Albert Einstein once said that there are two ways to live -- you can live as if nothing is a miracle or you can live as if everything is a miracle. Like Einstein, we choose the latter. Certainly, it isn't difficult to find a miracle in a warm summer day -- the sun's rise, the [...]
Nearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, Rent has made its way to the Fox Cities and, while I won't actually list 525,600 reasons you need to see this production, I will give you a five. 1) Adam Pascal. He originated the role of Roger on Broadway, played him in the movie version of [...]
We love to walk south through our neighborhood, past stately old houses and front porch swings, over cheerful chalk drawings and railroad tracks. An easy mile brings us downtown, where all the lights are bright, even in the day. Saturday, we sipped Door County cherry lemonade and strolled through the Appleton Farmer's Market. The bounty [...]
Music pulses through our city on sweet summer nights. From open bar doors, hot garages, and billowed curtains; big bands and Tiny Turtles, pipe organs and steel guitars; on creaky porch swings, old pianos, and bongo drums beats our song, We celebrate harmony here. At our heart stands a nearly 100-year old chapel with magical [...]
The weather conditions could not have been better for us to introduce our two youngest children to the magic of Pulaski Polka Days. A booyah breeze wafted over us as we took our customary place in front of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Chubby babies meandered, proud veterans represented, and then, with [...]