In other words, how about a free trip to San Diego?
We're approaching the deadline for the second of six OnMilwaukee.com "Recession Buster Getaways." In conjunction with AirTran Airways, we're offering free trips to six locations and San Diego is currently on tap.
All you have to do is read our guide, then write your own Readers Blog about why you deserve the trip. If your submission is judged to be the best, we'll give you a pair of roundtrip tickets, a brand new netbook and a little cash to sample the in-flight Wi-Fi on an AirTran flight.
The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
Click here to submit a blog.
Click here for complete contest rules.
Good luck!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
