Category: Columns
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Article posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:11pm
Question: What was the name of Door County’s first bank?
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Article posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:08pm
Leo (July 23 – August 22): The stars shout to you, seize this moment. Reject both paper and plastic – carry your groceries in a potato sack. At the same time, accelerate work on your musical program for orchestra, chorus, and all the people in Valmy.
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Article posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:05pm
Dear Mary Pat, I met a girl at a coffee shop recently and really liked talking to her. I noticed she had a bike rack on her car, so I asked her if she would want to go for a bike ride some time.
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More Than Fun: Thumb Fun’s Other Impact
When former restaurateur and now visitor center extraordinaire Digger DeGroot says “Thumb Fun was really good for business in Northern Door,” his sentiment extends beyond the crowds it used
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Congratulations to Dawn Jacobe!
If you’re in Sister Bay at Pasta Vino, and you want some delicious lasagna…
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Article posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 2:29pm
Dear Mary Pat, Is it me, or are teenagers not quite as bright as they used to be? I seem to be encountering a lot of blank stares from teenaged help wherever I see them.
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“To bring quality theater experiences” to the youth of our island community in all seasons
Those of us who live on Washington Island know very well that there are two major seasons in the year – the one that celebrates visitors and summer residents enjoying our beautiful island, and the other one that we have to ourselves.
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Icewine with Janice Thomas from the Savory Spoon Cooking School
Originally made in Germany and Austria, where it is known as Eiswein, Canada is now the adopted home of this delectable sweet wine, with 75 percent of the world’s production occurring on the Niagara Peninsula that lies west of Buffalo, NY.
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Article posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:36am
Question: Which Door County municipality contains the most equalized value, with $1,031,020,700?
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Article posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:32am
Leo (July 23 – August 22): Your compulsion to unplug other people’s toasters will be cured this celestial period and you will find a set of snare drums on your front porch to replace the tuba which rusted in the summer humidity.
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My respect and admiration for the tiny Black-capped Chickadee grew by leaps and bounds the minute I held my first live and spit-fighting mad one in my hand.
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Henry David Thoreau once described a cerulean marvel of a native wildflower as “Blue as the bluebird’s back.” Thoreau added that this wildflower, now in the early stages of its six to seven week blossoming season, “is too remarkable a flower not to be sought out and admired each year.
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So, people who know me are probably tired of hearing it, but I’m saying it just one more time: I. love. my. job. Is it too much to say it so pointedly in black and white? Maybe so.
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Malbec with Dave Callsen from Main Street Market
Lately, when it comes to wine trends, it seems like everything old is new again. Take ancient grape varietals, plant them in new soils; add Burgundian-style winemaking techniques and the results are often completely new wines that are unique and well received by wine drinkers worldwide.
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Article posted Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:25pm
Question: Who built the Cupola House building in Egg Harbor, and in what year?
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Congratulations to Kristin Steel!
To describe her as efficient, would be insufficient, because as a server at Gibraltar Grill, she always gives her clients a thrill. The food there is great, you can always count on that, but for the experience of a lifetime, hope that it’s in Kristin’s section you have been sat.
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Article posted Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:13pm
Leo (July 23 – August 22): Vibrations from space will be your companion as you step through a neighbor’s corn field in search of a lost time from the past when your turn signals still worked.
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Article posted Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:08pm
Dear Mary Pat, Brenda Lou and I have been going out to dinner for a long time with the Parcheeses and it is almost a ritual. But, in the past couple years part of the ritual isn’t to our liking.
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Over heard at the Peninsula Music Festival or Why Play New Music?
On Saturday, August 7, the Peninsula Music Festival concert featured a piece of music composed in 2004 by the young (32 years old) Swedish composer, Tobias Brostrom.
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Valpolicella, Amarone & Ripasso with William Marks from Restaurant Saveur
Talk to most baby boomers about “Valpolicella” and a majority of them will say that they remember a rather cheap, non-distinct, fruity red wine that was found on store shelves 30 years ago, right next to the Lancer’s and Mateus.