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a note from the editor

They’re finally here — the J months of summer so anxious-ly awaited through the first half of the year.

Water temps edge above bone-chilling, flowers can be planted with confidence, and those of us with jobs that mean working indoors silent-ly lament sunny days pushing 80.

I speak from experience on the last of that list, but that makes outdoors time all the better, too. One of my fa-vorite activities is to grab some food and head toward a waterside spot for a meal — or in a crunch, find a seat in a park downtown for a weekday lunch break.

For those who share the passion, we have a guide to the top picnic spots in the area — and to accompany it, two recipes perfect for a make-and-take

meal as well as some swag to pack it in.We also paid a visit to two cottages.

One, on Walloon Lake, offers a simple, easy and upscale style. In the other cottage, we focused on two rooms — the living and dining — which have been updated in the past year but re-member their roots.

Finally, we looked at the job of a landscape architect, and learned plants are just a small portion of the work.

And now, I think it’s time to get out-side and enjoy.

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A classic wicker basket with a large insulated interior for food and drinks, with wine glasses, wooden cutting board and knife. Available at Th e Basket Shop in Petoskey.

A tisket, a tasketA perfect picnic basket

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A colorful cordura nylon picnic back-pack. Complete dining service for two with a large storage compart-ment. Available at Th e Basket Shop in Petoskey.

A classic Yogi Bear style “Piccadilly” double lid willow picnic basket with service for two. Available at Meyer Ace Hardware in Petoskey.

1A wicker picnic barrel picnic basket with wine and cheese service and room enough for two bottles of wine. Available for purchase in Boyne City at CindiFranco’s Cool Stuff . You can also rent one from Lake Street Market complete with a custom lunch and drinks.

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TASTE

Summertime is a

time for eating

outdoors.

And for that,

nothing quite beats a

picnic, be it on a beach,

in a lakeside park or

even just the backyard.

Karen Williams, chef/

proprietor of Galley

Gourmet in Bay Harbor,

shared two recipes that

are easy to transport

for your next outdoor

dining experience.

Easy to make, easy to takeBy Maggie Peterson

Photography courtesy Karen Williams


Tuscan Bread Salad with Grilled Pork Tenderloin

“The salad can be put together ahead of time with the vinaigrette drizzled on before eating. The pork tenderloin eats very well at room temperature. ... Plus, the flavors, basil, garlic, rosemary really epitomize the best of summer cooking.”For the pork tenderloin: 2 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, cleaned of sinew 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped 6 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

For the bread: 8 slices rustic Italian bread 1/2 cup olive oil 2 teaspoons garlic, crushed

For the vinaigrette: 1 teaspoon garlic, minced 3 flat anchovies, minced 1 tablespoon capers, rough chopped 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon salt

For the salad: 3 Roma tomatoes, sliced 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced 1 cup red onion, finely sliced 8 cups mixture of arugula, radicchio and mixed

baby greens1 cup fresh basil leaves, rough chopped1 zucchini, sliced fineSalt and pepper to tasteAged pecorino or good quality Parmesan, grated or shaved

DIRECTIoNS:

For the pork tenderloin: Brush the pork tenderloin with the olive oil. Season it well with salt and pepper. Combine the rosemary, thyme, garlic, Dijon mustard and balsamic vinegar into a thick paste. Spread it over the tenderloin. Grill the tenderloin over medium coals, turning about every 3 minutes for about 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 150 degrees.

For the bread: Mix the olive oil and garlic together in a bowl. Brush the bread slices with the olive oil, and grill or broil until toasted. Cut the bread slices into thirds.

For the vinaigrette: Mix together all of the ingredients for the vinaigrette until well combined.

For the salad: In a large bowl or platter arrange the mixed greens, arugula, radicchio, basil leaves, zucchini, onion, cucumber and tomato slices with the grilled bread. Sprinkle the vinaigrette over the salad and garnish with shaved aged pecorino or grated Parmesan. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.Serves 8.

Lemon Ricotta Cake

“The cake is moist, but not too fragile, and serves up great with just some fresh berries for a light finish to a great summer picnic.”

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6 ounces butter1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese1 1/2 cups sugar3 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract3 lemons, zested2 tablespoons lemon juice1 1/2 cups cake flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon saltPowdered sugar for dusting

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ricotta until light and fluffy.In a separate bowl combine the dry

ingredients.With the mixer running add the eggs

one at a time until fully incorporated. Add the vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice.

Add the dry ingredients one third at a time scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.

Pour the batter into a 9-by-5-by-3-inch greased loaf pan.

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There may be nothing more iconic to Northern Michigan summers than a picnic.Checked tablecloths are optional, but taking the opportunity to enjoy a meal in the great outdoors isn’t

— especially for a season so fleeting.These are some of the most favored in the area — by chambers of commerce, the public and us.

VIEWS oF THE bAy

Two Petoskey parks offer sweeping views of Little Traverse Bay — Bayfront Park and Sunset Park

Bayfront spans a length of Little Traverse Bay, but one spot in particular is a favorite — the waterfall area.

At this location, diners are nearly surround-ed by water. To one side is the waterfall, trick-ling from above into a rivulet below. To the other side is Little Traverse Bay, a spectrum of blues if the weather’s sunny. The area is away from the entrance to the park but close to park-ing, with several picnic tables.

Almost directly vertical is Sunset Park, ac-cessible off U.S. 31. It’s nice anytime, but earned its name for its day’s end views. The park is perched about 30 feet above Bayfront Park and the water, for a bird’s-eye view.

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serve is you can work off lunch calories before you eat them on your way to a hilltop picnic.

The Boyne City location features a giant hill with viewing platforms on top, but to get there means one of two things. Stairs or path?

The stairs — 462 to be exact — are more di-rect, but the path winds through woods.

Either way you walk it, the view is worth it — Lake Charlevoix and for-ested landscape as far as the eye can see.

LAkESIDETwo locales in Charlevoix are loved

for lakefront picnics.The first is Michigan Beach, named

for the lake that borders it. It’s popular at sunset, but also for Petoskey stone hunting; a covered pavilion lends a bit of shelter on less than ideal days.

The other spot is Mount McSauba. Settle in among the dunes for a rustic waterfront picnic.

SWEET SECLuSIoNSturgeon Bay’s beauty is underscored

by its seclusion.Edged by Wilderness State Park, this

length of sand is a favorite — but fa-vored does not equal crowded.

And that’s because it’s so big, there’s

always a corner to call your own.Adventure also comes in the drive

there; entrance is through Wilderness, or just continue up the Tunnel of Trees, past Cross Village, until you see the dunes.

DoWNToWN DININGHarbor Springs is not short on wa-

terfront dining.That’s because the city places more

than 30 picnic tables, some handicap accessible, along the stretch from Zoll Street to Zorn Park. Benches also share the less than one-mile stretch.

These seats are favorites to enjoy to-go meals for those spending a day in Harbor.

For those picking up lunch or din-ner in Petoskey, there’s Pennsylvania Park right in heart of downtown. Picnic tables can be at a premium when the weather’s just right or there’s a concert

The perfect picnic placeGO

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in the park, but feel free to spread out a blanket.

Similar is East Park in Charlevoix, which abuts the harbor. During summer weeks, tables fill with those taking their lunch break or families on vacation.

FoR A LARGER CRoWDIf your Petoskey picnic requires more

than a table or two, a host of shelters are here.

Not only is there one at Festival Place near Bayfront Park, but Mineral Well Park has its own just across the street. Then, there are two in the Bear River Val-ley Recreation Area — one larger right next to the river near Lake Street, and the other smaller and more secluded near Branch Street.

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Cottage lifeon Walloon Lake

By Maggie Peterson • Photography by G. Randall Goss

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The Atchisons came to Northern Michi-gan as many others do — at the invita-tion of friends.

That was in 1990, and it was also the first time Laura

and Dave had been to Walloon Lake. In 2009, they spent their first summer in their own cottage on the same lake.

“We decided we liked the intimacy of Walloon,” Laura noted of when the pair began to think about purchasing prop-erty here. “ … This lot was one that we passed many times and it suddenly became available, and we jumped on in it.”

The spot had several pros for the couple, including the lake-side positioning, and the value and beauty of the sunset view.

Another boon was being able to build a home from start to finish.

“We’ve both been very inter-ested in design and architecture,” Dave said. But, he noted, having interest and a knack for home im-provement is different than build-ing a house.

They interviewed a few con-struction firms and decided on North Star Builders Inc. of Petoskey. Owner and builder Doug Houlmont and architect Mike Pattullo teamed to design

and construct the cottage. It takes up almost the entire lot, but its presence is not overwhelming.

“It could be a primary residence, it’s of that quality,” Laura noted.

The cottage is a main level and upstairs; a lower level was out of the question because of lake proximity and the fact that under the home, a stream runs, Houlmont said.

The main level feels airy; in-stead of full walls separating the

living room, dining area and kitchen, there are half walls and large, square, stately pillars.

The kitchen is awash in white (even the granite is a part of it with the name Super White). A win-dow gives natural light, and over the bar and through the living room is a view of the water.

In the same area are two spaces built

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into the space below the stairs. The first is a wet bar, with beadboard on the back wall and the same granite as the kitchen counters. And next to it, through a door, is a deluxe pantry. With a window, floor to ceiling shelves and a counter, there’s plenty of room and access for easy meal prep.

The living room is marked by a large, curved window with a seat underneath and built-in bookshelves on either side. Houlmont said the curves are a signature design by the architect, and here they add a layer of style. Large stuffed chairs and

a sofa are clustered around a coffee table and fireplace for easy conversation. The tray ceiling stands at 10 feet instead of the 9 elsewhere, and the inset is done in beadboard.

Because of this height difference, the master suite directly above the living room had to be raised. Two risers lead to the master from the rest of the upstairs, and a few steps down a short corridor re-veals the room. It’s in yellow, a pale shade that offsets the blue of the water. Because if this room has one thing, it’s water views.

The lakeside wall, being right above the living room, is also curved. It is also mostly windows from floor to ceiling. An

eyebrow window sits at the top, with a barrel ceiling extending over the room.

Connecting the cottage rooms is color. It is a sea of greens, blues, browns and white, mirroring the lake outside and the sky above it. The scheme was suggested by Noni Pace, owner/designer with Pace Interiors of Petoskey. Laura said, in thinking about paint, Pace’s guidance helped answer the overwhelming ques-tion — “Oh, wow, where do I start?”

“We’ve done things piece by piece but never the whole house, and (we’ve) never had the opportunity to have it go so well,” she noted.

The Atchisons’ list of what they like

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about the cottage is long — the eye-brow windows, the curved bookcases and window seat in the living room, the staircase, the mudroom right off the garage. It’s the place they enjoy spending their time, and that senti-ment has spread to their two children, family and friends — much as it was to them more than 20 years ago.

“We make efforts to include family and friends for a time up there with us,” Dave said.

Added Laura, “Every time I walk in the house, I’m just so excited to be there — to be on the lake, definitely, but to be in the house.”

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This resort home says a cottage doesn’t have to be rusticBy Maggie Peterson • Photography by G. Randall Goss

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This Wequetonsing cottage is the essence of chic.

It has been an evolution of years, as Carrie Blanck, owner and designer with Tres Belle Interior Design in Harbor Springs, has worked her way through,

changing a room or two per year at the owner’s request.

And for this season, the focus was on the dining and living rooms.

The cottage has been in the family for more than 90 years, since its pur-chase in 1920; the cottage was built in 1890. The owner wanted to keep the room colors the same, along with much of the furniture, but it needed an update.

The dining room furniture is all from the house, but had seen the wear that comes with decades of use. The table, which comfortably seats 10, had lines and scratches in it. The owner wanted the color to be as close to the original as possible, which was a green flecked and antiqued with brown.

Faux painter Dannielle Ottimer of Harbor Springs was brought in to bring a new finish to the old look.

The cottage has been in the family for more than 90 years, since its purchase in

1920; the cottage was built in 1890.

The built-in server


She also spruced up two side tables in the room, and took a ‘60s-era buffet into the present. For that piece, which sits under large win-dows, she incorporated elements of the draperies’ Jane Shelton fab-ric pattern into the door faces.

Another standout element in the room is a server built right in to the wall. Originally used to pass serving dishes from the kitchen to the dining room, it now works as a cabinet for china and glassware.

Blanck said because the dining room and living room are so open to each other, she wanted to con-tinue the color scheme from one to the other. The custom-matched trim paint, along with walls in Benjamin Moore Prescott Green and ceiling in Benjamin Moore Marble White, carry through both rooms.

Much of the living room seating is new, and what isn’t was reup-holstered. While most feature cool greens and blues, there are pops of coral in the fabric on the chairs.

“It gives it a little lift, punches it up a little bit,” Blanck said. HL

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Carrie Blanck at Tres Belle Interiors in Harbor Springs guided fabric choices in the living room. All pictured are in Thibaut, but for the cocktail ottoman in Lee Jofa and the sheer draperies in B. Berger.

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Called “Grandfather’s chair,” as it was the favorite of the owner’s grandfather, this piece was reupholstered in Thibaut fabric to tie in with the rest of the living room scheme.

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OUTDOORS

From the ground upPlanning your outdoor space

By Maggie Peterson • File photography by G. Randall Goss

Landscape architecture is about far more than greenery.

“(People) automatically think plants, right? It’s about more than plants,” said Maureen Parker, own-

er/landscape architect of Common Ground Landscapes in Boyne City.

In fact, she often refers to plants as the ic-ing on the cake.

Parker studied at Michigan State Univer-sity for her bachelor’s in landscape architec-ture, and her experience centers on high-end residential landscape architecture, just one segment of the field.

She said the job is mostly about site plan-ning and coordination, especially if she’s brought in at the start of a project.

It begins with a topographical survey by a licensed surveyor, then a geotechnical report by a licensed geotechnical engineer. The lat-ter takes soil borings from various spots on the property, and this is added to the land survey.

It’s an important first step, Parker noted. For example, if there are areas flagged as wet-lands, that requires a special permit before any construction takes place.

All of this information is processed into a site plan, which is CAD-crafted by the land-scape architect. Parker said siting the home on the lot is the biggest element of this.

“You can’t change where your house is af-ter it’s built,” she noted.

Additionally, in talking with the client,

Parker begins to think about how to incor-porate certain features. For example, if the client does not want gutters, that changes the infrastructure, layout and design of gar-den beds that hang below the eaves.

Once the site plan is finalized, it is shared with the client and other players on the proj-ect team — the builder, the architect, the landscape contractor, the excavator.

“When we work as a team from the start,

I believe you get a better project in the long run,” Parker noted.

It’s then on to the permitting and utili-ties phase, handled by the general contrac-tor. Permits include ones from the health department, zoning, building, soil erosion, department of environmental quality and the Army Corps of Engineers. Parker said 95 percent of her work in on the waterfront, the last two permits are especially important


The American Society of Landscape Architects defines landscape architect and landscape architecture as the following:Landscape architect: A professional who designs, plans and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer, planner, consultant. Not to be confused with landscapers, landscape contractors or nurserymen.Landscape architecture: The science and art of design, planning, management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements, cultural and scientific knowledge, and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting environment serves a useful and enjoyable purpose. Successful landscape architecture maximizes use of the land, adds value to a project and minimizes costs, all with minimum disruption to nature.

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for construction projects there.Excavating takes place throughout

the project, and can be surprising — those surveys only go so far.

“You never really know what you’re going to get into when you’re moving earth,” Parker noted, saying there can be springs or clay layers in the ground. “ ... That’s tough stuff. That’s unforeseen circumstances.”

And so plans are teased as need-ed, and Parker guides them to com-pletion.

“It’s their house. I really think it’s important not to impose my ideas. ... I like the client’s input,” she said. HL

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