Lifestyle

When you visit the city of Milwaukee you see Midwestern culture at its best. A city scape that is simple, friendly and clean. It is deeply enriched in German and Scandinavian cultures that take pride in sausage and cheese… and beer, lots of beer. It is seen as a small Chicago, a place where...
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There are a few things that really bring Midwesterners together, an invitation to “the lake,” a skiing trip up north, a game of euchre and of course, the state fair. Besides the often free admission, the over priced hot dogs and the exhilaration of the ferris wheel, state fairs are truly a Midwestern tradition....
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For a Midwestern Gentleman there is nothing better than the smell of freshly cut grass. It is a nostalgic scent that brings about two memories, either the memory of sweating out an entire Saturday afternoon behind a mower for that $10 bill the old man will hand over or those summer evenings when you...
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The Midwest was built on shoulders of men who knew a thing or two about hard work and opportunity. The Rust Belt as it has come to be known had a precursor, the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill was the man behind the Great Northern Railroad and a pioneer in the growth of the...
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‘Tis the 4th of July weekend and it is time to celebrate what makes this country such a wonderful place to live, our freedoms. It is a day that patriotism is at an all time high and people all over the country come together for picnics and parades. There are many traditions that come with a national,...
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Gentlemen… this man is long overdue for a place in the hall of Great Midwestern Gentlemen. We were first introduced to Jeff Daniels via the Bob Seger Sunday Morning Special and actually had the beginnings of this feature written a while back. The Midwest is the home to many of the acting greats but...
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