Hot Springs: smallest national park, historic spa setting
The average spa treatment in this country involves low lights, soothing music, a heated massage table and complete privacy (unless booking a massage for two). […]
Month: April 2016
Some pets go to work with their owners
Back when I was a newspaper features editor in Madison, which seems like a lifetime ago, one of our most popular weekly items was “Look […]
Wisconsin Dells gives downtown artful uplift
Roger Brooks of Arizona is a tourism branding expert who helped shape Wisconsin Dells as Waterpark Capital of the World. End of story? Hardly. Brian […]
Polka festivals: a sure sign of spring
Almost all states with an official dance choose the square dance, but not Wisconsin. Not by a longshot. We picked the polka in 1993, as […]
New brews, awards, dishes, events for 2016
Spring is a time for renewal, and my notebooks are fat with snippets of new and new-to-me gleanings from annual state tourism and Midwest FoodService […]