Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 17, 2009
Free Recession Buster Getaway: Washington, D.C.
Of the six cities OnMilwaukee.com is showcasing for this series, Washington sports the biggest tourist infrastructure, and subsequently, the most diverse options for how to enjoy a long weekend. Read on, then enter to win a free trip to the nation's capital, plus a tiny netbook to take along with you.
Tags: washington, d.c, airtran, recession buster, netbook, nationals, georgetown, Dairy Godmother, ben's chili bowl

Travel & Visitors Guide - Oct. 11, 2009
Orlando is Much Better than Pink Flamingos in the Yard
Blame it on the kids: Both my sister and I went to private schools.  I went to Lawrence in Appleton and she went to Marquette.  My parents were so proud of us, especially when we both graduated, the first on either side of our families to go to four year universities.  They ...
Tags: Orlando, recession buster, Disney World

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 27, 2009
BOSTON HERE I COME!!! (I hope!)
This is it, the homestretch in the blogging contest, and also my final blog.  These last two weeks have been nothing short of amazingly fun for me.  I’ve gone Boston mad and have had nothing but Boston on the brain since my first entry.  It’s unbelievable how much...
Tags: Boston, Recession Buster, Fenway Park, Freedom Trail, Salem

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 25, 2009
Harvard is a Must
Let’s just be honest, as intelligent as I think I am and as academically focused as I try to be, I was never going to be able to call Harvard my alma mater.  It is a nice fantasy, a wonderful Ivy League dream that disappears almost as fast as it begins when I think about the intense ...
Tags: Boston, Recession Buster, Harvard

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 25, 2009
A Trip to Boston - Can't a Girl Dream?
Like TV viewers from the 70s are drawn to the Milwaukee they remember from Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days, I am drawn to the Boston I fell in love with watching Cheers in the early 80s.  I long to....well, considering we never saw much more than Cheers itself, to duck down th...
Tags: Boston, recession buster

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 24, 2009
I was Once an Old Hag from Salem
ABC premiered a new show “Eastwick” last night, a series about three women from a town with a history very much like Salem, Mass., who discover they have mysterious powers.  Are they witches? Are their powers fate? Is this devilishly handsome new man in their lives evil?  I ...
Tags: Boston, Recession Buster, Salem, Witchs Memorial