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Back by popular demand, Northern Express will publish its fourth annual “Now Hiring” special section in the upcoming May 17 issue. If your business is looking to hire, you can feature a help wanted ad — free! — if you get us the information by Wednesday, May 5.

The section, sponsored by Hagerty, will showcase hundreds of available jobs and be seen by 100,000 readers across 13 counties in northwest Lower Michigan. The listings will include full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions in professional, retail/restaurant, healthcare, construction, and more.

To list a job free, visit www.northernexpress.com/jobs. To learn more about making a bigger splash with a paid display ad in this special section, email us at info@northernexpress.com

Find Hidden Money in TC!

Ready to sniff out some cold, hard, er … gift certificates? Head to downtown Traverse City April 21–25, when 100 envelopes containing downtown TC gift certificates will be hidden inside downtown businesses every single day. The “Make It Rain” event — designed to celebrate Honor Bank’s new Commercial Lending Center at 415 E. Front St. in downtown Traverse City, will hide $5,000 worth of certificates. Lucky finders are encouraged to post a photo on social media with the #makeitrainTC hashtag, tagging the business location, Honor Bank, and downtown TC. More info and a list of participating businesses will be posted at www.myhonorbank.com/rain by April 21.

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Stuff we love Virtual Inspiration for Home Design Addicts

Perhaps not surprisingly, COVID-19 restrictions forced cancellation of the Grand Traverse Area’s Home Builders Association’s Home Expo last week. Somewhat more shocking, the Home Builders Association of Northern Michigan also canceled its annual home and outdoor living show, which was set to take place online from April 16 to May 8. If you’re as bummed as us, you can still get your northern home design fix with some in-person browsing or online feeds we frequent(ly drool over): • The Quiet Moose: A photo-rich and thoughtful design blog lives on the website of this full-service interior design studio and furniture store in Petoskey. If monthly posts aren’t enough, however, you’ll find daily posts featuring home-styling vignettes, new and on-sale pieces, and loads of links on the shop’s Instagram page (pictured above). www. quietmoose.com. • Betsie Bay Furniture: We love the website’s portfolio page and the shop’s Instgram feed, but it’s the Facebook page we follow to find the news we love most: sales and special deals. www.betsiebayfurniture.com • Nest of Grand Traverse: Not only can you shop the breadth of the Traverse City’s store’s wares online, by department, you can also live out your voyeuristic design dreams in Nest’s online design portfolio, which lets you peek inside homes across Northern Michigan (and even Hawaii) that have used Nest’s interior design services. www.nestofgrandtraverse.com

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Crooked Tree Breadworks’ Cheddar Scallion Scone

We tend to think of scones as dry, dense, not-very-sweet triangular blocks that are made moist and most palatable when served, as the Brits do, under a pile of clotted cream, or, as Americans do, dipped in coffee.

Then we tried Crooked Tree Breadworks’ Cheddar Scallion Scone. And our appreciation for the lowly doughy accompaniment said to be invented by the Scots (who knew?) rose like a wedding cake.

Picture, if you will: a buttery (so, so buttery) dough studded with fresh scallions and aged sharp white cheddar cheese, bubbled and toasted by the oven’s heat, with golden, crackly bits that rivals the best southern biscuit you’ve ever eaten.

We can attest one is amazing all by its lonesome — no clotted cream, coffee, or pinkiehigh tea necessary — but slice one of these savory suckers in half and slip an egg and bacon or sausage inside … ? A fully legit breakfast, best accompanied, naturally, by one of Crooked Tree Breadworks’ dessert-worthy scones: Apple Streusel, or White Chocolate Cherry, or Currant Orange. $4.35 each, available at its bakery inside the Clock Tower Plaza at 2264 M-119 or shipped; order at www.breadworks.com. Northern Express Weekly • april 12, 2021 • 5