Where and How Will Milwaukee Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
March 5, 2010 – 9:20 pm | No Comment

Green is definitely Milwaukee’s favorite color in March!  Where and how will YOU be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day?  There are a lot of great events and, as always, they start earlier than the 17th.  Join us …

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Milwaukee Film Festival – Winter Edition
March 9, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

milfilmfestThe Milwaukee Film Festival’s Winter Edition starts this coming Friday, March 12th, 2010 and runs through Thursday, March 18th.  The Festival this year will feature 10 films, all critically acclaimed, some award winning, and none seen before in Milwaukee. 

There are two of them I am going to take in without fail.  Then time permitting, hopefully a few more.  The first is a film Nicholas Cage stars in called Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.  Critics say it’s his best work.  I would go to the ends of the earth to see him in any film he stars in.  Read the full story »

H1N1 and “Regular” Flu Persist
March 6, 2010 – 11:44 pm | No Comment
H1N1 and “Regular” Flu Persist

Did you get both the H1N1 and regular flu shots this season?  I hope so!  From what I read, people are still presenting at hospitals and clinics with those flu-like symptoms.  Some experts say we’re on …

Journal Sentinel Sports Show March 10-14
March 4, 2010 – 9:24 pm | No Comment
Journal Sentinel Sports Show March 10-14

That’s right, the Journal Sentinel Sports Show has been an annual tradition in the Milwaukee area since 1940!  It has quite an interesting history!  This years show will be held from Wednesday through Sunday, March 10-14, …

Special Olympics “Polar Plunge” on March 6th
March 3, 2010 – 11:15 pm | No Comment
Special Olympics “Polar Plunge” on March 6th

BRRRRR!  This coming Saturday, March 6th, 2010, the Special Olympics Wisconsin along with Cafe Hollander are holding their annual Polar Plunge at Noon at Bradford Beach over at 2272 North Lincoln Memorial Dr.  I have never …

Ghost Ships Festival Sailing In on March 5th & 6th
March 2, 2010 – 11:06 pm | No Comment
Ghost Ships Festival Sailing In on March 5th & 6th

The 11th Annual Ghost Ships Festival is scheduled for this coming Friday and Saturday, March 5th & 6th, 2010.  It’s Wisconsin’s biggest trade show dedicated to scuba diving and Great Lakes maritime history.  It will …

Betty Brinn Children’s Museum Features “It’s Your Move!”
March 1, 2010 – 11:58 pm | No Comment
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum Features “It’s Your Move!”

The kids and I went to participate in the new exhibit at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum here in Milwaukee this past Saturday.  It was crazy busy, as we’d expected, but oh so fun!  It’s …

Swanky Swap in Wauwatosa on March 3, 2010
February 27, 2010 – 11:08 am | No Comment
Swanky Swap in Wauwatosa on March 3, 2010

What a great idea for a girls night out!  I have lived in Milwaukee for years and have never heard of a Swanky Swap.  The budget is tight these days for me and I’m sure …

A Heart Healthy Breakfast: Cereal
February 20, 2010 – 10:16 pm | No Comment
A Heart Healthy Breakfast: Cereal

February is American Heart Month.  There have been tons of articles published throughtout the month about our hearts and our health.  I read as many as I could and found some simple things I could do to …

Milwaukee Public Museum Exhibits Dead Sea Scrolls
February 17, 2010 – 10:09 pm | No Comment
Milwaukee Public Museum Exhibits Dead Sea Scrolls

About three weeks ago, a new, temporary exhibit (the largest for the MPM ever) began at the Milwaukee Public Museum.  I went to view it right away.  The exhibit “Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible: Ancient Artifacts, Timeless …

2010 Milwaukee Area Olympians
February 8, 2010 – 9:00 am | No Comment
2010 Milwaukee Area Olympians

With the 2010 Winter Olympics getting under way in less than a week on Friday, February 12th, 2010 (the entire winter games will run on NBC television from February 12-28), I thought it would be fun to highlight four …

High-Speed Rail to Run Between Milwaukee and Madison
February 7, 2010 – 2:50 pm | One Comment
High-Speed Rail to Run Between Milwaukee and Madison

As part of an $8 billion initiative to develop our country’s first nationwide project of high-speed intercity passenger rail service,  the Milwaukee-Madison high-speed rail project was awarded $810 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act …