"Only by pairing knowledge with experience will art evolve," said French composer Hertor Berlioz. I'm not sure if my son Vinnie and daughter in-law Danni have heard this quote, but I know they're living it. They recently launched a website announcing their business, Paired Experiences, in which they offer wine classes and mixology workshops, multi-course [...]
It's times like these you learn to live again. Dave Grohl wrote the perfect song for the summer of 2021, because the sun is finally shining, family and friends are gathering at last and music, live music, is making its way back into venues. Thankfully, we, who have been fumbling through an historically challenging period [...]
Our oldest son came home for the first time since Christmas 2019 and we celebrated with a taste of all things Wisconsin. So far during his stay, he has enjoyed a good, old-fashioned fish fry from Mark's Eastside, cheesecurds from Tom's Drive-in, a brat from a roadside stand and booyah! made by his sister Molly [...]
If you eat like an animal, you might enjoy one of the tastiest burgers in all the land. The question, and I'd love for you to weigh in, is whether that burger exists in the fresh, blue and white confines of the Wisconsin-born Culvers, or the bright yellow and red drive-thru of the California-born In [...]
I took myself to Sundrop University Saturday and had a sweet time. I learned, for instance, that a circus strongman named Charles Lazier developed Wisconsin's famous soft drink, the first citrus soda ever marketed. Bottled in Shawano, Wisconsin since 1951 by Twigs Beverage, Sundrop remains the beverage of choice in bars and ballfields around Wisconsin [...]