MEIJER BRINGS GRAND HOTEL TO MARKETS THROUGH JULY.(Living)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: April 11, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Joyce Rosencrans, Post food editor

The world's largest "summer-only" hotel is the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, a Michigan getaway where no cars are allowed, only horses and bicycles.

Opened in 1887, the Grand Hotel seems larger than the White House as one climbs to the 660-foot columned porch where white rocking chairs overlook blue, choppy water and a sea of red geraniums (5,200) by midsummer. The last time I dined at the Grand Hotel, tourists were being charged to step foot on this famous porch because curious lookers were outnumbering and inconveniencing ...

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