I corked my wining about the incessant rain here in Wisconsin by attending a wedding shower for our friend Abbie Wednesday night. And, though I have a little PTSD from my last outing with these intimidatingly talented women, I ended up with a belly full of laughter and chocolate. Really, there's no better way to [...]
Last weekend, two of my favorite adventure companions and I jumped on the El and headed to Chicago's famous Christkindlmarket. Unfortunately, we preceded our trip to an outdoor market full of luscious strudel, craft cheeses and fat pretzels with breakfast at Chicago's equally famous Anne Sathers, home of the ridiculously rich cinnamon bun. Himmelherrgott! We [...]
'Twas 12 days before Christmas, and all through the state The weather was failing at a miserable rate. The ground was just soggy, no snow to be had, the garland left sagging, red ribbons looked sad. At Lambeau the grounds crew rose early again to ready the field for more cursed rain. Wet fans at [...]
Around this time of year, I like to haul out my favorite Christmas video. Full of warmth, humor, suspense, and enduring holiday cheer, it speaks to the true meaning of Christmas. Its runtime? 1.23 minutes. I enjoy it because, like most of my life's best things, it wasn't planned. An elf shot it after my [...]
We spent a splendid week on the hard courts, watching our nieces own the game of basketball. From our perch on bleachers throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, we saw a couple of blowouts and a genuine nail-biter involving a ref mandated wholesale uniform change, the likes of which we'd never seen before. Through our nieces we [...]