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Ain’t Wisconsin Grand?

Brat Fest: Labor Day 2004

September 5, 2004

Our local paper yesterday carried the news that because Hurricane Frances was swirling away off the coast of Florida, the ozone layer was causing haze and pollutants all the way up here, in Wisconsin. The reporter should have done his research. That wasn’t hurricane-induced haze on the horizon. What the reporter was catching drift of [...]

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Christmas in August!

August 13, 2004

And no, I am not referring to the abnormally cold weather that we are having. It’s the Great Taste of the Midwest tomorrow! More than 100 breweries, offering a total of more than 400 beers to taste! I’ll be taking a camera and posting some pictures. And tonight we’re celebrating tomato season by going to [...]

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Sometimes it’s more about the tradition than the food

July 25, 2004

As I was growing up, my family spent many of our weekends at my grandparents home in a suburb of Milwaukee. We’d go and spend the night, and we’d somehow all fit into the old house that had been in my grandmother’s family for a couple of generations. It was always a fun time for [...]

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Wisconsin Leads The Nation Again!

July 7, 2004

I was reading an entertaining blog tonight – Adventures in Cocktails. My eye was drawn to his semi-rant about ordering an Old Fashioned, and the fact that the bartender never seems to get it right. Huh. He’s not from Wisconsin obviously. You see, around here, the state drink is not milk. Oh, no. And while [...]

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Picnic and a Play

July 3, 2004

Every year for the last 12 years we’ve gotten season tickets to American Player’s Theatre, an outdoor, 1150 seat theatre located in Spring Green, WI, situated atop a wooded hill. It was our first foray of the year, as the play that we had been scheduled to see in June was rained out. Last night [...]

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