Travel & Visitors Guide - Oct. 27, 2009
Wisconsin native grows green in Brooklyn
A Brookfield native, Ben Flanner moved to New York eight years ago. Now, along with a small team of supporters from local organizations and organic farming cooperatives, Flanner opted to forgo the corporate ladder in favor of climbing up to a Brooklyn rooftop and installing New York's first overhead urban agricultural project, Rooftop Farms.
Tags: rooftop farms, new york, ben flanner, brookfield, urban agriculture, will allen, urban farming, brooklyn

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 25, 2009
Take a child-size bite into the Big Apple
When Rudy Giuliani started cracking down on jaywalking and Times Square started to reflect a newly-polished shine on the apple, people joked that New York City was becoming like Disney World. Big Apple fans will be pleased to know that's not entirely true. If you're looking for a good destination for a family vacation, there are few places offering the quantity and quality of sights as New York.
Tags: New York, Hotel Beacon, Central Park Zoo, American Museum of Natural History, Statue of Liberty, Chirping Chicken, Shake Shack, Gelateria GROM, Viand, Empire State Building, Ellis Island

Sports - July 20, 2009
Pumped and racing for the American Heart Association
Milwaukeean Brian Burton, undertakes his second Ironman Triathlon in New York this weekend to raise money for the American Heart Association in the Milwaukee area. In particular, donations raised benefit the American Heart Association's Heart Ball, an annual event support the organization's heart disease initiatives at the Pfister Hotel.
Tags: ironman triathlon, new york, heart ball, American heart association, marcus corporation, marcus foundation, brian burton, triathlon

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 7, 2009
Introducing my kids to my old stomping grounds
I've been back to New York loads of times since I left more than 25 years ago. But this is the first time that I'll be there with kids.
Tags: New York

Kids & Family - Dec. 16, 2008
Child's play in the Big Apple
Following two interactions with kids at New York museums, I couldn't help but wonder on my walk home, how do adults manage to always complicate things in life? Aren't we supposed to be smarter and more self-aware than grade-schoolers?
Tags: moma, new york, inner child

Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 24, 2008
The common misconception about leaving Milwaukee
The past month I've been choking back a lot of tears. When something wonderful happens to a person, in my case getting a dream job, the common misconception is that now I only see life through rose-colored glasses.
Tags: new york, moving, tears, relocation

Sports - July 10, 2008
Can "Titletown" really be anywhere but Green Bay?
ESPN's summer "SportsCenter" contest to name "TitleTown" seems like harmless summer filler. But, it got one panelist thinking...
Tags: espn, titletown, worldwide leader, green bay, new york, boston

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 6, 2007
The Bike Writer: Great Barrington to Arcade, N.Y.
Got into a bit of a fix on Wednesday. Hot weather and hills sapped my strength quickly and I bummed a ride over the final mountain of Massachusetts.
Tags: biking, mass, new york, steffes

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 21, 2007
A pilgrimage to Ellis Island
The sun is shining and New York’s glass wall of towers is glistening. The harbor is alive with activity: Coast Guard boats with machine guns mounted, police helicopters, the Staten Island Ferry has just left Manhattan. Here in Battery Park, there is a long line waiting to get to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.
Tags: Ellis Island, Piedmont, emigration, immigration, Hmong, Mexican, Italian, Liberty Island, Battery Park, New York, NYC

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 21, 2007
Kopp's Bar 89 is an Elsa's for the SoHo set
Milwaukeeans know Kopp’s for the custard and the butter burgers and when we think Elsa’s we think martinis with a touch of class. But New Yorkers, it seems, know Bar 89 -- Karl Kopp’s SoHo bar and restaurant at 89 Mercer Street – for its bathrooms.
Tags: Bar 89, Karl Kopp, Mercer Street, Elsa's on the Park, Kopp's, Scottsdale, SoHo, New York, Manhattan, Ferrante, AZ88

Milwaukee Buzz - May 13, 2007
Beer and big apples
If you're ever wondering what New York and Milwaukee (and Wisconsin) have in common, remember that Wisconsin's most legendary football figure probably ice skated in Coney Island, played in the surf at Brighton Beach and kicked cans along East 14th Street.
Tags: Lombardi, Brooklyn, Packers, New York

Movies & TV - April 2, 2007
"Namesake" portrays generational differences
In Jhumpa Lahiri's novel "The Namesake," now a film directed by Mira Nair, protagonist Gogol Ganguli (Kal Penn) has allowed his namesake to have quite an affect on him.
Tags: namesake, jhumpa lahiri, mira nair, kal penn, india, new york, gogol

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 31, 2005
Wendell from "The Bachelorette" comes to Cans
If your Monday nights are usually spent with Jen Schefft and her boys in New York, you'll be happy to know that Wendell will be in Milwaukee at Cans Bar and Canteen, 1815 E. Kenilworth Pl., twice to watch the show with "Bachelorette" buffs.
Tags: The Bachelorette, Wendell, Chicago, Cans Bar and Canteen, New York, Jen Schefft

Marketplace - Dec. 29, 2004
Mel en Stel fashions: "The Apprentice" in the Third Ward
"The Apprentice" fans have seen Ilse Eriksson's designs during the fashion challenge and special runway show, and now Milwaukee shoppers can find select Mel en Stel designs on the racks at Lela.
Tags: Ilse Eriksson, Mel en Stel fashions, Lela, New York, The Apprentice, Carrie Arrouet, Boston, Los Angeles, Third Ward, Milwaukee shopping, Milwaukee fashion, style, fabric, Traditional Home, Trump, Donald, Stephanie, Sherman

Milwaukee Buzz - June 24, 2003
Can I come home now?
A former Milwaukeean rues the day he moved to the glitz of New York and longs to plop himself in a corner booth at Landmark Lanes on a Tuesday import night or hang at a Packers party. Here's Sean McCusker's story ...
Tags: McCusker, new york, rolling stone