What's Happening: Apr 2 to Apr 9
04/03/12 - 08/11/12
Behind the Vaults:Treasures from the County Museum Collections
See some of special things the museum houses in its collections like a cane used by the county’s first land owner, Morris Cutler. Visitors will also learn a bit about why museums collect and how they preserve these special objects for generations to come- Waukesha County Museum, (262) 521-2859, www.waukeshacountymuseum.org
04/07/12
Delightful Landscapes Exhibit
Contemporary oil paintings by 6 artists are exhibited.- River's End Gallery Historic Downtown Waukesha, 262-896-8875, www.RiversEndGallery.com
Pewaukee Area Fish Frys
The Five O'Clock Club
www.the5oclockclubpewaukee.com
Daniel's Grill
262-695-3800
Dylon's Steakhouse
www.dylonssteakhouse.com
Michael's House of Prime
www.foodspot.com/houseofprime
Piano Blu
www.pianoblu.com
Salvo's Pizza
262-691-8100
first of five
One election down, four more to go. Tuesday's primary at Waukesha's newest polling location - St. Mary's - went well, if a little slow. I attended four training sessions this year and never felt more ready for an election. We had more than enough competent poll workers. Didn't even come close to running out of ballots. The St. Mary's Community Room is a large, comfortable, well-lit affair with kitchen and restrooms close by, plenty of parking and handicap accessible.
The issues were minor. We had problems with our new optical scan ballot counter. Some issues with inadequate signage on the street directing voters to the Community Room. A double wide line of parents temporarily blocking the entrance to the parking lot while waiting to pick up their kids after school. Our ward book sometimes not agreeing with the yellow cards mailed to households this year.
resurrections
Happy Easter and Chag Pesach Sameach! Am wishing you a holiday as nice as this great spring weather.
I'll be heading off to Easter Mass in a few, but in the mean time I'd like to resurrect several recent blog topics.
What's Happening: Apr 9 to Apr 16
04/10/12- 08/11/12
Behind the Vaults: Treasures from the County Museum Collection
Visit the Waukesha County Museum to see and learn about some of the stories that make Waukesha County great. See some of special things the museum houses in its collections like a cane used by the county’s first land owner, Morris Cutler, or a key from the premier spring’s era hotel, Fountain Spring House. Visitors will learn a bit about why museums collect and how they preserve these special objects for generations to come.
www.waukeshacountymuseum.org or 262-521-2859
04/14/12- 04/1512
Crazy Quilters 25th Anniversary Quilt Show
Over 200 Quilts on Display along with judging- Parkview Middle School , 262-363-3761,
04/15/12
Milwaukee Miniature Motors Toy Show
Arena, Waukesha County Expo, 262-896-8490, www.waukeshacountyexpo.com
What's Happening: Apr 16 to Apr 23
04/18/12
Lunch and Learn, "An Image is Worth 1,000 Words"
Enjoy lunch, then a special presentation by historian John Schoenknecht. John will share rare and treasured photographs from the museum's collection of famous people, places, and events in Waukesha County's history.- Waukesha County Museum, (262) 521-2859, www.waukeshacountymuseum.org
04/19/12
Spring Salads
Learn how to create salads using a wide assortment of spring vegetables to maximize their flavor and food value.- Waukesha Memorial Hospital, 262-928-2745, www.prohealthcare.org/classes
catch and release kite fishing
This post has nothing to do with fishing with a kite. Just thought it was a "catchy" title.
Last two Sunday's were breezy, kite-flying weather, and I took advantage. Using my open-face spinning rod instead of a ball of kite string, I launched my Korean kite in the back yard not far from neighboring trees. It was challenging at times to keep it out of branches. And, like fishing, when it did snag a tree the kite had to be carefully coaxed so as not to lose it.
musical masterpieces
As the photos emerge of GuitarTown playable guitars and sculptures I am in awe. I can't believe the quality, variety and creativity Waukesha is getting. My original fear was "what if we get some clunkers we'll have to look at for the next couple years, and all this effort wasted?" I clearly underestimated the talent of local artists and organizers for putting the best of them together.
There's no way they are doing it for the money. Look at the detail in Tom Noll's creation and tell me how many hundreds of hours he's putting into it?
Carroll University food drive wraps up Saturday
Carroll University is getting close to the end of its nationwide drive to collect 50,000 meals for the hungry.
The effort is part of the university's second annual National Day of Service food drive.
T.J. Maxx, other stores coming to expanded Shoppes at Fox River
T.J Maxx, Ulta Salon and Cosmetics, Rue 21, and Charming Charlie’s will be the first tenants in the second phase of Shoppes at Fox River, on Waukesha's southwest side.
Opus Development Corp. will break ground this month on the shopping center's addition, which eventually will total 150,000 square feet, Opus said Friday. The first part of that expansion will include more than 47,000 square feet of retail space.
The Shoppes at Fox River, 1180 W. Sunset Drive, opened in July 2009. The first phase has about 273,000 square feet, including a Target, and a Pick ‘n Save.
Hemoblogin
Pouring my heart out to a dual-red donation at BloodCenter's Waukesha Donor Center early this morning got me thinking about National Donate Life Month and assorted other hemo-related topics.
Besides the warm freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies to look forward to, BloodCenter has recently introduced an incentive program: Giving for Life. Something as simple as liking BloodCenter on facebook, following on Twitter, providing an email address... , or as complicated as hosting a blood drive, participating in a focus group, or volunteering, earns points toward shirts and other assorted gear. Heck, just writing about my blood donation today earns me 50 points, and the dual red itself: 300 points.
glad I didn't have to play the blog card
It was a weird day. Did the usual Saturday shopping at my favorite grocery store. They know me, probably too well, there. At the checkout Vicky saw me and said, "here comes trouble". Little did she know how much.
Since we've recently become empty-nesters we're no longer fans of purchasing large amounts of the same or similar items for a discount. Sometimes bordering on the ridiculous, who needs 20 boxes of cereal or cookies at one time?
the best GuitarTown video you'll see today
The Les Paul of Waukesha artists, Tom Noll, has condensed 200 painstaking hours of work into two minutes of sheer enjoyment. It's mysteriously coreographed to appear his pace picks up when the tempo speeds up. Perfect accompaniment for a perfect accomplishment.
What's Happening: Apr 23 to Apr 30
04/24/12 - 08/11/12
Behind the Vaults:Treasures from the County Museum Collections
See some of special things the museum houses in its collections like a cane used by the county’s first land owner, Morris Cutler. Visitors will also learn a bit about why museums collect and how they preserve these special objects for generations to come- Waukesha County Museum, (262) 521-2859, www.waukeshacountymuseum.org
04/28/12
39th Annual Pewaukee Kiwanis River Run
6 mile Canoe and Kayak race on the Pewaukee/Fox Rivers- Pewaukee at Hammel Machine to Frame Park in Waukesha. Call to confirm: 262-691-2700, www.pewaukeekiwanis.org
in the sky with diamonds
Sunday in the Park Third Sunday in the row weather was dry, breezy and somewhat mild. Another words, kite-flying weather. Bailey and I spent an hour or two Earth Day with the kite atop the hill at the University where the view was great, the wind endless and obstacles few and far between. On a clear day you can see Holy Hill in Hubertus from UWW and Sunday we could see at least that far. The constantly changing clouds, wind gusts and direction kept me entertained while Bailey just kept out of trouble loving the sunshine and fresh air.
Diamond Jubilee Sunday also was a good day to see friends Louis and Amy Crisostomo celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a vow renewal during mass. A hundred of their friends and family filled the front pews, but where were Louis and Amy? The front-most pew was empty. Ten minutes in, everyone standing for the holy water blessing, in walk the couple. They were a little late for their own celebration, but I was as happy to witness it as I was for their golden. Before and during mass their grandson Michael, now a Juilliard student, entertained us with his amazing pipe organ music. Congratulations to Louis and Amy!
Waukesha County seeking volunteers to monitor streams
More citizen volunteers are needed to check the health of Waukesha County rivers and creeks.
Volunteer monitors currently check segments of 13 streams, said Jayne Jenks, a conservation specialist with the Waukesha County Parks and Land Use Department.
In case you missed it
GuitarTown was in the news yesterday. Channel Four's 10 p.m. newscast had a nice little segment on Waukesha. Take a look.
not a knife, a way of life
I've kept a masterpiece concealed in my pocket nearly every day for the last 13 years. SwissChamp has been called Victorinox's flagship model and the daddy of Swiss Army knives, but I call it by far the handiest, most reliable and well-made tool kit I'll ever own.
I obviously can't do everything with the knife, but SwissChamp gives me an awful lot of options. I don't use every feature, but better to have it and not need it . . . I would be happy with just 8 functions: scissors, tweezers, both long and short knife blades, pen, magnifying glass, flat blade and phillips screwdrivers. I use the magnifying glass so often in my work that I will never again buy a knife without one.
Who's the Fox at Walgreens?
Learned the Fox6 Weather Team were appearing at Walgreens on Grandview this morning. Vince Condella, Brittney Sager, Rob Haswell and Justin Zollitsch were all here promoting weather safety by helping to program Midland weather radios Walgreens was offering at a discounted price. We have an older weather radio and thought it would be worth $30.00 to get the latest technology. Besides, a portion of the proceeds would be helping to support the American Red Cross.
Even though about 140 radios were sold and programmed in the three hours the team was here the line moved quickly enough. I overheard Brittney ask of the clerk if there were any Bandaids, as her finger had a small cut. I jokingly mentioned to her that, no, you won't find any Bandaids at Walgreens, and promptly pulled one out of my wallet to give her.
skip to the loo
My heart's still pumping, and not only because I was just pruning with a bucksaw in preparation for this week's city-wide branch pick up. Upon entering the bathroom to get cleaned up from the yardwork I found what looked like a rat in the toilet. Heart skipped in the loo.
I'd been outside for several hours giving my wife plenty of time to plan and carry out this cruel joke, but she assured me she didn't put it there. At one time we had a toy rat, doesn't everyone?, but neither of us had seen it in quite some time, and how would it get in there on it's own anyway.
What's Happening: Apr 30 to May 7
05/01/12 - 08/11/12
Behind the Vaults:Treasures from the County Museum Collections
See some of special things the museum houses in its collections like a cane used by the county’s first land owner, Morris Cutler. Visitors will also learn a bit about why museums collect and how they preserve these special objects for generations to come- Waukesha County Museum, (262) 521-2859, www.waukeshacountymuseum.org
05/02/12
Windy Hill Vocal Jazz Ensemble
The spring semester concert by the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha vocal jazz ensemble- Lunt Fontanne Theatre, UW-Waukesha Campus, (262) 521-5325, www.waukesha.uwc.edu/music
