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Blog name: one step closer
Location: Milwaukee
About me: http://laurafern.wordpress.com

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Recent blog entries
 
 Travel & Visitors Guide - May 11, 2008
 Looking ahead in West Texas
  Almost two years ago my husband and I found out that his immigrant visa interview had been scheduled at the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the border with El Paso, Texas. We had been waiting for the interview for more than a year, so we were excited, but also terrified. My...
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 Travel & Visitors Guide - May 8, 2008
 cooking adventures
 On those days when I wish I could abandon responsibility for life as a vagabond, cooking international food helps me focus my energies on something productive, and hopefully, tasty. Picking up some obscure herbs or sauces at the Lanexang Asian grocery or finding a rare mamey fruit at Supermercado...
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 Travel & Visitors Guide - May 6, 2008
 Hiking El Rancho
  My husband was born in a beautiful and impoverished settlement in the hills of rural Puebla, Mexico. Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit his rustic birthplace, a location he usually refers to as "el rancho." I knew his family had never owned or lived on a "ranch"...
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 Travel & Visitors Guide - May 5, 2008
 Christmas in a small, Mexican town
  I am a lifelong Milwaukeean, raised in Elm Grove, educated in Madison, now a happy homeowner on Milwaukee's south side. My husband is from Puebla, Mexico. He came to the U.S. to live and work as a young man, and we met and married nearly four years ago. At the time we met I was infatuated with ...
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Recent Talkbacks
 
 Article - March 14, 2008
 Banana f---ing smoothie: Kids and swearing, take 2
 Hahahhahaahaha! Thanks for making me smile!
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 Article - Dec. 14, 2007
 Make a (restaurant) list and check it twice
 I hope you love Jackson Grill! It's so wonderful, from the tiny kitschy dinin...
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 Article - Dec. 3, 2007
 National Hardware survives in big-box world
 LOL - MOST of the fast-food restaurants in the area are most definitely NOT l...
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 Article - Dec. 3, 2007
 Cempazuchi remains a Brady Street Mexican treat
 I don't think Rey Sol has re-opened. I heard they were moving to the Third Wa...
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 Article - Nov. 3, 2007
 New York deli meets French Riviera at Laissez Faire restaurant
 These guys are ANYTHING but snobbish! I stopped by for a DLT (the signature d...
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 Article - Oct. 31, 2007
 When did peanuts become so dangerous?
 This topic is fascinating. I am amazed in the generational difference. I went...
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 Article - Oct. 19, 2007
 Bryant's Cocktail Lounge quietly closes after 45 years
 Very sad. Goldmann's, Art's Concertina bar, and Bryants. Three historic south...
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 Article - Oct. 8, 2007
 Sunday Sound-off: Is the service or the meal more important?
 It's definitely the food for me. And while I can tolerate slightly negligent ...
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 Article - Oct. 2, 2007
 Milwaukee Talks: Ristorante Bartolotta Chef Juan Urbieta
 What about Apollo Cafe on Brady?
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 Article - Oct. 1, 2007
 Milwaukee's best buffets
 I would sort of agree about Milwaukee Thai scene. Yes, there are a few passab...
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