There’s an old saying about the relationship between parents and their children, particularly between mother and child. It’s “cut the apron strings,” a metaphor that suggests that an individual is ...

If you’re a regular at Saginaw’s Savoy Bar & Grill, chances are you know Mary Dittmar. You may know she never forgets your drink order. You may know her because she has a habit of generously doling ...

Katee Heath, 77, of Pentwater has a hobby that keeps her tied to the strings of more than 130 aprons — and she loves it. For the past three years she’s been collecting aprons — vintage and new, ...

Aprons, just like mom, grandma, and TV's archetypical housewife June Cleaver wore in the 1950s-1960s, are currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity, to collect and to wear. Marlowe McSparin of ...

“Everyone has an apron story,” says EllynAnne Geisel, an apron archaeologist whose collection and related research are on display in “Apron Memories,” an ongoing exhibit at Doylestown’s Mercer Museum.

They have ties and ribbons, colorful borders and pockets, embroidery and cross-stitch, hand prints and Christmas symbols. A gallery of aprons hangs in Midland's Peel 'N Pare shop in downtown Midland, ...