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Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, and George Strait - Live at Texas Stadium.

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I was going through some of the early Snoloha designs, sketches, drafts, biz plans, yada, yada, yada, and thought I’d share one of the first designs for the Snoloha font. This was done probably about 4 years ago. Looking back, am I ever glad I asked Larry to design the current font.

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Check out the Snoloha write up in The Northern Express.

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Thanks to Kim and her gang from Bill & Paul’s Sporthaus in Grand Rapids for these great shots from their recent Spring Break trip to Steamboat, and for supporting the Snoloha lifestyle!

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Thinking of starting a business? Perhaps you’ve already started. Ever feel a bit stressed-out and overwhelmed?

This article from Entrepreneur.com is worth the read. Don’t let relaxation become an item on your “to-do” list. Easier said than done, but very important, afterall “Success comes from attaining your goals-and relaxation has to be one of them.”

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Just wanted to remind everyone of Chronicles & Commentaries.  We are slowly building this aspect of the website.  If you haven’t had a chance to read some of the entries yet, grab a cup of coffee, throw on a little Marley, and enjoy.  And if you have a travel story you would like to share, let us know!  We’d love to add it to the logbook.

One other reminder - The Snapshots & Scenery winner for this month will be picked on Monday April 16th.  So if you haven’t done so yet, be sure to visit the gallery, register, and upload your “somewhere between the islands and the arctic” photos for a chance to win Snoloha gear.

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Since Mother Nature feels that it should remain winter for a bit longer than we would like, I thought a little Jimmy Buffett lyrics were appropriate to help remind everyone that Spring and Summer are coming…really, they are! They have to!

Track 5 from the “Banana Wind” album:

Holiday

“The weather channel girl with her perfect weather curl
Is talking “Cold, cold, cold”
You can’t get out of bed
You can’t remember what you’ve said
You’re feeling old, old, old

Is it a fever or depression, anger or aggression
What’s the remedy?
We’re not talking rocket science
The answer to your question’s
Very plain to see

You need a holiday, take a holiday
Find a far-off wonderland
Where you might regain command of your life today
Take a holiday, you need a holiday
Grab a pack and hit the trail
Take a sail and wind up in some moonlit bay

You’re caught in the Internet
You think it’s such a great asset
You’re wrong , wrong, wrong
All that fiber optic gear
Still cannot take away the fear
Like and island song

Disregard confession, stop trying to make impressions
On your corporate climb
It might come as quite a shock
But you can’t really own that rock
It’s just a waste of time.

So, take a holiday, take a holiday
Find a place to find yourself
Take your life sown off that shelf
Quit acting so blase
Take a holiday, you need a holiday
grab a pack and hit the trail
Take a sail and wind on some moonlit bay”

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It’s April. It’s Spring. It’s Baseball season.

It’s Winter out!

Check out the poor barstools and tiki bar this morning out on the “Snoloha Patio & Grille”.

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I’d like to welcome Don Orr Ski ‘n Beach Haus of Traverse City to the growing list of Snoloha retailers.

Don Orr is conveniently located across from the East Bay Beach at the base of East Grand Traverse Bay, and just west of the State Park and the many hotels and restaurants along US-31 leading into downtown Traverse City.

Be sure to stop in this summer!

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Somewhere between the war in Iraq, Anna Nicole-Smith, and Democrats versus Bush, hopefully you have heard of the passing of the former Grambling State head football coach, Eddie Robinson. He was an amazing human-being who touched many in his life and I thought this short editorial from the Chicago Tribune needed to be shared. Though sad that he has passed, his passion for life and how he’ll be remembered is uplifting.

“A partial list of those who addressed the Notre Dame football team during Bob Davie’s tenure as head coach (1997-2001) includes newsman Ted Koppel, basketball coach Rick Pitino, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and former President Gerald Ford. But not even the former commander-in-chief commanded the attention of the young men in quite the same way as Eddie Robinson, the former Grambling State University coach who died Tuesday at 88.

When Robinson addressed the Notre Dame team in 1999, the day before they started their season by playing in the Eddie Robinson Classic, he acted as though the honor was all his.

“He was humble beyond humble. It was an honor for him to get up and talk to those players,” Davie recalled. “It really was all about the players. There was a unique bond.”

The soft-spoken Robinson held them spellbound. And when he finished they clamored to shake his hand.

Robinson won 408 games in a 57-year college career that began in 1941 at the Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institute, the school that became Grambling. He squired young black men into college at a time when they were unwelcome elsewhere. He sent the first player from an all-black college to the NFL. He tutored future Hall of Famers and a future Super Bowl MVP.

And yet, for all that, when he met someone for the first time, he believed the honor was all his.

It’s a fine way to go through life.”

It’s a fine way to go through life. Did you find yourself smiling as you read that last line?

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