Blog name: one step closer Location: Milwaukee About me: http://laurafern.wordpress.com Rating statistics Average rating of my blogs: 5.0 Average rating of my Talkbacks: 4.9 Average rating I've given others: Nothing rated. |
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| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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"... | |
| 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 ... | |
| Recent Talkbacks | |
| Article - March 14, 2008 | |
| Banana f---ing smoothie: Kids and swearing, take 2 | |
| Hahahhahaahaha! Thanks for making me smile! | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Article - Oct. 31, 2007 | |
| When did peanuts become so dangerous? | |
| This topic is fascinating. I am amazed in the generational difference. I went... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 ... | |
| Article - Oct. 2, 2007 | |
| Milwaukee Talks: Ristorante Bartolotta Chef Juan Urbieta | |
| What about Apollo Cafe on Brady? | |
| 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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