Blog name: Notes From The Burbs Location: Waukesha, WI About me: The lure of the big, little city by the lake brought me to Milwaukee more than seven years ago. I have since grown to love Milwaukee with every bone in my body and make sure that I tell everyone how great it is to live here -- especially when I travel. Rating statistics Average rating of my blogs: 4.5 Average rating of my Talkbacks: 4.3 Average rating I've given others: 4.5 |
| Recent blog entries | |
| Living - April 22, 2009 | |
| I Was Just Sexted! | |
| I was just sexted or "sex texted" accidentally.Apparently there is a woman in Milwaukee who was very excited to send me a nude photo of herself at 10:34 a.m. today. And it's not even a good photo -- more along the lines of a gynecological mug-shot. I naively opened the message, thinking... | |
| Living - Feb. 2, 2009 | |
| Local Groundhog Sees Shadow | |
| Jimmy the Groundhog, Wisconsin's official winter weather prognosticator, saw his shadow this morning in Sun Prairie, Wis. There will be six more weeks of winter weather despite this week's mid-winter thaw. Sun Prairie delcared itself the official Groundhog Capital of the World in 1952 and ... | |
| Sports - Oct. 2, 2008 | |
| Burning the Bad Luck Brewers Hat | |
| As you cheer on the Brewers in game two of the NLDS against the Phillies tonight, send a little cheer of thanks to my pal Aaron Gross.Why? Well, if it wasn't for a keen observation on Aaron's part our hometeam might never have made it to their first playoff series in 26 years.It was on July 3, 20... | |
| Dining - Sept. 26, 2008 | |
| Oysters & Wine - Friday's Perfect End | |
| Be jealous of me right now. As you're still trapped in your cubicle I'm enjoying freshly shucked oysters from the St. Paul Fish Market at the Thief Wine Bar in the Milwaukee Public Market as I write this blog. If you haven't been to the Milwaukee Public Market in a while you have to get do... | |
| Kids & Family - Sept. 18, 2008 | |
| Banishing the Puke Smell? | |
| Unfortunately our little dude has caught some sort of stomach bug that has caused him to toss his cookies multiple times in the past 12 hours. And now that he's a toddler, this means it's a traveling show, so it hasn't been confined to one location. I'm in round two of super clea... | |
| Recent Talkbacks | |
| Article - March 4, 2008 | |
| A jam-packed final full day in Paris | |
| I fully agree with you on Musee d'Orsay being much more interesting than the ... | |
| Article - Feb. 21, 2008 | |
| OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: Feb. 21, 2008 | |
| The Lean Cuisines work, but if you want a bit more filling microwavable meal,... | |
| Article - Feb. 18, 2008 | |
| Motherfest: I need a “bad mom” friend | |
| Dammit -- I was really hoping that Lazymom's web site was real. Sometimes you... | |
| Blog - Jan. 31, 2008 | |
| The Thursday before Fashion Week Starts.............. | |
| I simply love your blog -- keep it coming! Enjoy NYC. | |
| Article - Nov. 2, 2007 | |
| My favorite words | |
| When I was a reporter I had a list of words I loved posted on my bulletin boa... | |
| Article - Oct. 22, 2007 | |
| 2007 trick or treat schedule | |
| Pewaukee's is: Sunday, Oct 28th from 3-6 p.m. | |
| Article - Aug. 14, 2007 | |
| The OMC Push-Up Club | |
| The ladies do participate -- this photo was taken early in the "Club" before ... | |
| Article - May 8, 2007 | |
| The Milwaukee drinking game | |
| This is hilarious and is so true -- particularly in regards to the local news... | |
| Article - April 17, 2007 | |
| Wonder Woman and the paper cranes | |
| What a shame -- that mother is just quashing the light out of her daughter. I... | |
| Article - March 22, 2007 | |
| OMC Recommends: Cool stuff we like right now | |
| Drew -- I have to agree with you, my relationship with Coca-Cola is similar t... | |
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