Thursday, July 28th 2011
Skip The Passport
By Kristina Fisher
Think you need to get a passport, book a flight, and buy that instant translator app to experience a different culture or brush up on that foreign language? Think again. Forget the passport and airfar ...
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Tuesday, May 17th 2011
Eat. Drink. Walk. Talk. Milwaukee Food Tours!
By 2 Cents
We recently attended the ever-growing Milwaukee Food Tours for their inaugural Brady St. tour.
It was filled with delicious food, stories & enough time to walk from each place to digest a ...
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Monday, May 17th 2010
Milwaukee Community Sailing Center
By Katie D
I think people forget that we have one of the Great Lakes outside our back door. I suppose if you don’t see it everyday, it’s easily done, but
should not be forgotten about. We have one of the be ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Shake of the Day Rules
By Chip Bush
SHAKE OF THE DAY:
This is not so much a game but more like a small wager with a chance to win something from the bar. Not every bar has a shake of the day and rules vary widely ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Ship-Captain-Crew & 7-14-21 Dice Rules
By Chip Bush
SHIP-CAPTAIN-CREW:
Play is the same as original bar dice, with each person taking up to three rolls on their turn.
In this variation though, one must roll a six (The Ship), a ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Mexican, Liar's Dice How-To
By Chip Bush
MEXICAN / MEXICALI / LIARS DICE:
This game uses only two dice and involves luck, strategy and even a bald faced lie or two.
In Mexican, the higher of the two dice is the tens posi ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Wanna Shake? Bar Dice & Rules
By Chip Bush
If you’re in a bar in Milwaukee, perhaps you’ve seen a group of people repeatedly slamming a leather cup onto the ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Riverwest's Worst Kept Secret: The Falcon
By Liz VanPay
More often than not, when entering a bar in Milwaukee or elsewhere, there are two extremes: a fresh coat of paint and a ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
SOUP!
By 2 Cents
In the heart of winter, one of the most comforting classics is a bowl of hot & hearty soup. If you work downtown or ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
"Passing" Video
By 2 Cents
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Monday, November 1st 2010
Best Mac N Cheese in MKE
By 2 Cents
Macaroni and Cheese has a history in the United States dating back to 1802 when our 3rd President Thomas Jefferson f ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
MKE Regenerates
By 2 Cents
If there was one word to describe Milwaukee as, it would be “regenerative”. Where other cities are demolishing the o ...
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Sunday, June 27th 2010
The Do's & Don'ts of Summerfest
By Jessie Spiess
Whether you’ve been to Summerfest every year for ages, or this will be your first
dip into it, there is the inevitabl ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Summerfest, Once an Old Missile Site
By 3 History Geeks
Home to the world’s largest music festival, Summerfest will continue to make waves on Milwaukee’s lakefront at least ...
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Monday, March 1st 2010
Bowl Milwaukee: Mini History
By Michelle Eigenberger
It’s 4:00 p.m. and Marcy Skowronski lights up the signs in the windows of her Holler House. She’s 80-some years old, ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Turner Hall: Things you didn't know
By Jessie Spiess
Rock climbing at Turner Hall may not be the first thing you think of when going out in Milwaukee. But physical fitness i ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Port of Milwaukee
By Lindsey Killips
Back in the far-flung days of canoes and the desire to “find the most western frontier,” it wasn’t just Lake Michi ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
The Pabst Theater
By Dan Anderson
Originally built in 1895 to host ballets
and operas, the Pabst Theater set the standard for theater design
and constru ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Skylight Opera Theater
By 2 Cents
The Skylight celebrated their 50th anniversary last year with a bit of drama, but that’s what they do best-they are af ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
South Second Street To Recapture the Glory Days
By Lindsey Killips
Milwaukeeans associate the railways
with the glittering new Amtrak
station on St. Paul Avenue, but it was South 2nd St ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Bryant's Cocktail Lounge
By Eric Teske
The same as it ever was, Bryant’s
opened as a beer hall exclusively
selling Miller products in 1938, but only did so ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
At Random
By Eric Teske
At Random, a bastion of old Bay View, is a true retro bar. That term is appropriate here because the place is not simply ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Milwaukee, A Thirsty City
By Tyler Maas
Having been called “The Nation’s Watering Hole” and having its legendary nightlife featured in countless national ...
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Thursday, March 19th 2009
The Streetcar Returns
By Kerith
Streetcar ˈstrēt-ˌkär n (1862) : a vehicle on rails used primarily for transporting passengers and typically opera ...
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Tuesday, December 1st 2009
Gerry's Diamond Tap
By 2 Cents
As I walked into this corner bar, at 3:45 on a Tuesday afternoon, all the bar stools--save one--were occupied. As I shee ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
DIY | Make Your Own CIDER!
By Kerith
STEP 1: GET SOME APPLES!
Pick your own at NIEMAN ORCHARDS (9932 Pioneer Road, Cedarburg, WI 53 ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Iron Cupcake
By Katie D
Are you ready for the most heavenly deal of your life? Because we felt as we struck gold when we discovered this amazing ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Milwaukee by River
By 2 Cents
Never thought you’d be on a boat? Well the only true way to visit Milwaukee is by water on the riverfront. Rent a self ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Barnacle Buds
By Becky Ristic
The first time I was taken to Barnacle Buds I thought I was going to be murdered. Tucked away between a few industrial b ...
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Thursday, October 1st 2009
MJ's Tavern
By Liz VanPay
Milwaukee’s Third Ward is full of bars of all types – from high-end restaurants to smaller taverns there is somethin ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Blackbird Bar
By 2 Cents
At the edge of Bay View, (probably
further than you usually go-so branch out kiddies,) is our new favorite bar Blackbir ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Tonic Tavern
By Katie D
They say Bayview is where hipsters
go to die (or rather grow up.) But here is where you’ll also find an amazing bar t ...
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Wednesday, November 30th -0001
Y Not II
By Ben Burns
The Y-Not II bears the atmosphere of a highway worker who stole his grandma’s holiday decorations and started a bar in ...
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Tuesday, December 1st 2009
The Roman Coin
By Katie D
As long as you can remember, Regano's Roman Coin has been sitting on the corner of Brady and Astor. Have you ever been i ...
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Sunday, November 1st 2009
This is it
By Jonathan Warobick
Nestled away mid-block between Jefferson and Milwaukee streets downtown lies the oldest, and one of the most unique bars ...
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Thursday, October 1st 2009
Jamos
By Eric Teske
With its friendly and unassuming atmosphere, Jamos is a reminder of what makes Milwaukee's dive bar culture so strong. ...
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Sunday, November 1st 2009
Scaffidi's Hideout
By 2 Cents
Located on the corner of Humboldt and Land, just South of the temporarily out Humboldt St
Bridge (slightly inconvenient ...
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Sunday, November 1st 2009
An Outsider's Perspective
By Dan Anderson
Upon arriving in the great city of Milwaukee this past June, I quickly realized just how much the other places that I ha ...
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Sunday, November 1st 2009
Sugar Maple
By 2 Cents
Easily Milwaukee's premier smoke-free bar. Why premier? For anyone who loves micros and imports that can't be found an ...
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