To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• Another heat wave is coming our way and bringing only a chance of rain. The National Weather Service predicts heat index values of 95 to 99 degrees Sunday afternoon and 100 to 105 degrees Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Cue the painfully annoying "it's so hot" jokes.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• Wisconsin was recently named the best state to vacation by AAA Midwest Traveler readers that voted in the annual Best of the Midwest survey. Results are published in the July/August issue. Who knew a state that's only known for beer, brats, cheese and Jeffrey Dahmer could score top honor?
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• Milwaukee's first cheese factory, Clock Shadow Creamery, officially opened over the weekend after being approved for its dairy plant license, says OnMilwaukee.com. Yeah, I know, given our reputation you would’ve thought this wouldn’t be the city’s first. Well, it is. Named for the nearby Allen-Bradley Clock Tower, Clock Shadow Creamery hopes to grow interest in urban cheese making and bring a new stink of dairy to 2nd Street.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• The Austin-based Air Sex World Championships is bumping and grinding its way into town this Thursday, daring Milwaukee to flaunt their sexual prowess in hopes of, er, victory. It's a lot like Air Guitar, but instead of rocking out with an imaginary guitar, you’re making sweet, filthy love to an imaginary partner for about two minutes. Spanking and moaning are optional.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• It’s been weeks since Milwaukee popped up on another highly scientific, beer-related online list. This time, Esquire magazine has named Milwaukee the “Bar City Of The Year”. Milwaukee is given props for its blue-collar image and its German heritage, also for a few bars that are always big with out-of-towners: Wolski’s, Old German Beer Hall, Koz’s Mini Bowl, and Bryant’s. (Koz’s and Bryant’s are named two of the “Best Bars In America.”) It’s nice to see Milwaukee get more alcohol-related press. I'll drink to that!
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• All good, completely harmless things must come to an end: the Journal Sentinel reports that food trucks will be banned from Cathedral Square this summer, and that they will take up permanent residence a few blocks west in Red Arrow Park.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• According to The Huffington Post, the winners of the World Beer Cup were announced early Sunday morning at the conclusion the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference, which hosted the event. Several Wisconsin breweries received awards, including Milwaukee's very own Lakefront Brewery for their Baltic-Style Porter. Click here for the full list of honors.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• John Savage, the father of Miller Lite, died at age 101. He is credited for advising the president of Philip Morris to develop a "lite" brand of beer for Americans seeking a lower-calorie brew, according to the Journal Sentinel.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• I hope everyone felt better about Saturday's binge drinking, knowing that there was an official reason to knock more than a few back. Yes, April 14 was officially declared "Milwaukee Day" by Mayor Tom Barrett late last week. Barrett is creating holidays like the world is ending. Remember last year's "Bon Iver Day"? Heh.
To keep Between the Bars – and you – up-to-date, this weekly post provides a compilation of both the amusing and the significant (mostly the amusing) local stories from the last few days that I've found by keeping a sharp eye on the local newswire. Enjoy the wealth of information, dear readers. You deserve it.
• Frontier Airlines, which previously absorbed the operations of Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines, announced Friday that they're removing the complimentary warm cookies from in-flight service and will replace them with crackers. The gooey chocolate chip cookies were Midwest's signature treat, served for decades. As Georgia Pabst of the Journal Sentinel aptly puts it: “The cookie has crumbled.”
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