An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
Half way through the year, our Leviathan, our Body Politic, our Country celebrates its independence from the Great Britain. Here in Milwaukee, we commemorate with the best of them other cities in our Union. The Big Bang already teamed up with Summerfest to open the World Biggest Music Festival with an impressive fireworks display. We... Continue Reading →
To festive Milwaukeeans, no opportunity to have the summer's first Margarita presents itself better than Cinco de Mayo. Cafe Corazon sits as a kitsch landmark on the Beerline bike trail, happy to oblige distilled agave cravings despite Cafe Corazon's Puerto Rican inspiration. Nestled just North of Burleigh on Bremen Street deep in Riverwest (the unofficial... Continue Reading →
Walking towards the door, I imagined a scene flashing back to a developing main street in an early 20th century trading post. In this scene, Northern Chocolate Co., with its brick facade and iron-barred windows, would securely hold the town's people's earnings converted into a currency called chocolate. Historic Martin Luther King Drive, home to... Continue Reading →
Recently, I mentally noted that Lisbon Avenue leads a perfect and direct route from Milwaukee's Northside into downtown. For that matter, as an old "milk road", Hwy 41 will take you all the way from Green Bay, WI to downtown. Overlooking the park lands of Washington Park, I welcomed the familiar left turn off of... Continue Reading →
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