{"id":671,"date":"2008-09-01T23:17:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T23:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=671"},"modified":"2008-09-01T23:17:14","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T23:17:14","slug":"saugatuck-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/saugatuck-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"saugatuck dreamin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve and I escaped to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saugatuckdouglas.com\/\">sweet little Saugatuck<\/a> over Labor Day weekend and took the historic chain ferry over to beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saugatuck.com\/beaches.asp\">Oval Beach<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"S2\" alt=\"S2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"S1\" alt=\"S1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After basking in the sun for a while, we headed back into town and visited a few of my favorite shops including&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"S4\" alt=\"S4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgoods.com\/index.html\">good goods<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"S6\" alt=\"S6\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s6.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/amsterdamofsaugatuck.com\/index.html\">Amsterdam Art &amp; Oddities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"S3\" alt=\"S3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/01\/s3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then we drove by this gem of a cottage that was for sale just a couple blocks from downtown. <\/p>\n<p>Now doesn&#8217;t that have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/shop.htm\">catching fireflies<\/a> written all over it?&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s our dream&#8230; buy a charming place in artsy Saugatuck (3 hours West of Detroit), decorate-it-up catching fireflies style, rent it out to firefly fans like you and maybe eventually also have a seasonal c.f. store in town someday.<\/p>\n<p>After all&#8230; What is life without a dream?&nbsp; <\/p>\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\/2008\/09\/saugatuck-dream\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/saugatuck-dream\/\"><\/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>Steve and I escaped to sweet little Saugatuck over Labor Day weekend and took the historic chain ferry over to beautiful Oval Beach. 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