Travel & Visitors Guide - May 13, 2008
This winning blogger is going to Mexico
Last week was Travel Week at OnMilwaukee.com and we were full of great stories about destinations near and far. Best of all, you, our readers, stepped up and blogged a storm of travel-related stories, memories, advice and more.
Tags: Apple Vacations, Riu Palace Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico

Marketplace - Jan. 9, 2008
Dog DNA test is for the birds
It's a regular exercise around my house to speculate on the breeds that make up my mutt, Playa, the dog we brought back from Mexico in 2003. Any time we bring her to the dog park, someone will inevitably ask what kind of dog she is, since she looks so different than your typical pooch.
Tags: dna, mexico, dog

Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 9, 2007
MAM a natural venue for "Martin Ramirez"
The work of Martin Ramirez is by no means unknown, especially in folk art and outsider art circles, but don't be surprised if you don't know him. His is certainly not a household name.
Tags: Martin Ramirez, MAM, Folk Art, Russell Bowman, Baker/Rowland Galleries, Brooke Davis Anderson, David Gordon, Jalisco, Mexico, outsider, self-taught, victor espinoza, kristin espinoza, gerard wertkin

Marketplace - Dec. 1, 2005
Cempazuchi's holiday market stocks Mexican stocking stuffers
Bryce Clark, owner of Cempazuchi restaurant, 1205 E. Brady St., travels to Oaxaca, Mexico, every year to hand select items for his Oaxacan Market, set up inside the popular bar and restaurant from Thanksgiving until after New Year's.
Tags: Cempazuchi, Latin America, Mexico, Bryce Clark, oaxaca

Movies - Dec. 12, 2002
"The Crime of Padre Amaro" captures one man's descent
Based on a 19th century Portuguese novel, "O Crime do Padre Amaro," written by Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz, "The Crime of Padre Amaro," is a melodramatic Mexican film about a young priest who enters a corrupt milieu and soon finds himself with troubles of his own.
Tags: Amaro, Bernal, Mexico

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 12, 2008
Finding Honeymoon Excellence in Cancun
My fiancee and I were worried. Neither of us had been to Mexico, and we had no idea if we had made the right choice for our honeymoon.   My fiancee had done some research on TripAdvisor.com (something we HIGHLY recommend), and the resort had been fairly highly rated, though the p...
Tags: travel, blog, contest, cancun, Excellence, riviera, maya, mexico, puerto, morales, honeymoon

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 12, 2008
cooking adventures
On those days when I wish I could abandon responsibility for life as a vagabond, cooking international food helps me focus my energies on something productive, and hopefully, tasty. Picking up some obscure herbs or sauces at the Lanexang Asian grocery or finding a rare mamey fruit at Supermercado...
Tags: cooking, Mexico, travel, Oaxaca, food

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 12, 2008
Hiking El Rancho
My husband was born in a beautiful and impoverished settlement in the hills of rural Puebla, Mexico. Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit his rustic birthplace, a location he usually refers to as "el rancho." I knew his family had never owned or lived on a "ranch"...
Tags: Mexico, travel, Puebla

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 6, 2008
Christmas in a small, Mexican town
I am a lifelong Milwaukeean, raised in Elm Grove, educated in Madison, now a happy homeowner on Milwaukee's south side. My husband is from Puebla, Mexico. He came to the U.S. to live and work as a young man, and we met and married nearly four years ago. At the time we met I was infatuated with ...
Tags: travel contest, Mexico