More cities aware of gay-friendly travel value
It has taken only one year for Philadelphia to document positive results from a $1 million campaign to make itself known as a gay-friendly city. […]
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Skate like an Olympian at Pettit Ice Center
On a freezing Sunday in Milwaukee, one day after U.S. men took gold and silver speedskating medals in Turino, I saw how easy it was […]
Las Vegas freebies on the Strip and beyond
The Golden Gate, in downtown Las Vegas, turned 100 this year and is the city’s oldest operating hotel. It is a charming, vintage property where […]
Arizona spring training: stops for Cactus fans
Spring training for major league baseball begins in less than a month, and the dozen teams that make up the Cactus League – including the […]
Elks Lodge 57, Koz’s: unusual bowling spots
The good people of Fond du Lac are quietly protecting a piece of history that is deemed significant in the world of bowling. They have […]
Joe McCarthy, Houdini at Appleton museum
I’m certainly not the first to be tempted to make comparisons between Joseph McCarthy and Houdini. Anybody else want to join in? Hmmm. That didn’t […]
Princeton, Green Lake: ‘quiet time’ appealing
It is mid January, but winter has taken its time to reappear, at least in southwestern Wisconsin. After our holiday landscape melted into a dank […]
Cooks Corner specializes in kitchenware
He has a pleasant and disarming way of hawking his merchandise. Today, it is porcelain dinnerware – 22,000 pieces that are being sold for a […]
Badger Barbies at home in NY toy museum
Barbara Millicent Roberts, a woman of many personalities, used to hang out in Sturgeon Bay with hundreds of her friends and family. As of this […]
Christmas chocolates: Line forms at Hughes
The boxes are plain, lightweight and stamped simply in red or black. The contents are luscious, fresh and full of chocolate – a jumble of […]
Berrymans: Dey’re here, dey’re dere
The Mabel Tainter is an elegant old building in downtown Menomonie that is part church, part theater, part library and community center. Named after a […]
Catching the spirit of Kenosha, downtown
I would have never expected to find Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson and Sylvester Stallone shoulder to shoulder in downtown Kenosha. A block away, I met […]