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Month: August 2019

View from Amtrak

Chugging back to the West Coast

Posted on August 16, 2019August 17, 2019 by Zes

Ah, train travel! The romantic swaying of two souls experiencing the American countryside via rails. How did dedicated plane travelers make the switch? Did it take? Will we embrace hobo culture? Well…that all remains to be seen. We had originally taken Amtrak‘s Hiawatha service from Chicago to Milwaukee the previous week and were well pleased…

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Cheese Curds

Milwaukee’s Three Major Food Groups

Posted on August 7, 2019August 8, 2019 by Zes

We’re on the road again! Though we’ve only gone up the road a bit to what my friend Janine refers to as a suburb of Chicago, it still counts as we did cross a state line to get to Milwaukee: the city of beer and cheese and brats. Other than culinary considerations, the big draw…

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