{"id":1241,"date":"2006-09-18T23:48:24","date_gmt":"2006-09-19T03:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2006-09-18T23:48:24","modified_gmt":"2006-09-19T03:48:24","slug":"autumn_in_north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/autumn_in_north\/","title":{"rendered":"autumn in northville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"> <\/span>I just love Northville, Michigan.  Steve and I rented a house there shortly after we were married and have very fond memories of our stay. (eventually we had to buy our first home and as you can tell by the downtown, the houses were a little out of our price range at the time)<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Childrens_theater_4\" alt=\"Childrens_theater_4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/childrens_theater_4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dancing_eye_3\" alt=\"Dancing_eye_3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/dancing_eye_3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">At any rate, we stopped by this charming town recently and I&#8217;d like to share some of my favorite stops with you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One of the most unique attractions is their fabulous <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northvillemarquistheatre.com\/ChildrensShowSchedule.htm\" target=\"_blank\">children&#8217;s theatre<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.&nbsp; It has lots of wonderful history and puts on great features for the whole family to enjoy.&nbsp; Of course there are plenty of shops to peruse including some great clothing stores and one of my favorite shoe stores <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorlas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lorla&#8217;s<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.&nbsp; Some other great stops include <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancingeye.com\/danceye2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing Eye Gallery<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionsstyle.com\/snapshots.html\" target=\"_blank\">Traditions<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stampeddler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Stampeddler<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/stamp_peddler_b_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Stamp_peddler_b_2\" alt=\"Stamp_peddler_b_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/stamp_peddler_b_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black\">After you&#8217;ve worked up an appetite you can stop by Rebecca&#8217;s for a scrumptious lunch (the sweet potato fries are my fav) then get a flavor-full gelato for dessert from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoon.com\/\">American Spoon<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/cider_mill_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Cider_mill_2\" alt=\"Cider_mill_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/cider_mill_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black\">And if you\u2019re lucky enough to visit in the fall, a <a href=\"http:\/\/parmenters.homeip.net\/parmenters\/\">cider mill<\/a> stop is a must.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve been to my share of cider mills and Parmenters has the best fresh cinnamon-sugar donuts around&#8230; and of course their cider is pretty swell too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">This is just a small sampling of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northville.org\/\">Northville&#8217;s<\/a> offerings so I highly recommend you check out this sweet little downtown for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"BACKGROUND: white\">\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/autumn_in_north\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/autumn_in_north\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just love Northville, Michigan. Steve and I rented a house there shortly after we were married and have very fond memories of our stay. (eventually we had to buy our first home and as you can tell by the downtown, the houses were a little out of our price range at the time) At any rate, we stopped by this charming town recently and I&#8217;d like to share some of my favorite stops with you. One of the most unique attractions is their fabulous children&#8217;s theatre.&nbsp; It has lots of wonderful history and puts on great features for the whole family to enjoy.&nbsp; Of course there are plenty of shops to peruse including some great clothing stores and one of my favorite shoe stores Lorla&#8217;s.&nbsp; Some other great stops include Dancing Eye Gallery, Traditions, and The Stampeddler. &nbsp; After you&#8217;ve worked up an appetite you can stop by Rebecca&#8217;s for a scrumptious lunch (the sweet potato fries are my fav) then get a flavor-full gelato for dessert from American Spoon. &nbsp; And if you\u2019re lucky enough to visit in the fall, a cider mill stop is a must.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve been to my share of cider mills and Parmenters has&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/autumn_in_north\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-town"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}