Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 15, 2009
A bit off the beaten path in the UK
Earlier this month, I penned a blog that skimmed the surface of my recent European travels. In that blog I explained that my new husband and I were in the process of planning a Parisian honeymoon when my husband, who is a drummer, was asked to accompany Iowa-based singer-songwriter William Elliott Whitmore on a three-week tour that would take them all over the UK as well as mainland Europe.
Tags: england, uk, london, europe, traveling abroad

Music - Oct. 9, 2008
Label deal takes The Goodnight Loving to Europe
Milwaukee's The Goodnight Loving has inked a deal with Italy's Wild Honey Records that not only means a European release of the band's latest self-titled disc. It also means that the label has helped the quintet add two weeks of Italian dates to its European tour in November and December.
Tags: Goodnight Loving, Europe, Italy, Wild Honey Records, Dusty Medical, Varedo, Milwaukee '50s Diner

Harley Guide - Aug. 21, 2008
Harley riders roll in from Bangor, Brazil and beyond
For three days, Harley riders from all over the globe will call Milwaukee home, but where do they live the rest of the year?
Tags: Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary, Harley Fest, motorcycles, riders, Europe, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, California, Maine

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 7, 2008
Our writers' all-time favorite vacations
Since it's Travel Week on OnMilwaukee.com, the editorial staff shares its stories from its best travel experiences.
Tags: Europe, Italy, England, Central America, West Indies, Grand Cayman Island, travel

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 10, 2008
Home is where the heart is
I had a great time on my 11-day light-speed tour of Germany, France and Spain. Maybe it was the 20-hour travel day from Munich to Amsterdam to Newark and finally to Milwaukee, but today has felt especially dramatic.
Tags: europe, paris, madrid, munich

Politics - Oct. 5, 2009
UN BAN MY CLOVE CIGARETTES
So the F.D.A gets to regulate tobacco products now which is fine except it has been decided than any flavoured tobacco products is targetting kids.  I didn't know flavoured cigarettes existed till I joined a coven and one of the members was smoking it.  Most of the kids I knew smoked wh...
Tags: cloves, law, unfair, stupid, flavoured cigarettes, government, europe

Milwaukee Buzz - June 16, 2009
D-Day: Enduring Lessons
          From ancient times to the present, amphibious military operations have been rightly regarded as particularly challenging. The largest such enterprise was the Allied invasion of France in World War II on June 6, 1944 – D-Day.  ...
Tags: World War II, Ike, Eisenhower, Europe, D-Day, Invasion

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 28, 2009
Biden Assuming Important Role
            This week, Vice President Joe Biden jets to Europe for the annual military security conference held in Munich Germany. Given the exceptional, perhaps unprecedented, negative state of relations across the Atlantic, this trip is m...
Tags: politics, economics, Europe, foreign policy, Obama

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 8, 2008
Carribean Experience in Frankfurt, Germany
Last year on the way back from a long 15 hour grueling train trip from Prague, Czech Republic back to Amsterdam, Netherlands, my boyfriend and I decided to stop in Frankfort, Germany and spend the night.  Seeing how it was a Sunday night in March, we didn't figure there would be much going o...
Tags: Prague, Amsterdam, Bars, frozen drinks, heavy metal bar, trip, Europe