Milwaukee Buzz - April 2, 2009
Milwaukee Police crack down on online prostitution
The cliché has played out in the movies and on TV countless times: a man pulls up to a suggestively-dressed woman; she leans in the window and asks what he's looking for; a price is negotiated and she hops inside. While many in Milwaukee have heard stories about notorious pick-up zones, the world's oldest profession, like everything else, has gone high-tech. Consider it another example of the internet changing the way people do business.
Tags: prostitution, vice, craigslist, escorts, mpd

Marketplace - Dec. 28, 2008
New student site outbids old-school book buying
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior Dylan Katz Pinkus is majoring in economics, but he's not waiting for graduation to put his skills to the test. He's launched bkbid.com, an auction-based Web site that allows UWM students a place to list, sell and buy textbooks and other class books. Here's how it works.
Tags: uwm, textbooks, bookstore, uwm union, bkbid, ebay, auction, craigslist, college books, Dylan Katz Pinkus

Dining - Nov. 10, 2008
Wanna buy La Piazza? It's for sale on Craigslist
Formerly Node cafe, La Piazza has gone through a couple incarnations over the past year or so, trying its hand at being a cafe, a bar and a pizzeria. Now, the owners are looking to sell.
Tags: La Piazza, Node, craigslist

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 13, 2008
What would you do for a ticket?
Long before for the dawn of Web-based amenities like Ticketmaster.com, eBay and Craigslist, getting your paws on highly sought-after tickets -- be they for Spring Training games or Springsteen -- meant one thing: waiting in some sort of ridiculous line.
Tags: tickets, ticketmaster, ebay, craigslist, bruce springsteen, corey hart, da crusher, hulk hogan

Living - Sept. 27, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 25/26
Spring cleaning in fall anyone? I'm in the mood.  Clothes to Salvation Army, furniture on Craigslist and Facebook, magazines recycled, keepsakes packed away in rubbermade tubs (lord knows we get enough water in our basements around here). There's something completely fulfilling (...
Tags: craigslist, happiness, salvation army, cleaning, simplicity, taco bell, peace

Milwaukee Buzz - July 9, 2009
The dating game
So I was out having a drink with a friend, who's dating life can be described as "painfully embarassing", when she casually blurted out that she posted a personal ad on Craigslist. Feeling that it was her last resort, as the bar scene was getting old, and the idea of bumping into Mr. Ri...
Tags: Craigslist, dating, relationships

Marketplace - March 31, 2009
You can still find a deal on Craigslist...
I love Craigslist. Ever since I found out about it from a guest at the hotel I worked at downtown, long before the Milwaukee list was even started back in 2003. I believe the San Fransisco page started first, before the expanision to NYC, DC and LA.I was moving back east to DC, and when this guy ...
Tags: Craigslist, Milwaukee