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Morgan at work.

14-year-old high school freshman Tommy Morgan has opened his own landscaping business, BUD, BRANCH & BLOSSOM LANDSCAPING, LLC in East Lansing.

Where can you price out vinyl siding, learn how to make Creamy Hazelnut Maytag Vinaigrette with Rosemary & Fresh Ground & Roasted Cardamom, and see a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach? You can do all of those things (and lots more) at The Lansing Home & Garden Show, which opened yesterday and runs through Sunday at MSU’s Pavilion.

St. Patrick’s Day is coming, and there are great ways to celebrate locally without drinking vast quantities of green beer or driving the snakes out of Ireland. All of these are pretty family-friendly (but please don’t give your children Guinness), and half of them are free:

"On Saturdays in the 1970s, my mother and her best friend Joyce were ladies who lunched in East Lansing. If I was lucky, I got to go with them."

In the summer, East Lansing is rife with yard sales and garage sales, and church “jumble sales,” but at this time of year The Salvation Army is the only thrifting venue in town that’s consistently available.

ELi's Ann Nichols reports on the controversy over El Azteco's cheese dip.

"The art on display was more than objects to be admired or purchased. It was work that sprung from the hands of real, live, Michigan artists, some of whom were standing two feet away holding wine glasses."

That little liquor store near El Azteco that’s been there forever.

The question: Any hope of groceries downtown?

If you live in or near downtown—which more and more permanent residents seem to be doing—there are actually a few nearby places you can now walk or bike to get some basic groceries.

The draft options on this pass included stout, cider, a double IPA, wheat ale, hefeweizen, red ale, fruit beer, brown ale, and a porter.

Winter Glow, where you can get granola, honey, pickles, and see your friends, two- and four-legged.

The folks behind the Purple Carrot Truck settle into farm-to-table upscale dining.

An East Lansing classic, promising cold books in the summer, warm ones in the winter.