College museums: majors in birds to geology
Freethinkers buck conventional thinking and make their way through the world in unusual ways. This is the way I peg James Newman Clark. The Meridean […]
Articles by Mary Bergin
Chicago fans share their fave hidden gems
Spiritual sites, ethnic neighborhoods, down-home food, fine fabrics and Asian art are among your worthwhile reasons for stepping away from the Loop and Magnificent Mile. […]
Chicago food: beyond dawgs, pizza, Bayless
Jazzed-up hot dogs, deep-dish pizza and any product with chef Rick Bayless’ thumbprint are among the foods that make Chicago famous. Add wiener schnitzel from […]
Chicago travel: beyond the Magnificent Mile
For years, I’ve headed to Chicago for day trips or quick overnights – usually taking in the obvious sites and sticking to places tourists congregate. […]
Visit Indy without a Super Bowl game ticket
The next best thing to following your favorite NFL team to the 2012 Super Bowl is shadowing the pre-game action in Indianapolis, which hosts the […]
Sacred sites produce something to savor
Most authors who choose food as a research topic head to restaurants, markets, factories or farms. Madison native Madeline Scherb opted for convents and monasteries. […]
Cash in your assets and see the world
The guestbook was one of the last things I checked during a Tutoko II cruise in New Zealand’s pristine Fiordland recently. One of the handwritten […]
Horseradish: from crop to plate in Manawa
Ebelskivers. Aebleskivers. Both spellings work, and both are pronounced ABLE-sky-vers. Until I got acquainted with Judy Trull and her Lindsay House B&B in Manawa, I […]
Elite honors: Kohler spa, golf, American Club
Think “the ultimate in luxury travel,” as inspectors for Forbes Travel Guide do every year, and you’ll likely gravitate to the world’s biggest cities for […]
Tavern League: inside Sessler’s, Red Room
My father, as far as I could tell, wasn’t much of a drinker – but he liked to swing into one or more toasty shoreline […]
Food trips: cheeses to Riviera Maya breezes
Let’s build your appetite to indulge in something new. It’s not hard work. — Milwaukee-based Funjet Vacations and Taste of Home Cooking School are combining […]
Madison’s Chazen art museum doubles size
Live anywhere long enough, and you’re likely to take good things for granted. That’s the way it is for me in Madison, where always-there treasures […]