05Nov/15

Tell Me More: Cream City Brick

November 5, 2015City Musings, Explore Your Neighborhood, Historybrick, Cream City, Explore Your Neighborhood, history, MilwaukeeJoe

While beer made the Brew City famous, the literal foundation of those breweries and many historic buildings was much more solid: Cream City Bricks. It’s easy to find these warmly-colored building blocksRead More…

03Nov/15

GWBT #30: Starboard Brewing Company

November 3, 2015Booze, Great Wisconsin Brewery Tourbeer, breweries, brewery, door county, Great Wisconsin Brewery Tour, GWBT, Starboard Brewing Company, Sturgeon BayJoe

*This is the thirtieth post in an on-going chronicle dubbed the Great Wisconsin Brewery Tour. Follow the journey here.* Starboard Brewing Company 151 N 3rd Ave Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 818-1062 Visit date: 10/17/15Read More…

29Oct/15

Sexy Milwaukee-Themed Halloween Costumes

October 29, 2015City Life, City MusingsBallpark Pup, Bronze Fonz, costume, Halloween, Hank the Dog, Henry Winkler, Milverine, Milwaukee, sexyJoe

This Saturday is All Hollows Eve – one of my favorite holidays. It’s a perfect storm this year: the 31st actually lands on a Saturday and it’s daylight savings, which gives us an extraRead More…

27Oct/15

GWBT #29: Courthouse Pub

October 27, 2015Bars, Booze, Great Wisconsin Brewery Tourbeer, breweries, brewery, Courthouse Pub, Great Wisconsin Brewery Tour, GWBT, ManitowocJoe

*This is the twenty-ninth post in an on-going chronicle dubbed the Great Wisconsin Brewery Tour. Follow the journey here.* Courthouse Pub 1001 South 8th St Manitowoc, WI 54220 (920) 686-1166 Visit date: 10/16/15Read More…

22Oct/15

Why It’s Time to Be a Real Bucks Fan (2015 Edition)

October 22, 2015City Life, City MusingsBango, basketball, BMO Harris Bradley Center, Bucks, Fear the Deer, Milwaukee, NBAJoe

I’m from southeastern Wisconsin, so naturally I was raised as a fair-weather Milwaukee Bucks fan (#BigThree). I spent 20-some years considering Wisconsin’s largest city my hometown but completely ignoring one of itsRead More…