Writing
Food/Drink back to top
Taste(s) of Milwaukee - Find out what's cookin' through an evening with Milwaukee Food Tours. Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 2011
Love Bites - Guilty pleasure: my torrid love affairs in San Antonio. Third Coast Digest, May 2011
Get Your Grape On - With all this wining going on, there's a lot to grape about. Epicure Milwaukee, 2011
Taking the Fifth - Just south of downtown, the Fifth Ward is fast emerging as Milwaukee's foodie central. Epicure Milwaukee, 2011
Walking On Water - Harbor House: smooth sailing for one of Milwaukee's most-buzzed about new restaurants. Epicure Milwaukee, 2011
Travel/Culture back to top
Training Day - Ride the rails from Antonito, CO to Chama, NM on this historic steam train. thirdcoastdigest.com, January 2012
Eight Historic Bowling Alleys - These blasts from the past will bowl you over with nostalgic fun. travelwisconsin.com, Winter 2012
Milwaukee Holiday Guide - Dressed for the season and ready to rock, Milwaukee's got it goin' on this winter. Wild Blue Yonder, December 2011
Quick Trip: Hollander's - Get yourself some class in this Ann Arbor bookmaking store. Cleveland Magazine, Fall 2011
Five Towns Terrific for Fall - Bring out the wine glasses and cameras, and fall in love with Wisconsin. travelwisconsin.com, Fall 2011
Corn Challenge - These leafy labyrinths are loads of fun. travelwisconsin.com, Fall 2011
Milwaukee's High Life - Cultural—and spooky—awakening along the shores of Lake Michigan. Wild Blue Yonder, October 2011
Paddle Powered - A claustrophobic control freak turns into a comfortably carefree kayaker in Michigan's UP. Cleveland Magazine, Summer 2011
Challenging Yourself in Chattanooga - Discover your inner aerial daredevil. Third Coast Digest, July 2011
Crawling Through Nashville - Some people go to Nashville for the music; I go for the art. Third Coast Digest, March 2011
Pueblo Culture—Living in the Past - These natives have defied the odds—for thousands of years. Third Coast Digest, January 2011
Profiles back to top
Rep Reborn - Discover Mark Clements' intriguingly complex, yet amazingly simple passion: he wants to put on an incredible show. WHERE Guestbook, 2011/2012
Funny Business - BuySeasons corners the online party market. Wisconsin Trails, October 2011
Fine Tuning - Can you hear it? There's beautiful music pouring out of fine instument shops in Menomonee Falls, Sparta and Presque Isle. Wisconsin Trails, August 2011
Pack Frat - Both brawn and brain: the spotlight is on College Hunks Hauling Junk. Go, March 2010
Julilly Kohler: Renaissance Woman - Milwaukee's most beloved community organizer muses on funky, fascinating Milwaukee. Experience Milwaukee, Winter 2009
Frank Alioto - Firefighter, tour guide and author of Milwaukee's Brady Street Neighborhood, Alioto is a force for change—with a Zen disposition. Experience Milwaukee, Summer 2009.
The Milwaukee 20 - Sam Van Hallgren, Julilly Kohler and Dean Amhaus, each one of Milwaukee's top 20 movers and shakers. MyMidwest, April 2009
Sharing a Legacy: Bill Petersen - A Chicago philanthropist donates his family's fabulous mansion to Wisconsin—a lovely time capsule of lakeshore life in the late 1800s. At the Lake, Spring 2009
Lifestyles back to top
Home Is Where Your Art Is - This gardener/artist couple raised the roof in River Hills, creating a light-filled living space to showcase their work. Milwaukee Home & Fine Living, Jan 2010
Family Classic - A new kitchen and family room are lovingly crafted to match period details in this 1927 English Tudor. Milwaukee Home & Fine Living, Feb 2009
The Home Stretch - Discover the rewarding approach to renovating in stages. Milwaukee Home & Fine Living, Feb 2009
Books back to top
Milwaukee's Historic Bowling Alleys (author) - Discover the people, places and events that turned Brew City into Bowling Central. Arcadia Publishing, October 2010
Geneva Lake Reflections: More Stories from the Shore (co-author) - Immerse yourself in the stories of grand estates, charming camps and a who's who of famous lakeside residents. Nei-Turner Media Group, Inc., August 2010
What's New
Italy, here we come! In this year-long adventure, I'll keep you posted on what's happening in Rome...and beyond.
