With a light snow somehow falling this morning, Iron & Wine's "Our Endless Numbered Days" seems more appropriate than usual keeping up residency in the CD player. The follow-up by Samuel Beam to 2002's sparse "The Creek Drank the Cradle," his brooding and enchanting melodies are a guilty pleasure -- a melancholy collection appropriate for the waning days of autumn, but still satisfying in the spring. The current tour stops in New York on June 25th and 26th, Detroit on July 1st and Chicago on July 2nd.

Also, don't forget to get your tickets for the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, which resumes May 3rd after a nearly 25 year hiatus. Although it includes more touristy fare like a "virtual reality theatre experience" about automobile manufacturing along with the tour of the assembly line for the F-150, a chance to peek inside the historic industrial complex should be worth the trip.