Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has some interesting connections to West Michigan, and specifically, some content that this very blog has covered! According to Wood TV 8, Pope Leo attended the St. Augustine Seminary in Laketown Township , between Holland and Saugatuck. Where have we heard that name before? Oh yeah, it's Felt Mansion ! After inventor Dorr E. Felt passed away, the property was sold to the Archdiocese Of Chicago, where it was converted to a boarding school in 1962, before closing down in 1977 and being sold to the State Of Michigan to become a minimum-security prison complex.
The good: My top post (by page views) in 2024 was the review comparing Chocolate Payday to Baby Ruth . Odd because I honestly forgot about writing that one. And, I spent a LOT of time promoting other posts on various Discord servers and on BluSky . Speaking of BluSky, I've gotten consistently more hits from links on that site than I ever did from Instagram or from Twitter. Give me a follow if you haven't already! https://bsky.app/profile/tulipcitydispatch.bsky.social Got to meet a few Instagram followers in real life, which was kinda cool I've been hitting up bookstores a little more, and have acquired a few local history books that I hope to dive into Doeb's Pizza has really come into their own this year. I always knew they had a lot of good potential, and they're absolutely hitting it on all cylinders I've recently discovered the deli/sandwich shop inside Ryke's Bakery and it's amazing. There's high competition with Electric Hero f...