Sports - March 8, 2013
My Spring Training checklist
A week from today, I'll be at Maryvale Baseball Park in sunny Phoenix to get my first look at the 2013 Milwaukee Brewers. It's a trip I've taken every year since 1998, and it's one of my all-time favorite traditions. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a Brewers pre-season laden with so many question marks before pitchers and catchers even reported.

Dining - Oct. 20, 2012
If chefs weren't chefs, they might be serial killers
In order to arrive at the eventual charm of a delectable plate of food, a chef often requires a strong stomach, a steady hand, decisive movements and careful clean-up. We often live on vampire's hours, stalking the night after a full day of dragging intimidatingly large cleavers through raw flesh, with our eyes bulging. Socially excommunicated on account of our bloodless complexions and a radiant odor of death, we skulk on the fringe of society.

Music - July 2, 2012
Chickadees chirp for children at Summerfest's Playzone
If you don't think your toddler is quite ready for The Scorpions or Heartless Bastards, don't fret. The Big Gig still has something for you and your little ones. Milwaukee's own The Chickadees have three - count 'em, three - gigs this year at the Northwestern Mutual Children's Theater & Playzone.

Festival Guide - July 1, 2012
Scorpions give Milwaukee metal fans one last "Sting"
The hard-rocking, blue collar city of Milwaukee has been a regular and popular stop for virtually all of German metal-meisters Scorpions' U.S. tours over the past 34 years, so it's no surprise that they made their way back to the Brew City for one final blowout at Summerfest 2012.

Dining - June 30, 2012
Rockotlan: la casa de heavy metal, unique Mexican dishes
Pedro Jimenez loves rock and heavy metal - so much so that he operates a bar and restaurant dedicated to these genres of music. Jimenez, along with five partners, quietly opened Rockotlan, 3447 W. Forest Home Ave., about a year ago and it's finally starting to make some noise.