Indulgence Chocolatiers.

A little local love here for Indulgence Chocolatiers, made right here in The MKE. (I got mine at Beans & Barley, if you're local and interested.)

But first - a confession. I ate a $6.75 chocolate-with-sea-salt bar in one sitting last night. I'm not proud that I did it, but it was was all, "Oh, hey - I'm supersmooth chocolate with salty little crystals that pop into the sweet melty chocolate in your mouth." And I was all, like, "DAMN you. I'm powerless against your sweet and savory wiles." (Except way more muffled because I had a mouth full of chocolate.)

And now that I know they have espresso/limoncello truffles (WHAT?), I'm almost terrified. Buy some of this crack for someone you love. Free shipping until 2/11.







Every morsel of chocolate offered by Indulgence Chocolatiers is meticulously handcrafted in our Milwaukee area kitchen. Our use of the finest imported Belgian chocolate gives our delicacies their rich flavor and smooth texture. As delicious as they are beautiful, our chocolates are sure to impress even the most sophisticated palate.

Indulgence Chocolatiers - Gift Boxes and Corporate Gifts

And you can like 'em on Facebook.

Art vs. Craft | Milwaukee - 11/27/10

On my calendar.


Art vs. Craft

A nice photo of Milwaukee's Third Ward.

No particular reason for posting it – it's just a nice pic of where I spend my days.


Third Ward To Feel Impact Of Summerfest, Both Good And Bad - WISN Milwaukee

Our library is cool.

Milwaukee Public Library installs green roof

(thanks, Anne!)

Ah, Wisconsin winters.

Yesterday.



Today.


Nope. I'm not kidding.

grain edit's Little Friends of Printmaking interview.

Since Grain Edit is one of my desert island websites (assuming I have wifi there), I was really happy to see that they featured Milwaukee's own Little Friends of Printmaking yesterday. Yaaaay!




What do you guys like best about Milwaukee? Would you ever consider moving?

JW: Well, it sounds like a terrible cliché, but I genuinely fear moving because we’re so accustomed to fresh beer, and incredible cheese and sausage. Did I say incredible? I think I meant phenomenal. An aged Gouda that will make the little hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. It’s too bad because I think the major design capitals don’t share our commitment to dairy.

grain edit :: Little Friends of Printmaking interview

the dwellary.

Ladles and jellyspoons, please check out the online journal of my favorite Milwaukee artist, dwellephant, aka Milan Zori.




I love his stuff. I own one of his too-cool masonite paintings which I'd be happy to show you if I hadn't forgotten my camera cord at work. Doh. Will upload later.

the dwellary

Now this is a Harley I could ride.

Those of you that don't live here may not know that Milwaukee is the Harley Davidson headquarters. There's a new Harley museum opening next Saturday (I initially had the date wrong - sorry), and The L.A. Times just featured a nice piece about it. I found this picture in the photo gallery. It made me giggle.


Another exhibit is the oldest known Harley, the "Serial Number One," from the early 1900s when William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson first presented to the public the Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Hear the vroom at the new Harley museum in Milwaukee - LATimes.com

(via Czeltic Girl, who is my info source for what's going on in this town.)

For my Milwaukee readers...

This is SO depressing.


I'm gonna have to scroll down and poke the baby panda just to cheer myself up...

JS Online: Shooting near UWM sparks safety fears

Midwest Airlines: Save the Cookie.

Please sign Midwest Airline's "Save the Cookie" petition to keep Airtran from taking over our favorite Midwest airline.


I actually don't care about the cookies, but I can't buy a nice, big, comfy airline seat at my local grocery store. Midwest is the only really nice economy-class airline out there. If it goes, we're all screwed.

savethecookie.com

(Thanks for the image, Timmy! And thanks to my HD co-workers for the heads up.)

Bad news/good news for Milwaukee radio.

Bad news:
We don't have a jazz radio station in Milwaukee anymore. That sucks.

Good news:
As of 7AM Monday, we'll have what appears to be a true "alternative" radio station. Based on the teasers they're running this weekend, the music is like the iPod of someone with great, eclectic taste in music. I'm excited!

88Nine Radio Milwaukee