What do you do on a cold Saturday morning with two active little boys and a cabin full of sleeping adults? If you're lucky enough to be wandering around Shawano, you take them to the Twig's Museum and Gift Shop. I've written before about this sweet little step back in time, a free museum full [...]
We have known and admired Kassidy and Michael Andrus since they were teenagers working long hours bussing tables and slinging drinks at the Washington Inn. So, when we heard they'd bought a supper club, we stopped by to wish them well. We've been back a few times since then, drawn by the warm atmosphere and [...]
We spent Sunday afternoon in pious reflection and that's the truth. That we gleaned our pious reflection from an icy glass of craft beer in no way diminishes the sincerity of our intent, thanks to two Stubborn Brothers in Shawano and the specific efforts of Father Scott Valentyn and brewmaster Aaron Gilling. Gilling, who launched [...]
On summer days, I try to forget about the giant prehistoric creatures that inhabit Lake Winnebago and its tributaries as I frolick about with determined naivete. When you share the water with a bunch of sturgeon, it's unsettling to think about them slinking below and around you, possibly sucking up an appendage they've mistaken for [...]
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 [...]