Posts Tagged ‘Wisconsin’
Campfire Cookery: cooking over an open fire
I was perusing amazon.com and the book: Campfire Cookery: Adventuresome Recipes and Other Curiosities for the Great Outdoors totally caught my eye. As a camp cooking aficionado, I love it when a new campfire cookbook comes out. When we go camping we usually lug the dutch [Read More]
Book taps into the State’s Tavern Culture
The tavern in Wisconsin plays an important social role in the State. The perfect tavern is warm and inviting, dimly lit, maybe with a worn bar top and ancient back bar. The barkeepers are gracious and the locals friendly. All over the State these little hole in the wall [Read More]
41 rural post offices in Wisconsin could be closed
Herbster, Wisconsin, population 104 and located on the southern shore of Lake Superior is one of the communities, along with 40 others in Wisconsin that could lose their post office if a bill makes it through congress authorizing their closure. The US Postal Service has [Read More]
2011 Great Northwoods Fish Fry Fest
Back again for another year is Sig Hansen of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch for the Great Northwoods Fish Fry Fest at the Lake of the Torches Casino in Lac du Flambeau. The Great Northwoods Fish Fry Fest on Saturday and Sunday, August 13 -14 2011. Held at [Read More]
The best Bloody Mary ever!
About the only thing in the State of Wisconsin that can trump supper club culture is tavern culture. Drinking and socializing is a long held tradition for the residents that derives from our German and Polish immigrants. but Tavern Culture is certainly not drinking to [Read More]
Stratford Heritage Days
We headed out to Stratford Heritage Days today for some cultural fun. The schedule was filled with dancing demonstrations from around the world, music, historical cemetery tours, a small carnival, car show and a bit of food. The historical museum was also open for a peek. [Read More]
Bill would allow alcohol sales at 6:00am
Normally, when you would want to pick up a six pack of beer, you would have to wait until 8:00am for the liquor department in the grocery store to open. Now a bill is working its way through the Wisconsin legislature to allow off site alcohol sales as early at 6:00am. Local [Read More]
Blue Mound’s Cave of the Mounds
Looking for an underground adventure right in our back yard? Head on over a little west of Madison to the town of Bluemound for a tour of the Cave of the Mounds. This cave, accidentally discovered in 1939 is a rare treat for a state who’s topography has been formed by [Read More]
Can the brewery bill harm craft brewers?
A provision that has silently been added into the next Wisconsin State budget bill could have a negative impact on the small craft brewer within the state. Since prohibition, the state has relied on a three tier system of manufacturing, distributing, and retailing for beer [Read More]
State tourism gets boost in funding
With the effects of the economy still lingering, the Wisconsin State Department of Tourism is looking to further promote vacationing in Wisconsin to the neighboring states of Michigan and Illinois. With most vacation destinations accessible by one tank of gas or less, [Read More]
