81 On the Silver Screen

December-January 2008/Volume 29 Issue 6

FEATURES

20

Hard-Water Fishing
by Marty Kovarik
The Lake Superior region warmed early to ice fishing - back about 10,000 years ago probably - and the sport just keeps getting better.

33

A Christmas Story
by Frida Waara
One man’s dream of a toy factory and Disney-esque attractions never came true for Christmas, Michigan, but a hopeful spirit is on the rise.

37

Lake Superior Living
37 Health: Wintertime & the Livin’ is Freezy by Ann Treacy
  You always winterize your home, now area experts tell you how to     prepare your body for a challenging season of dry skin and less sun.
43 Ideal Northern Home: Big Lake, Small Space by Konnie LeMay
  How a Michigan woman brought Lake Superior into a tiny room.
45 Superior Success: Meet a Green ‘Heloise’ by Ann Treacy           
  A Duluth author goes national with a book on Green Housekeeping.
48 Superior Catches: U.P. Ornamental           
  Regional themes to dress up the Christmas tree.

49

Lake Superior Restaurant & Lodging Guide
RL3 Choosing a Good Table Wine   by Konnie LeMay
  Local Wine Spectator award winners reveal the secrets of looking
  smart when buying wine for your table at home or in a restaurant.
RL8 Recipe Box: by Vicki Biggs-Anderson
  The families that own and run The Pie Place in
  Grand Marais, Minnesota, share some great winter recipes.
RL10 The Listings
  More than 110 listings of restaurants and lodgings to
  visit around the entire circle of Lake Superior.

Departments

   4 Letters

   6 Who Are We

   7 Welcome to the Big Lake
      The Things We Do for Winter
      by Konnie LeMay

    8 Kitchi-Gami Almanac
       Lake map & notes, water levels

  10 Around the Circle

  12 Superior Reviews
      Regional Books for Children

  14 Lake Superior Journal
       Traces in the Forest
       by Bob Mackreth

  18 By the Shores
       Northern Lights
       by Brian & Shawn Malone

       LSM Gift Guide

  81 Travel & Events
       Tracking the (Film) Stars
       by Bob Berg

       85 Michigan    86 Minnesota
       89 Ontario      90 Wisconsin

  92 Lake Superior Marketplace

  95 Advertiser Index

  96 View•Point
       Marquette fog & freighters
       by Brian & Shawn Malone

20 Ice Fishing