Old Fashioned: The Story Of The Wisconsin Supper Club
We recently made friends with fellow filmmaker Holly De Ruyter who is doing a remarkable project about WisconsinSupper Clubs so we thought it only fitting to share her work since it is a topic that fits right in with what we are doing. While we too asked around about Supper Clubs while filming in Wisconsin, … Continue reading
Nueske’s Meats Are As Unique As Their Name
Our first taste of Nueske’s bacon was purely by accident and in California at that. A friend brought some over and it was so good that someone blurted out half joking, half not that “this must be from Wisconsin”. The back of the package revealed that it was true, a little town in the center … Continue reading
Vintage Painter Christine Mount Kapp & Her Wisconsin Connection
We first met Christine Mount Kapp, Professional Oil Painter of Vintage and Americana styles of painting, at the Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee last August during their summer arts festival. Immediately drawn to her work as for its evident Wisconsin and Midwest depictions, we were able to secure an interview with her a couple of months … Continue reading
Renard’s Cheese: Door County’s Dairy Secret
While traveling up to Sturgeon Bay on a pleasant fall day (rainy as it was) to check out the landscape and scout for some footage, we came across Renard’s Cheese just a few miles out from Sturgeon Bay. As we do with every cheese shop we spot along the roads and highways of Wisconsin, we … Continue reading
Harley Davidson: An Open Road Wisconsin Original
Harley Davidson, the preeminent motorcycle company in the world, is a Wisconsin original and has been manufacturing their bikes in Milwaukee since 1903. While we weren’t able to shoot at the factory, we did get to visit the Harley Davidson Museum and learn a good deal about the history of the bike known the world … Continue reading
Wisconsin Supper Clubs, Old-Fashioned and Open to All – NYTimes.com
We spent some time checking out what a Supper Club was in Wisconsin (since it would seem that is one of the few places they still exist, as well as the Michigan U.P.) so it was a delight to run across this article in the New York Times that talks all about them. We’ll have … Continue reading
The Sardine Can In Green Bay, Where The Fun Never Ends…
We made good friends with Chris, Tara, Boyd, and the rest of the gang at The Sardine Can in Green Bay after being steered their way by our new friend Madison radio talk show host Mitch Henck. Turns out that, excluding Lambeau Field, you won’t find another place in Green Bay near as much of … Continue reading
Comfort Suites In Appleton: Another Fine Wisco Hotel, And This One Has A Gazeebo
We’ve had the good fortune of staying at nearly all of the Wisco Hotel Group’s locations throughout Wisconsin this past year and, without a doubt, have loved everyone one of them in particular because of the people running them. Their Comfort Suites location in Appleton was right up there in qualtiy and friendliness, but it … Continue reading
Sassy Cow Creamery: So Much More Than Just A Cheese Store
A short while back our good friend Steve “The Owner” Tate decided we should spend the afternoon just hanging and having some fun, so he took us out to the Sassy Cow Creamery about twenty miles outside of Madison in the lush, gorgeous, and rolling green hills of Southern Wisconsin to a place called Sassy … Continue reading
Lexxy Cow At The Cow Pie On Our Cheesehead Travels
While staying at the Wilderness Resort & Waterpark in Wisconsin Dells, we came across the Cow Pie Candy Shop just outside of town with its cow benches and great candy. Our traveling companion Lexxy (Our Wisconsin Cheese Cow) insisted on posing with her fellow kind so we had to take the opportunity and get some … Continue reading
Cheeseheads: The Documentary 