sinatraman wrote:
I too am a former Michiganian (Go Lions!!!) living in exile in florida missing, elias brothers Big Boy, Jays Potato chips, and fall colors but not snow and ice. Grew up in Big Rapids.
my son's girlfriend is from big rapids, she just got a teaching job downriver, I told her if she stayed living down river we'd be obliged to call her a river rat, thats the endearing name for the down river folks.