http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_andytarnoff.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Andy Tarnoff en-us Sat, 10 May 2008 16:45:24 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/omc_rssfeed_logo.gif http://onmilwaukee.com 204 67 In Milwaukee, you'd be hard-pressed to find a restaurant at a golf resort so good that you'd actually travel all the way across town just for dinner. But if you ever find yourself in Phoenix, make the trip to Deseo, a "Nuevo Latino" restaurant inside the Westin Kierland. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/deseo.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/deseo.html?15202 Sat, 10 May 2008 05:07:00 CST Do you ever have one of those moments when you do something pretty stupid, only to realize it an hour later? http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/badideajeans.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/badideajeans.html?15196 Thu, 8 May 2008 14:59:00 CST When I was a little kid, I regularly ate lunch at a place called JA's Café in a strip mall on the corner of Green Bay and Green Tree Roads. I was pleased to find the Glen Café had picked up where JA's had left off. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/glencafe.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/glencafe.html?15173 Wed, 7 May 2008 12:46:00 CST For a band that, despite periodic breakups, has maintained a tight and unique sound since its post-grunge Seattle heyday, the Presidents put on a solid show that mixed old and new -- to an appreciative, if not sold-out, crowd. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/pusareview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/pusareview.html?15152 Mon, 5 May 2008 23:23:00 CST Of course, I've been to the Palomino for dinner, drinks and Packers games about a zillion times. But until yesterday, I never tried their Sunday brunch. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/palominobreakfast.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/palominobreakfast.html?15143 Mon, 5 May 2008 12:19:00 CST For an athlete selected in the 57th round of the draft and who has played with six teams (including one in Japan), Gabe Kapler maintains an introspective humility about his life on and off the field. We talked to him. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kapler.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kapler.html?15127 Mon, 5 May 2008 05:49:00 CST Only a month into her new job as a FSN Wisconsin sideline reporter, kids are asking for autographs and grown men are asking if she's the Trenni they went to grade school with. We caught up with the Muskego High School and Marquette alum. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/trennikusnierek.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/trennikusnierek.html?15125 Sat, 3 May 2008 05:48:00 CST In advance of their Monday show at The Rave, we spoke to The Presidents of the United States of America's "guitbass" player Andrew McKeag, who joined the band in 2004. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/pusapreview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/pusapreview.html?15111 Sat, 3 May 2008 05:17:00 CST Exactly eight weeks ago, to the day, I dropped off my new 2008 BMW 328xi Coupe at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. This afternoon, I picked it up at Concours Motors in Glendale. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bmwpickup.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/bmwpickup.html?15101 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:36:00 CST It's taken nearly three years of driving our 2005 Toyota Prius, but yesterday I refueled our first complete tank that achieved 51 miles per gallon. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/prius51mpg.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/prius51mpg.html?15085 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:53:00 CST It's not really newsworthy to write about hanging out with four current and former coworkers. But usually, it's not happening in Jackson, Miss. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/jacksonmiss.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/jacksonmiss.html?15070 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:07:00 CST I’m talking about a pack of real, live foxes who seem to live somewhere near the corner of Oklahoma and Delaware Avenues. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bayviewfoxes.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bayviewfoxes.html?15061 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:28:00 CST While the former city forester does worry about trees, Milwaukee's Environmental Services Superintendent Preston Cole has a bigger job now. Five years ago, the city merged its forestry and sanitation divisions, and he now oversees 650 employees. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/prestoncole.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/prestoncole.html?15027 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:29:00 CST I didn’t expect it would take 12 innings to put away the Cards, but if I’ve learned one thing about baseball, it’s to never go home early. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/neverleaveearly.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/neverleaveearly.html?15014 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:40:00 CST I'm a stuffy guy by nature. Whether it's seasonal allergies or random congestion in the winter, I've just about surrendered in the war against stuffiness. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/afrin.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/afrin.html?14939 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:04:00 CST Dan Needles is a Waukesha native who still roots for his home teams. At just 45, he started his career in Wausau, New London and Chippewa Falls, but has been working locally for the last 18 years. He's seen TV sports coverage change of the years, and he's changed along with it. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/needles.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/needles.html?14914 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:44:00 CST With a zillion dining options blocks from my office, I don't do it as much as I used to, but today's sunshine inspired me to revive an old East Side lunch tradition of mine: take-out from Koppa's and a solitary lunch at Back Bay Park. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/koppaspark.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/koppaspark.html?14938 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:51:00 CST A visit to a local shelter can be a heartwarming experience. Puppies and kittens are in high demand, but what about the less adoptable dog and cats? That's where the Companion Animal Resource and Adoption Center comes in. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/companionanimal.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/companionanimal.html?14924 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:29:00 CST Without thinking about it, I had two of my all-time favorite treats today. With dinner (which comprised a healthy salad, thank you very much), I mixed up a packet of Del's Frozen Lemonade, a gift from a friend in Rhode Island. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/bluemoondels.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/bluemoondels.html?14919 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:22:00 CST Is it wrong to expect my cell phone to work in my own house? You wouldn't think so. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/cellphoneshuffle.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/cellphoneshuffle.html?14908 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:31:00 CST All this talk about OnMilwaukee.com Green Month has made me crave lime JELL-O. I'm not kidding. As a kid, my favorite color was green. http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/ilikegreen.html http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/ilikegreen.html?14881 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:50:00 CST Mike Shaffer would prefer you just call him Bay View Mike. After all, Shaffer is a life-long resident of the neighborhood, and he’s worked at many, many bars in his 35 years. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/mikeshaffer.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/mikeshaffer.html?14866 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:28:00 CST April 7, 1998 was my first day of self-employment, and the idea of OnMilwaukee.com had been growing, in earnest, even before that. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/10yearsofomc.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/10yearsofomc.html?14833 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:50:00 CST To paraphrase Frank the Tank, it's been a nice little Sunday. I've spent the last few hours alternating between watching Ben Sheets dominate the Giants and giving my garden the first once-over of the season. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/springgardeningblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/springgardeningblog.html?14820 Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:09:00 CST I'd imagine that Wednesday evening isn't the night most Milwaukeeans hit the bars, even in thirsty Bay View. But if I didn't know better, I would've thought last night was a Saturday at the grand opening of Sugar Maple, 441 E. Lincoln Ave. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/sugarmapleblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/sugarmapleblog.html?14784 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:04:00 CST The mechanically-inclined among you may commence laughing, but I'm laying it out on the blogging table as an admission of my home-repair haplessness -- and how I ultimately triumphed against something that shouldn't have been too tough in the first place. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/deadbolt.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/deadbolt.html?14763 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:04:00 CST There are only a few people who watch the Brewers as closely as Milwaukee radio announcer Jim Powell. And that's why we catch up with him each and every spring to get his take on the team's chances. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/powell08.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/powell08.html?14730 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:23:00 CST A beer lover's oasis, when the Sugar Maple swings open its door on Wednesday, expect the bar to look like no other tavern in Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/sugarmapleopening.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/sugarmapleopening.html?14728 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:41:00 CST It turns out the USAirways oversold the flight, and when they asked if anyone wanted to be rerouted through Milwaukee, I sprung out of my seat and raised my hand. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/firstclassfinale.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/firstclassfinale.html?14708 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:25:00 CST I promised to be groggy while writing today’s blog, and that’s the reality after another long, hot day in the sun yesterday that extended late into the night. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/grounhogdayaz.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/grounhogdayaz.html?14700 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:53:00 CST After the game, we moved our base of operations to the Westin Kierland Resort, on the northern side of Scottsdale. A top-notch hotel, it’s quite different from our experience at the Hotel Valley Ho. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/westinkierland.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/westinkierland.html?14674 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:21:00 CST I figured that since I was up, I might as well check out the pool at the Hotel Valley Ho again. And that’s where I spent an hour doing something I rarely do on vacation: relaxing. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/hotelvalleyho2.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/hotelvalleyho2.html?14660 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:41:00 CST Wow, it’s nice to be back in Arizona. My morning began at 5:30 a.m., when I left Milwaukee for O’Hare. And we came at a great time. It was about 85 degrees and perfectly cloudless. This is what I spent the last 11.5 months dreaming about. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/hotelvalleyho.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/hotelvalleyho.html?14654 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:46:00 CST It’s easy to tell people to chillax in the middle of January when a foot of snow falls on Milwaukee. It’s harder to say that again with a straight face on March 21. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/springsnow.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/springsnow.html?14649 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:46:00 CST I'm heading to Phoenix Sunday for a Spring Training surgical strike. With just four days in the Valley, this 11th annual jaunt will need to be efficient, lean and mean. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/prephoenix.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/prephoenix.html?14615 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:06:00 CST How does our hub of highways, the Marquette Interchange, stack up against the newly renovated Bayshore? Read on to find out. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/mchangevsbayshore.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/mchangevsbayshore.html?14580 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:12:00 CST Almost exactly six years ago, we introduced you to The Monkey Bar. Since then, "the monkey" has done a lot of growing up, culminating in a new look and feel in a new location that reopened officially last week. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/monkeybar08.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/monkeybar08.html?14565 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:29:00 CST I’ll admit it, I’m perhaps not as tuned in as I should be into the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court judge. I’ll also admit that until I started seeing these vague and confusing commercials lately, I didn’t even know a race was underway. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/supremecourtrace.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/supremecourtrace.html?14567 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:00:00 CST I had a great time on my 11-day light-speed tour of Germany, France and Spain. Maybe it was the 20-hour travel day from Munich to Amsterdam to Newark and finally to Milwaukee, but today has felt especially dramatic. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/homeiswhereheartis.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/homeiswhereheartis.html?14503 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:58:00 CST After our siesta, we headed back to Plaza Mayor and had dinner and drinks at one of the “mesones,” a 400-year-old cave-like restaurant that’s a local favorite for cheap dates. We wandered around the area a bit after dinner, watching the city come alive as it approached 11 p.m. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/madridfinal.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/madridfinal.html?14482 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:26:00 CST Like the guidebooks suggest, Madrid doesn’t get going until late. And it keeps going, on weekdays, too, well after most Americans would be fast asleep. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/madrid.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/madrid.html?14475 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:43:00 CST Spain put me in a better mood the moment we landed. Their metro is spotless, efficient, modern and easy to understand. It puts Paris to shame. Polite and helpful people surrounded us, including a woman who not only helped us lug our big, 50-pound suitcase up an endless flight of stairs, but who also directed us to our hotel. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/tarnoffmadrid.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/tarnoffmadrid.html?14465 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 15:35:00 CST Blogging from a slowly boarding plane, which is at least 45 minutes late. Today has been frustrating. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/cdg.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/cdg.html?14443 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:48:00 CST Please pardon me if this blog is a little rambling. It’s 10:45 p.m., and we just got back to the hotel after 12 and a half jam-packed hours through the streets of old Paris, the Orsay Museum and Montmartre. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/parismontmartre.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/parismontmartre.html?14432 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:32:00 CST We planned only three major sights for today’s agenda. First, we visited the Arc de Triomphe. Next, we strolled down the Champs-Elysees. Finally, we toured the major works at the Louvre. After a quiet dinner, we’re back at the hotel by 9 p.m. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/louvretour.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/louvretour.html?14417 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:18:00 CST After a European breakfast of crepes and coffee, we set out for Versailles, the palatial estate of several kings, but most famously belonging to Louis XIV. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/parisversailles.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/parisversailles.html?14400 Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:07:00 CST The plan for tonight was supposed to be the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower, and I’ll be damned if I wasn’t going to make this day turn out right. Exhausted and more frazzled than yesterday, we set the evening in motion. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/hurryuplostparis.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/hurryuplostparis.html?14398 Sat, 1 Mar 2008 16:38:00 CST It’s been a grueling, exhausting and all-together thrilling day, and frankly, the last thing I feel like doing at 11 p.m., from the world’s smallest hotel room, is writing this blog. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/strasbourg.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/strasbourg.html?14394 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:42:00 CST Blippy, poppy or orchestral, arcade and console music touches a nerve. Which is why the creators of "Video Games Live," an interactive concert experience coming to the Riverside Theater on Saturday, are finding so much success. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/videogameslive.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/videogameslive.html?14354 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:28:00 CST The outskirts of Munich, by train, look an awful lot like the trip from Milwaukee to Chicago on Amtrak. It starts out rural, then gets suburban, and finally urban. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/munichblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/munichblog.html?14379 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:56:00 CST