Two women focus on a food processor, a friend in the field healthy eating. Ready for their next culinary television how-to episode, ingredients get sliced and chopped. They are making raw meatloaf. Sounds disgusting right? It gets better, the meatloaf they make contains no meat. As grills cool during the summer's end, meats, buns, cheese... Continue Reading →
The Miss Hit, Assassins, The Rep, The Hyatt
Incarnating the falling action of Stephen Sondheim's musical story Assassins, Lee Ernst finally reveals himself unmistakably through an amazingly new gravely voice, taking himself up a notch from his deliberately muted early scenes. He's ranting in a Santa suit about why the White House deserves an unexpected guest arriving in a Boeing 747. In his... Continue Reading →
Roast Your Choice, Stone Creek and Alterra
For a small pond, Milwaukee has never shied away from rivalry. In the battle grounds of Milwaukee's corner taverns and mid-block pubs, brew masters watched their glory pour from beer taps. More recently, Milwaukee's other favorite brew has inspired a less overt battle to fill coffee house mugs with specialty blends caffeinated beverages. What more... Continue Reading →
Field Food, Growing Power Deli and Market
Growing legend and proprietor of Growing Power Will Allen delayed the grand opening of the Growing Power Deli and Market to pay small token of respect to his neighbors in Oak Creek. Just another reflection of the thoughtfulness that lends soulful heartiness to Growing Power's most recent effort to sew seeds where they are most... Continue Reading →
Making Tracks, Talgo, Trains Down Capitol Drive
We won't get to use them in Milwaukee, oh well. Anyone who doubts the new intersections between the old industrial age, and the new one taking place the in Cream City, a sight to behold on West Capital Drive and 21st Street made a believer out of me that Milwaukee should be a place that... Continue Reading →