Sometimes, all you need is a little sunset on the beach, some pool time and a couple of rounds against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to recharge your batteries. That's what we discovered last week when we drove 44 miles and spent seven-waking hours on a spontaneous, midweek vacation. Lucky for us, that fickle Wisconsin [...]
For more than a decade our family has been living under the spell of a gifted theater director. The inexhaustible Ron Parker, whose Appleton North Theater Program recently was named the No. 1 high school theater program in the Midwest, consistently amazes us. In retrospect, our initial astonishment seems humble. We attended North's 2002 production of [...]
If you're looking for a place to take out-of-town guests that doesn't involve beer, brats or cheese, hustle on over to Wilmar's Chocolates. The corner candy store smells like a holiday and looks like a Christmas Village collectible. You don't even have to buy anything to taste the house specialties, hand dipped truffles in various flavors [...]
Molly and I took a quick trip to Chicago this weekend where we celebrated American Ingenuity outside a sweet little cupcake shop. There my six-year old niece introduced us to the magic of the cupcake ATM. That's right, in the heart of Chicago, outside a branch of the famous Sprinkles Cupcake Bakery, sits a pink [...]