Marketplace - Nov. 16, 2009
Advertising strategies that go in one ear and out the other
I'm probably more impressed than the average Joe when I see or hear good ads, and I'm especially puzzled when I see companies blowing their money on bad ads. For every excellent ad in Milwaukee, there must be 10 terrible ones.
Tags: commercials, tv, radio, billboard, teeth whitening

Living - Oct. 5, 2009
What am I missing, really?
Last week, I sat quietly as most of my co-workers talked about what appear to be everyone's favorite TV shows. Today, when I told Tim Cuprisin that I don't have cable, he said, "I'm sorry." But, you know what, I'm not sorry.
Tags: TV

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 22, 2009
Live Blog Archive: OnMilwaukee.com talks TV's fall season
For many of us, perhaps the only solace to saying goodbye to summer is the perennial promise of smart writing returning to regular TV programming. For television lovers, September brings some of our best fictional friends back to us for another season and this fall is no exception.
Tags: television, tv, fall season, the office, community, 30 rock, mad men

Dining - Sept. 1, 2009
Palermo's Pizza gets "Unwrapped" Sept. 14
Milwaukee's Palermo's Pizza makes its national television debut on the Food Network's "Unwrapped" show. The episode, titled "The Big Chill," airs at 8 p.m. on Sept. 14 and gives audiences a peek inside Palermo Villa, the company's facility in the Menomonee Valley.
Tags: Unwrapped, Food Network, Palermos, TV, tours, Menomonee Valley, Gaspare "Jack" Falluca, Rustico, Primo thin, Palermo's, pizza, Chris Dresselhuys

Arts & Entertainment - Aug. 18, 2009
What I'm watching while I'm not working
You wouldn't be far off the mark to title my first blog at OnMilwaukee.com "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." In the couple weeks since leaving my old gig at the Journal Sentinel, I've been doing a lot of the things you'd expect somebody with unexpected free time on their hands.
Tags: america's got talent, hell's kitchen, tv, dvr, mad men, true blood

Living - Sept. 30, 2009
The 40 of 40: Day 30 - A Rant
OK, one of the things that comes with age (I guess) is an intolerance for stupidity.  Remember your parents talking about that loud rock n roll music, or kids playing on their lawn.  That was never going to be me... alas...So, this morning, TV news went crazy when a police officer was s...
Tags: fox 6, wtmj, wisn, news, tv, police, shooting, rant, 40