing. But one must not be fooled by...
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Local Women: Michelle Gross
Looking Forward to Fashion One of the youngest, most fashionable boutiques in East Lansing is owned by Michelle Gross, which is fitting, as she is a recent MSU grad, and, well, quite young and fashionable. Jeanologie, located at 303 M.A.C. Avenue, opened this summer with a warm reception. The store boasts today’s top fashions and designer names at various...
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Local Women: Tammy Reed
Serving Up Success Tammy Reed grew up in Farmington Hills, but felt much more at home when she and her family moved to Lansing in 1985. “I like the people here better,” she said. “They’re calmer, happier and laid back. It’s an easy-going town.” Having enjoyed working in food service most of her life, Reed found it quite natural when she, her husband...
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Tri-County Parks and Trails
Adventures in Your Backyard Summer is, among other things, a chance for adventure. With the sun high and the weather warm, parks and trails in the tri-county area are opportunities just waiting to be seized. Parks across Eaton, Clinton and Ingham counties offer adventures in your own backyard. Chances to explore, learn about the history and experience what...
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Educational Excellence: Freya Rivers
Freya Rivers began her 25 year teaching career in Louisiana in 1971 before becoming a principal in her last nine years as an educator. Within that time, Rivers worked in several schools across the country, with a desire to implant a better curriculum and turn suffering schools around . She has been quite successful. One of Rivers’ greatest personal successes...
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Wonder in the Classroom: Diane Munshaw
Diane Munshaw insists that her kindergarten students keep her young. “How can you not feel great and young when you’re in a room of 25 five-year-olds?” she asked. Growing up in Corning, New York, Munshaw was the oldest of five siblings. She was a constant babysitter, as well as a counselor at a girl’s camp during the summer. “I always knew I wanted...
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Non-Profit Profile: Reach Studio Art Center
Reach Studio Art Center is a non-profit organization located in Lansing’s REO Town, right on S. Washington Ave. and central to three large neighborhoods. Alice Brinkman, executive director, along with the contracted teachers and volunteers working there, are dedicated to making art available to children who would otherwise not have access. Reach is the brainchild...
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Lansing Metro Marinas
When one thinks of Lansing, the first thing that comes to mind may be the Capitol, government, places to eat, big buildings and fun bars … but not for Giselle and Ken Settimo. For the Settimos, Lansing exists on the waterways, and with the recent opening of Lansing Metro Marinas, the husband and wife duo are sharing their version of Lansing with the rest...
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Business Profile: Cork & Bottle Winery
Cork & Bottle Winery co-owners Kathy Leydorf, Phyllis Moore and Nan Holden all have two very important things in common: they have been friends for years and they love wine. Coming into the winery business together from their other professions was a choice made by the group after attending a Taste of Home cooking show in Midland, Michigan. Inspired by...
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A Helping Hand: Barbara Roberts Mason
Barbara Roberts Mason started her long career of helping others as a speech therapist with the Lansing Community School District. At that time, she was the first and only speech therapist that worked exclusively with handicapped and disabled children. She served more than 30 schools. When asked what inspired her to get into this line of work, Mason replied,...
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Life in Harmony: Paulette Hodney
Paulette Hodney was born and raised in Lansing, but since then, she has traveled across the United States, experiencing all this country has to offer. From Los Angeles to Boston, Cincinnati to Denver, Hodney has called many different places home. “All of these places that I lived, I was there to experience the life of the area,” said Hodney. Her favorite...
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