By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Aug 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM

Earlier this week, I was in Boston -- for the first time in my life -- doing research for an upcoming OnMilwaukee.com article in conjunction with the Recession Buster Getaway contest.

Overall, I felt Boston and Milwaukee are very different cities, but I found a few things we have in common: weather patterns, endearing / annoying accents and use of the word "bubbler."

I was under the ASSumption that "bubbler" was a term signature to Brew City, but no. My friend, former Milwaukeean and fab painter Amy O’Neill, enlightened me to this fact. Later, I learned through Wikipedia that "bubbler" is used in Portland, too.

I’m slightly disappointed this word isn’t strictly Milwaukee, but at least we still have "viaduck."


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.