Serving New Buffalo, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, South Haven, Fennville, Glenn, Douglas, Saugatuck, Holland, Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Muskegon
Lighting the Lake: Beaver Island Lights
Food, Glorious Food: Crock Pot Cooking 
Christmas Trains in Michigan 
The Serenity of Shopping: Mackinaw Kites & Toys 
Christmas Tree Farms
The Fall issue of Recommended Reads reviews:
- Hot Cripple: An Incurable Smart-ass Takes on the Health Care System and Lives to Tell the Tale - Memoir - by Hogan Gorman
- Signs of Life: Finding the Best In Yourself During The Worst Life Has To Offer - Memoir - by Natalie Taylor
- Snowmen At Work - Children's Book - written by Caralyn Buehner and illustrated by Mark Buehner
Winter days are short, so be on the beach at the right time to catch a beautiful southwest Michigan sunset. Like snowflakes, no two are the same. Use our Beaches and Sunset Times pages to make sure you don't miss out.
Don't forget to read the Calendar of Events for December and January. There's always something happening on the lakeshore.
Don't forget to read the Calendar of Events for December and January. There's always something happening on the lakeshore.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Lake Effect Living photographs
are the work and property of Sharon Pisacreta.