Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup
of Traverse City for the 03/30/2026.
I'm Mike,
and I need to apologize
for the impromptu
week off.
But I'm back,
So let's get to the news.
Traverse City
is very blessed. For those of us that
like good burgers,
we have lots of good burger places,
and,
one of them is
Bergstrom's burgers. Tim Bergstrom
Bergstrom
started it a while back, and
he's, now got some health problems. He's going
through some pretty intense cancer treatment. But on
Saturday, April 11, one of his competitors,
Oakwood Proper Burgers, is doing a fundraiser.
The goal is sell a thousand burgers in
a single day
on April 11,
and
it's,
it's pretty cool. You know? You get a
a competitor that,
that's gonna try to help out. So they,
we're gonna donate all the proceeds,
from the event to, Bergstrom's family for medical
expenses and recovery costs.
Oakwood will open its doors on East 8th
Street
at 8AM, April 11, and keep the challenge
going all day until 10PM.
So
you want a a burger?
Get down
to Oakwood Proper Burgers right there on, 8th
Street.
It's kind of a goofy little building,
and I know a little bit of history
about that goofy little building because I received
my first haircut
in that building.
Used to be Bill's Barber Shop, and and
then in the back half of the building
was
was a beauty salon. So,
that's it's been a couple things. It was
a barbecue
place
for a while, and, then Oakwood moved in
there.
I've not been to Oakwood a whole lot.
I did one time and it was pretty
good,
but I'm sure, you know, that was when
they first opened. So
might be,
might be out outstanding. I don't know. I'm
gonna find out on April 11 because I
will definitely go down there and grab a
couple burgers,
to help out
Tim Bergstrom
Bergstrom.
Anyway
but, yeah, it's quite the
quite the, the thing when, competitors
like that can
can come together.
You know, we've got a couple quite a
few other really good burger places in town.
Of course, Don's driving. Everybody knows Don's. And
and we got,
Slabtown Burgers,
which,
Jeff
just recently sold to
another restaurant group,
another local group. So
congratulations
for to Jeff there for, getting to retire.
And,
then there's Bubba's,
downtown.
Firefly makes a good burger too.
Not their specialty, but really good.
You know, go out to Glen Arbor. You
got arts
and,
and empire. You got,
Joe's Friendly Tavern.
So, you know, we're we've got a lot
of decent burgers around here. So, get out
and enjoy a burger. But on
the April 11
and I'll remind you.
April 11 on Saturday, get over to, 8th
Street
to, Oakwood proper burgers and,
Have a Burger.
Let's see. Weather today.
Mostly sunny. High near 56.
Calm wind becoming north around five miles per
hour, a perfect day to move an airplane.
I I won't go into it.
Today, a chance of showers and thunderstorms before
2AM and then showers likely
and possibly a thunderstorm between
two and five.
So I guess might have a little rumbly
night tonight
and then, chance of showers, thunderstorms after 5AM.
So why don't they just say
chance of showers and thunderstorms
tonight?
Said they used all of that verbiage.
Oh, well, I'm reading this off the National
Weather Service,
seven day.
Mostly cloudy,
also with a with a low around 41.
North wind around five becoming southeast
after midnight.
Chance of precipitation
is 70%.
And tomorrow, chance of showers and thunderstorms,
then showers possibly a thunderstorm after 8AM.
Yeah. We knew that from the overnight.
Pioneer 54 southwest
or southeast wind five to 10 miles per
hour becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance precipitation
is 90%.
So
looks like, today is a really good day
again to move an airplane and,
otherwise,
it's gonna be rainy.
We'll catch you tomorrow.