Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 7, 2009
Friday morning muses: airborne edition
In the 18 years I've been using the Internet, a few memories stand out. Obviously, I remember the first time I sent an e-mail in 1991. I remember using instant messenger to connect with friends in new York on Sept. 11. And I remember the first time I used Wi-Fi. I'm sure I'll remember the first time I used in-flight Wi-Fi en route to Washington, DC.
Tags: wi-fi, AirTran

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 9, 2009
We feel your pain: win one of six "Free Recession Buster Getaways" this summer
Summer is a great time to take a vacation. We also know that money is tight, and while you'd love to take a brand new netbook, hop on a plane and get out of town, it's even harder than ever to make a trip for two happen. But we'd like to help. OnMilwaukee.com and AirTran Airways have teamed up to present six "Free Recession Buster Getaways" this summer and fall.
Tags: recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, st. louis, san diego, los angeles, washington, boston, orlando

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 2, 2009
Live blog exclusive: in-flight chat with "Colbert Report's" Mark Malkoff
We're doing something this afternoon that's never been attempted in Milwaukee: a live blog and chat from 38,000 feet, using AirTran's new wi-fi service to post an article en route from Milwaukee to Atlanta. We're speaking with comedian Mark Malkoff, who you might have seen on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
Tags: malk malkoff, colbert report, airtran, wi-fi

Politics - June 6, 2008
Madison lets the sun shine in
Here's an idea that could lower Milwaukee heating and electric bills. The City of Madison kicked off a program to double that city's use of solar energy by 2010. It even has a catchy name -- MadiSUN.
Tags: Alberta Darling, solar energy, Sheldon Wasserman, Gov. Jim Doyle, Wi-Fi, Midwest Fiber Optics, Gschwind, Mayor Tom Barrett, Ted Kanavas, Janesville, General Motors

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 22, 2007
Bucketworks finds new start with new home
Bucketworks has been repeatedly misinterpreted as an arts collective, a co-op for creatives, a community arts center. Director James Carlson has a better way of putting it.
Tags: bucketworks, james carlson, quasi cafe, brian miracle, kyle leipold, wi-fi, arson etiquette, gallery, dance, theater, web 414

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 22, 2009
Off to Boston to meet baby Mackenzie!
I met my good friend Tara, Boston native, in Americorps in South Carolina seven years ago. After schooling and meeting her hubby in the Midwest, Tara is back in Boston, Mass. Her and hubby Kevin had their first baby, a girl, last week Thursday.The baby shower was in mid-August, but I decided not ...
Tags: recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, boston

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 30, 2009
Six D.C.
I suppose it's time to let you all in on what I plan on doing once I get to D.C.  And that's take pictures.  Thousands of pictures.  On vacation, I'll average about 300 pictures a day, usually pulling out about 40 ones I actually like.  I tote that camera everyw...
Tags: air tran, on milwuakee, birthday, recession buster, recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, st. louis, san diego, los angeles, washington, boston, orlando, recession buster

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 28, 2009
Five D.C.
I suppose I should come up with my version of a recession 'sob story' for the recesion buster give away going on here.  Well, for one despite a graduate degree in economics, I am still vastly underemployed.  A part time job at a big corporation because of hiring freezes is an unpleasant...
Tags: air tran, on milwuakee, birthday, recession buster, recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, st. louis, san diego, los angeles, washington, boston, orlando

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 25, 2009
For D.C.!
Do any of you have a best friend who reached adulthood and decided he wanted to live everywhere else?  Just couldn't accept that Milwaukee ain't so bad?  I have one of those.  My best friend was born within three months of me and lived two doors down for the first six years of our ...
Tags: air tran, on milwuakee, birthday, recession buster, recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, st. louis, san diego, los angeles, washington, boston, orlando

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 20, 2009
Three D.C.
Before I speak of my best friend, I'd like to mention my girlfriend's best friend.  Odd that both live in D.C. and we both live hear.  Blasted coincidence.  Well, she just got married about 6 months ago.  In Peru.  A wedding we planned on attending.  Now, I don't kno...
Tags: air tran, on milwuakee, birthday, recession buster, recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, st. louis, san diego, los angeles, washington, boston, orlando