Kenosha

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Shadows on pavement in Kenosha, Wisconsin during 2024 solar eclipse.

Another Week: Number 68

The 2024 solar eclipse as experienced at Petrifying Springs in Kenosha — plus chicken burgers, ‘The Blue Gardenia’ (1953) and Rudy Mancuso’s ‘Música’ (2024).

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Fusion: Kenosha, Wisconsin performing arts venue

Fusion: Kenosha live music, performing arts venue

Live music in Kenosha is nothing new. The city has long supported a roster of bar bands that rock out on a small stage while patrons and bartenders shout over them to converse or place orders. What's new — over the past year or so — is a Kenosha venue called Fusion,...

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Amy Czerniec at Holy Hill in Hubertus, Wisconsin

More activities as cancer treatments drift into past

While putting the video together for this blog post, I was really surprised to see just how much we have been doing lately. A year ago we were just starting out with our weekly visits for treatments and doctors appointments. It’s hard to believe that that is all behind us. I feel like things are starting to get back to normal.

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Visiting Petrifying Springs Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Video: Pierogi making and Petrifying Springs

The last treatment of chemo really affected my digestive tract and I think I finally got my system working the way it should. My next treatment is the last of A/C, then I move onto the 12 weeks of Taxol. I am excited to be done with the A/C and ready to move forward.

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Head shaving during breast cancer: Amy Czerniec with Joni Haarbauer at The Hair Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin

Video: My head shaved after 2nd chemo

I wasn’t sure what I was going to do when my hair started coming out. I thought that maybe Mark and I could tackle it on our own with a pair of clippers borrowed from my sister Marianne. Then last week I received a phone call from my sister Kim who works as a nail technician at a salon.

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Choosing a wig during chemotherapy for breast cancer

First week of chemotherapy: Wig selection

Last week, besides beginning chemotherapy, I had my appointment for my wig fitting at Lucia’s Wigs with The Salon in Kenosha. Melissa Simon is the wig specialist there and she is such a kind and compassionate person. She is very knowledgeable about dealing with cancer patients and wigs. Melissa had me try on a few, and then took out a couple of catalogs to look through. I ended up picking one out of catalogs.

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Amy Czerniec (circled) at Y-LinK launch event.

Amy Czerniec and the dog that broke her heart

(Above: Amy, circled, at launch event for Y-LinK: Young Leaders in Kenosha.) Amy called me around 12:30 on Monday afternoon. I wasn't surprised that she was crying, but I did not anticipate exactly what triggered it. "That damn dog," she sobbed. "How do they know?"...

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Tornado warning and radar for Kenosha, Wisconsin, January 7, 2008

Tornado in Kenosha, Wisconsin: January 7, 2008

As people all over the world have heard, there was some frightening tornado activity in Kenosha, just a few short miles from here, on the afternoon of January 7. I received a lot of calls and emails from co-workers, friends, and family, but happily I had nothing to...

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The grace of Elizabeth Edwards

Back in October of 2004, my wife Amy was working at the Maidenform store in Pleasant Prairie's Prime Outlets shopping center. One morning — October 21st, to be exact — Amy phoned home to tell me that there was some unusual activity in...

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HarborMarket, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha HarborMarket: Farmer’s market on the lakefront

Last Saturday — and then again today — we visited the Kenosha's HarborMarket. My dad used to take me to Kenosha's Farmer's Markets when I was a kid. He made the best dill pickles I have ever tasted. We would go to the grocery store to get the vinegar, the salt, the...

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Golden sky over Kenosha, Wisconsin

Golden sky over Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Sunset casts a dramatic golden light over cars on 18th Street, just east of 30th Avenue at Glenwood Crossings Shopping Center. Filed under:Kenosha weather [includeme...

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Holiday Inn Express on the harbor in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha: Holiday Inn Express on the harbor

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Holiday Inn Express (now the Best Western Harborside Inn & Kenosha Conference Center) at the west end of Kenosha's harbor. The dramatic lighting in this photo is completely natural. Dark rain clouds...

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Holiday Inn Express on the harbor in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Holiday Inn Express, Kenosha harbor

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Holiday Inn Express at the west end of Kenosha's harbor. To the right of the hotel is the 50th Street bridge onto Simmons Island. Filed under:hotels Kenosha Lake Michigan [includeme...

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Washington Park Velodrome in Kenosha, Wisconsin, flooded after heavy rains

Washington Park Velodrome flood, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Floodwater fills Kenosha's Washington Park Velodrome (a.k.a. "Washington Bowl"). Pike Creek runs through the clearing in the distance. It and many other local waterways flooded in June 2000. Filed...

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Photographing the flooded Washington Park Velodrome in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Flooded Washington Bowl photo, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — A resident snaps a photo of flooding at the Washington Park Velodrome (a.k.a. "Washington Bowl"). Pike Creek runs through the clearing in the distance. It and many other local waterways flooded in June...

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Cannon from the Spanish American War in Kenosha, Wisconsin's Eichelman Park on Lake Michigan

Spanish-American War cannon, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin —  This M1898 7-inch Siege Howitzer cannon was built for coastal use in the Spanish-American War (1898) and actually used in World War I. It was placed in Eichelman Park in 1920, and points out toward Lake...

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Skateboard park sign in Kenosha, Wisconsin listing rules and regulations

Skateboard park sign, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Skateboard park rules sign at the Washington Park Skateboard Facility, 22nd Avenue near Washington Road, as amended with stickers and Sharpie markers. Filed under:Kenosha signs [includeme...

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Rexall: Mayer Drugs pharmacy sign in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin

Rexall: Mayer Drugs, downtown Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Landmark downtown Mayer Drugs sign at the northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 56th Street. The Rexall drugstore itself is long gone, but the sign remains. Filed under:buildings Kenosha signs [includeme...

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Boat House Pub and Eatery restaurant, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Boat House Pub & Eatery, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Back view of the Boat House Pub & Eatery at 4917 7th Avenue, one of several Kenosha restaurants located on the city's Lake Michigan harbor — in this case the Simmons Island Marina small boat harbor. In...

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Sledders in a snowstorm at Petrifying Springs Park, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Sledding in a snowstorm

Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Sledders out on Petrifying Springs Golf Course during a snowstorm. Filed under:Kenosha Petrifying Springs winter [includeme...

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Sledding at Petrifying Springs Golf Course, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Sledding at Petrifying Springs (Rosebud!)

Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Sledding on Hole 17 of Petrifying Springs Golf Course. American film director, writer, actor, and producer Orson Welles, who directed Citizen Kane (1941), was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915,...

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Polar Bear Plunge participants in Kenosha, Wisconsin on New Year's Day, 2000

Polar Bear Plunge 2000 crowd, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Bathers emerging from Lake Michigan on New Year's Day after Kenosha's annual Polar Bear Plunge at Simmons Island Beach. Filed under:Kenosha Lake Michigan New Year's [includeme...

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Metra rail train station in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Metra train station, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Commuters arriving by train at Kenosha's Metra rail station via the Union Pacific/North Line. Kenosha is the north end of the commuter train line, which begins at Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation...

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Slow No Wake Zone: Seed warning sign on Kenosha, Wisconsin lighthouse

Kenosha lighthouse: No wake warning sign

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Closeup of speed warning sign — "Slow No Wake Zone" — on Kenosha North Pier Light at the entrance to Kenosha Harbor. Filed under:boating Kenosha Lake Michigan lighthouses [includeme...

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Small fishing boat leaves Kenosha, Wisconsin harbor and lighthouse at dawn

Heading out of Kenosha Harbor

Kenosha, Wisconsin: A small boat heads out of the harbor past the Kenosha North Pier Light into Lake Michigan at dawn. Filed under:boating Kenosha Lake Michigan [includeme...

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Man feeding Lake Michigan gulls , Kenosha, Wisconsin

Feeding Lake Michigan gulls

Kenosha, Wisconsin — A man feeds bread to Ring-Billed Gulls at Pennoyer Park on Lake Michigan. Please don't do this. Quoting from the article linked above:   The rapidly expanding ring-billed gull population has led to...

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Fishing Lake Michigan at Pennoyer Park beach in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Fishing Lake Michigan, Pennoyer Park, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Fishermen wading into the water of Lake Michigan at Pennoyer Park Beach. At top left is the mouth of the Pike River. This area has been the site of many drownings over the years. Filed under:Kenosha Lake...

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Mail Pouch Tobacco ghost sign in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mail Pouch Tobacco ghost sign

Kenosha, Wisconsin — A West Virginia Mail Pouch Tobacco ad, discovered during remodeling in the 5600 block of 6th Avenue. It has since been re-covered. Filed under:Kenosha marketing signs ...

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Chinese restaurant: Yee's Oriental Inn in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Yee’s Oriental Inn, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The vintage neon sign of Yee's Oriental Inn (5034 6th Avenue), an Americanized Chinese restaurant that has been here since about 1955 serving chop suey, chow mein, sub gum, egg foo young, and other...

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Buildings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, - including the former One Sweet Dream record store

One Sweet Dream, Don Gill’s, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — A series of buildings in the 5000 block of 7th Avenue, seen at dusk. The white building here is Grand Central Records and Tapes, but when I was a teen in the 1970s, the brown building to its right was a...

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Decorative plants between buildings on 7th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin

One sweet planting

Kenosha, Wisconsin — A decorative planting tucked into the space between two buildings in the 5000 block of 7th Avenue. Filed under:Kenosha plants [includeme...

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Album cover of Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé in Kenosha, Wisconsin debris

Culture in Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — An album cover — Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra in Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite — is seen with other debris across from taverns on 52nd Street. Filed under:Kenosha music...

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Mount Carmel procession through Kenosha, Wisconsin's Columbus Pak neighborhood during the annual church festival

Mount Carmel procession, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish procession through Kenosha's Columbus Park neighborhood during the church's annual festival in Columbus Park. Filed under:Catholic festivals Kenosha religion [includeme...

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Mark Czerniec's feet in a bathtub

My feet in the bathtub

Kenosha, Wisconsin — We had a deep, old clawfoot bathtub in that apartment on 5th Avenue. In lucid dreaming, there’s an exercise that involves finding your feet or your hands as a first step in establishing your identity and...

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Signage depicting a waiter and waitress in traditional dress at Little Europe Schnitzel House restaurant, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Little Europe folk waiters

Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Signage depicting a waiter and waitress in traditional dress at the Little Europe Schnitzel House Bohemian restaurant along I-94's East Frontage Road. Filed under:Kenosha restaurants [includeme...

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Sign: Blessed Virgin Mary, please pray for us (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Blessed Virgin Mary

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Sign displayed outside the convent of St. Casimir Church on Washington Road: "Blessed Virgin Mary, please pray for us," flanked by two American flags. Filed under:Catholic Kenosha photos religion signs...

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Dominic (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Dominic

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Dominic hanging out in our front yard. Filed under:Kenosha photos

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St. George / St. Elizabeth rectory on 7th Ave in Kenosha, Wisconsin

St. George / St. Elizabeth rectory

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Founded in 1849 as a largely German parish, St. George Catholic Church merged with St. Casimir in 1996 to form St. Elizabeth Parish. The parish rectory, seen here, is located at 4804 7th Avenue. Filed...

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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

St. George / St. Elizabeth Catholic Church

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Founded in 1849 as a largely German parish, St. George's Catholic Church merged with St. Casimir in 1996 to form St. Elizabeth Parish. The church, erected in 1875, is seen here facing 8th Avenue adjacent...

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Big Star Drive In restaurant on Washington Road in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Big Star Drive-In restaurant

Kenosha, Wisconsin -- Big Star Drive-In, at 1500 Washington Road, is a favorite fast food restaurant among locals for its retro car-hops, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, onion rings, milkshakes, etc. Big Star is only open...

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Boat House Pub on Simmons Island Marina, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Boat House Pub & Simmons Island Marina

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The lights of the Boat House Pub & Eatery, a harborside restaurant, seen from the 50th Street bridge, with the boats and boat slips of the Simmons Island Marina on Lake Michigan below. Filed...

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Web designer Mark Czerniec in his home office in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Home office in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Self-portrait: At work on an Apple computer workstation in my home office, surrounded by books. Filed under:Apple home Kenosha photos self-portrait web development work ...

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