Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
There must have been a little something extra in the water at the Village Apartments in Green Bay back in the 1960s. (Well, there was a little something extra in the water at the Bettis house next door. 🤣) Either way, the people who lived there went on to live impressive lives, and they have [...]
Fame snuck into Green Bay under the black fedora of a man who knew just when to doff it. Legendary Coach Vince Lombardi and his elegant wife Marie had big plans when they came to Green Bay in 1959. They wanted to win football games, sure. But they also wanted to elevate the league. To [...]
Not all heroes of the Lombardi era Packers wore helmets, some wore heels and housecoats, another his signature fedora. Even as those vaunted teams made their historic romp through NFL record books, they also set precedent off the field. Vince and Marie Lombardi packed their principles along with their parkas when they came to Green [...]
I will always be grateful my daughter Katherine suggested we use professional podcast equipment to record our interviews as we began preparing to write our book, Lambeau Ladies -- the Boundary-Breaking Women Behind Lombardi's Packers. She always knew these stories would make an excellent podcast. As soon as I heard their voices -- Barbara Gregg's [...]
Bruce the Spruce wasn’t the only celebrity who drew shoppers to H. C. Pranges in the 1960s. The Packer wives did too. An elegant department store with a fifth floor restaurant that looked out over the Fox River, H.C. Pranges boasted a talking tree that greeted holiday shoppers. Bruce the Spruce answered kids when they [...]