We Wisconsinites savor our summers and work pretty hard to squeeze as much as we can out of them. Take this weekend, for instance. As planes lined up in Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture, and Iron Man touched down for a Wisconsin Timber Rattler game, and 78,000 soccer fans from all over the world made their [...]
Appleton rocks, especially this past Saturday where, within a two mile stretch, you could watch a National Tree Climbing Championship, attend the first annual Irish Fest, walk through a peak-season Farmer's Market and enjoy Rhythms of the World, a celebration of multi-cultural generosity and transcendent beauty. After all of that, we were also lucky enough [...]
Oh falafel, we’ve come so far together! You may not remember it, but we first met years ago. I was a young, innocent cook who thought frying was a mortal sin, and hummus and falafel dough were basically the same thing. Our first encounter did not end well, and we didn’t reconnect for several years. [...]
I bested all comers Saturday morning and please allow neither the nature of the sport nor the size of the competitor to lessen your enthusiasm for my accomplishment. Aww, thank you. Thank you very much. And, should you be inclined to challenge me some day, let me issue you this fair warning: hula hooping requires [...]
Most Saturday mornings, you will find Molly and me wandering through the sensory carnival provided by our local Farmer's Market. The routine never varies. We fortify ourselves at our first stop with fresh watermelon lemonade because we want to keep our chatting chops fresh and our palates cleansed. (Also because at least one of us [...]