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Water levels on Lake Michigan are forecast to remain high as summer turns to fall and the year’s most severe storms approach. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said that despite some seasonal decline in water levels, the impacts of storms this fall are expected to be as severe or worse than fall 2019. “The Corps of Engineers urges anyone impacted by high water levels last fall to prepare for similar or worse impacts in the coming months,� said John Allis, chief of the Detroit District Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office. The combination of severe storms and high water is expected to bring coastal flooding and erosion, Allis said. Lake Michigan-Huron and Lake St. Clair set new monthly mean record high water levels in August. Lake Michigan-Huron’s previous August record was in 1986. Lake St. Clair surpassed last year’s record high. Since peaking in August, water levels have declined and are expected to continue to decline into winter.
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Touchless retail and food service are all the rage these pandemic days, so we’re toasting northern Michigan’s own Kevin Spagnuolo, who acted quickly this spring and started Menus Today, which lets diners safely and quickly scan a code and view realtime restaurant menus right on their smartphones — and lets restaurant operators save on printing and make instant updates to their menus. Spagnuolo tells us the virtual menus increase draft beer and cocktail sales, and he has plenty of local clients to prove it, including The Cooks’ House, The Parlor, Rove Estate, and several national players like 91 Dave & Buster’s locations. More info at menus.today.
FALL DENNOS EXHIBITIONS: MICHIGAN ARTISTS & ARCHITECTURE The Dennos Museum Center’s fall exhibitions will open Tues., Sept. 22 and run through Jan. 31. “Michigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy� (photo 1) celebrates Michigan’s architectural design history from 1928 – 2012. It features more than 50 photographs by James Haefner. Pictured is the pottery studio at the Okerstrom Fine Arts Building, NMC. “Mathias J. Alten: An Artist at the Turn of the Century� (photo 2) portrays the life and career of German-born American artist Mathias Joseph Alten who immigrated to the United States in 1889 at the age of 17. Alten’s family settled in Grand Rapids, a premier furniture-manufacturing center and desired location for immigrants in the late-nineteenth century. Explore Alten’s works of art, historic photographs and personal artifacts drawn from the collection at Grand Valley State University. Pictured is Alten’s Self Portrait, Myself at 66.
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bottoms up Burritt’s Spanish Wine Sale/Luzón Colección 8 Meses Stocking up on wine for the holidays, or just hunting for the best deal you can find? Don’t miss out on the fall Spanish wine sale at Traverse City’s Burritt’s Fresh Markets (509 W Front St). Burritt’s holds two wine sales each year, offering direct import pricing on a variety of wines. This fall’s sale spotlights eight different Spanish wines from the portfolio of Aviva Vino, one of the oldest and most well-known American distributors of Spanish wine. We tried the Luzón Colección 8 Meses, a red wine made from the Garnacha Tintorera grape and aged for eight months in French and American oak barrels. Midnight red in hue, relatively high in alcohol content, and featuring a lush character with flavor notes of chocolate, coffee, oak, and dark fruit, the 8 Meses is the type of full-bodied red that is built for cold weather and rich, wintry food pairings. It’s also a great deal: typically priced at $13.29 for a bottle, the 8 Meses is currently going for $108.75 for a 12-bottle case at Burritt’s. Do note that, for this year’s fall wine sale, Burritt’s is only offering case sales – no bottle sales. Learn more about the sale by calling 231-946-3300.
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