Fall is supposed to be the time when Milwaukee’s social calendar starts quieting down. Not this year! Either the city is finally getting hip or everyone knows I have put myself on self-imposed exile until November 19th to get ready for my in-person debut. I can’t attend these events, but that doesn’t mean you can’t. […]
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Day 3: You Win Some, You Lose Some
A few musings from the weekend: I will support Randy’s running habits as it makes him happy and healthy, but I don’t think I can support marathoning. I’m one of those that thinks that is just too much toll on a human body. Even just helping at the marathon made my hips hurt. (Or the […]
Day 1: Being Healthy is Expensive! Or Is It???
To get #NoProOcto off to a good start, I headed to Outpost, our local organic grocery store. I think there might be a surcharge for the hipness factor, but for the month, I’ll be willing to pay. Here’s what I got: Highlights include house made baba ganoush, hummus, straight-from-the-farm goat cheese, fruit spritzers (die Diet […]
Honeymoon 5B: The Underbelly and Overjoyment of Paris
We started our last day by getting in an hour-long line to visit the Catacombs. (Sidenote: while we waited in line, I had to go to the bathroom (surprise, surprise), so I used one of their street toilets. This was a space age system! The whole thing, ceiling to floor, is sterilized and dried between […]
Honeymoon Part 5a: My Night(s) in Paris
Our TomTom took us on beautiful back roads since we were trying to skip tolls (7,80 euro for a tunnel and 11,80 euro for the freeway the day before!) We went through a number of quiet, country towns before BAM, Paris traffic. We ended up in almost stopped traffic for 20 minutes (6 miles), but […]