Minocqua owes its cool name to its first inhabitants, the Objibwes, who set the tone for the tiny north woods community by calling it "noon rest." Last Saturday I enjoyed a lovely noon rest in Minocqua, a truly charming town that once consisted of 29 saloons, two hotels, two general stores, a small market and [...]
Tag: Winter
Celebrating the New Year in a phat blaze (orange) of glory
When the temperature dips around here, we like to slip into something a little more comfortable and enjoy the kind of romance only Wisconsin's north woods can deliver. And if our #OOTD (Outfit of the Day) doesn't rate with the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America), we think it should. With its splendid blaze [...]
Pork Roast Prose inspired by Punxsutawney Phil
Last night I made a pork roast, revenge dish for the hog Who said he saw no shadow and popped back in his log. While all across the country we looked for signs of spring -- A bud, a shoot, a puddle, the robins that could sing. But all we found was winter -- the [...]
The winter’s (campfire) tale
The fresh air-grilled chicken-crackling campfire smell of summer greeted us last Saturday night as we made our way through tall snow banks to our friends’ house across town. We clumped toward the fire in our thick winter boots and held wool mittened hands up to its glow. Inside the house grew a neighborhood party with [...]
A storm by any other name
Want to know who to blame for this long winter of endless snow and stubborn ice? Ask Shakespeare. "T'is but thy name that is my enemy," he wrote. Hear that weather channel? It's the name. Anonymous snowstorms build quietly, whoosh swiftly through town and move on. The entire event rarely lasts more than a day, a [...]