Take Ten: Fine fireplace getaways in Wisconsin
Single-digit temps are forecast as I write this, hot chocolate within reach and fat cat on my lap. Happiness through hygge (“hoo-ga”), the Denmark concept […]
Lodging
Saint Kate: Visual, performing arts hotel in Milwaukee
The artists’ canvas? A room with four walls instead of taut cloth propped onto an easel. The new gallery? A blend of spoken word, artsy […]
21c: Where art museum, lodging merge
My mind and body are weary from rising at 3:15 a.m. to catch the first flight out of Madison, but the aerial hops are quick, […]
Digital detox: biz as usual at expanded Sundara Spa
“Time to relax and enjoy everything your heart desires,” the one-page pledge sheet begins. What you’ll promise, in exchange for temporary nirvana, is to unplug. […]
Take Ten: Alluring lodging of 2018
Sleeping around is part of a travel writer’s job, and the end of a year is my time to review the wide variety of places […]
The American Club turns 100: from immigrant housing to luxury lodging
A better life: That is what Old World immigrants sought when leaving European homelands and taking a treacherous ocean voyage 100 years ago. They arrived […]
Trendsetters in lodging: Yotel, Kinn Guesthouse
Hands off, and hands on: We apparently want it both ways while traveling. We want memory-making vacation experiences that are immersive and personal, in groups […]
Take Ten: the year’s lovely lodging
I rest my head on dozens of beds besides my own every year and check out many other properties without staying overnight. What catches my […]
De Pere’s 4th generation Union Hotel quietly begins 100th year
Closing time at the Union Hotel’s restaurant is 9 p.m. in downtown De Pere. Decades ago, that was because of the butcher, who worked halfway […]
Rural Missouri B&B operates inside Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
Within the hills and dales of northeast Missouri are far fewer miles of paved roads than rivers and creeks. Signs at one-lane bridges warn of […]
Roots Inn, Sister Bay: It’s not your average B&B
Collin and Sara Doherty have traveled the world – on their walls are framed photos from Vail to Vietnam – but they choose, for now, […]
Best lodging of 2016: Eau Claire to Tobago
A memorable overnight getaway doesn’t have to break the budget, or maybe it’s high time that you splurged. Where? I count these properties as remarkable, […]
About clowns in Wisconsin, where coulrophobia rules at a Manty B&B
What’s the difference between a clown and a mime? Not much these days because neither is talking, at least to me. Widespread chatter – make […]
Green Lake B&B honors rich resort heritage
The Winnebago tribe knew of the lake as Daycholah, a beautiful, mysterious and magical body of water that seemed to have no bottom. It was […]