Published Thursday, May 23
This Memorial Day weekend, Milwaukee's full of events and "moose" as nearly 8,000 members of Moose International are headed to the area for their 125th annual International Convention
Published Wednesday, May 22
Downtown's summer trolley service, the Milwaukee Trolley Loop presented by VISIT Milwaukee, rolls out tomorrow with its "Hop `n Shop, Wine `n Dine" route.
Published Monday, May 20
Thanks to Erik Larson's 2003 bestseller, "The Devil in the White City," yet another generation is fascinated by the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: Columbian Exposition. Despite its enduring - in itself somewhat surprising - popularity, little remains of this by all accounts stunning little temporary city. One survivor serves as the entrance and gift shop to The Pabst Mansion, 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave., and it is in increasingly desperate condition.
Published Wednesday, May 8
A new traveling exhibition, "The Scoop on Poop," will run from Sept. 28, 2013 through Jan. 5, 2014. Based on the popular children's book of the same name, the exhibit will lead visitors on an investigation of what poop is and how animals and humans use it.
Published Monday, May 6
The Lake Express Ferry, which makes four daily trips between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Mich. in the summer, has kicked off its season and is celebrating its 10th anniversary of service with special promotions for bike-lovers and family travelers.
Published Monday, April 29
Since 1981, when Historic Walker's Point, Inc., held its Loft Spaces and Historic Traces, the annual Spaces & Traces tour has opened the doors of Milwaukee homes and historic spaces to the public. The 32nd installment of the event, held Saturday, May 18, features Shorewood.
Published Sunday, April 21
Thanks to our climate, it's unlikely Wisconsin will ever become a wine lover's destination, although with Bordeaux winemakers buying up land in the south of England thanks to global warming, who knows! But that doesn't mean that some hearty Dairylanders aren't giving oenology the old college try. Here are some of the wineries closest to Southeastern Wisconsin.
Published Saturday, April 20
Folks assured me that all it would take is one visit to the Orlando-area theme park and I'd be hooked. And it was true. But, with all due respect to Mickey Mouse, I'm talking about LEGOLAND, in Winter Haven, Fla., rather than Disney.
Published Wednesday, April 17
While Prohibition shuttered The Glunz - which recently reopened after 90 years - the 14-year ban on booze that began in 1919 sparked the era of the secret world of the speakeasy, especially in Chicago, where Capone and his contemporaries ran the show. Now, the Windy City's passion for the speakeasy has been rekindled in a big way.
Published Saturday, March 30
My kids and I make our annual family trek to Walt Disney World every spring. We are on trip no. 12 together making lifetime memories. Below is my personal opinion on how to "do" Disney - from pre-planning to accomodations to food to waiting in line!
Published Friday, March 29
Door County is something of a ghost town this time of year - and frankly, that's just how we like it. Seeing Fish Creek, Ephraim, Egg Harbor and Sister Bay all but abandoned in the middle of winter is reminiscent of the tranquil, removed setting and slowed-down pace that made these towns a tourist hotspot in the first place.
Published Friday, March 29
Door County may not be a town, exactly, but it's been named one of the 10 Best Small Towns in America by Fodor's, a worldwide provider of travel guides and information.
Published Thursday, March 28
Experience tells me that you can't always trust a name. Just because a business calls itself "A1" or "Ultimate" doesn't make it true. There's an exception and it's called Uber.
Published Thursday, March 28
OnMilwaukee.com Publisher Andy Tarnoff has stopped counting how many times he's been to Las Vegas. He certainly didn't go this March expecting any huge surprises. As usual, he was wrong. He came to this realization as he sat in a comfy, leather chair, with an IV attached to his wrist and oxygen tubes in his nose. Before you panic, that experience was actually planned, but more on that later.
Published Monday, March 25
The purpose of a recent trip to Las Vegas was to be there for the madness of the NCAA Tournament - and it definitely colored in the picture of college sports a lot more for me.
Published Monday, March 25
Certainly Chicago is pretty close to Milwaukee and it oughta be no surprise to see some Marquette sweatshirts on Michigan Avenue window shoppers, but a recent visit to the Windy City reminded me just how pervasive the Milwaukee-Chicago connection is even in one of America's largest cities.
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