Laacke and Joy's Company in Milwaukee has been an outdoor outfitter in Wisconsin longer than Wisconsin has been a state. There are several types of sporting goods stores. Some sell hunting equipment and heavy but durable camping equipment that you can take to a cabin in your car but would never carry far by foot. Some sporting goods stores sell bowling balls and basketball … [Read more...]
The Packing House on Layton Ave. Milwaukee, WI
The Packing House is one of Milwaukee's favorite restaurants. If you drive on Layton Avenue past Mitchell International Airport on a Friday night, you'll see a line of cars stretching around the block. What makes people line up in their cars like people trying to get into a popular L.A. nightclub? It's the Packing House Friday Fish Fry. On Friday, the Packing House has a … [Read more...]
Best Place Pabst Brewery Tour in Milwaukee WI
The Pabst Brewery Tour at the Best Place offers a treat for both beer lovers and lovers of history and historic architecture. Lets face it. Milwaukee is probably most famous for beer. At one time, nearly all the major beer producers were in Milwaukee. That included the largest, Pabst. The Pabst brewery in Milwaukee closed in 1996. For years, the brewery buildings … [Read more...]
Penguin Antics At The Polar Bear Plunge Milwaukee Wisconsin
Milwaukee's Lake Michigan Polar Bear Plunge I thought I must be crazy to go to the Polar Bear event at Bradford Beach New Year's Day. The temperature was right at the freezing point. There were snow flurries in the air. For a while, I had mistaken the flurries for ashes from some of the campfires some had set up to keep warm on the beach. While the temperature was not bad by … [Read more...]
The Best Christmas Light Displays In Milwaukee Wisconsin
The top five Christmas light displays in Milwaukee, WI. Let's face it, we all like to drive around and look at Christmas lights. I've gone around looking for the best Christmas lights in the Milwaukee area and taken some photos to help guide you. This list also takes into account that "Christmas feeling" each has. To me, one of the leading spots didn't actually have the … [Read more...]