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,...
Many people whiz down Green Bay Road between Kenosha and Racine every day, and although they may see the Hawthorn Hollow sign across from Petrifying Springs Park, most don't know about the treasure inside its gates. Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary & Arboretum is...
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.
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.
It’s been a while since my last post. I didn’t have a lot going on this week so there really wasn’t too much to report. The side effects of my chemotherapy treatments come and go. I had a day or two that I didn’t feel so good.
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.
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.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — A bridge on the Kenosha County Bike Trail (formerly the North Shore Railroad tracks) crosses over the Pike River, near 666 13th Ave. Through the bridge, the golf course of the Kenosha Country Club...
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Shelter with drinking fountain among the trees near the 17th tee of the golf course at Petrifying Springs Park.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Our nephew, Ian Thrasher, graduates from eighth grade at St. Joseph Interparish Junior High School, shaking hands with keynote speaker and St. Joe's alum Lisa Halverson.
The Cedar Waxwing makes for some striking birdwatching, as the Cornell Lab of Ornithology notes: ... the Cedar Waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, gray, and lemon-yellow, accented with a subdued crest, rakish black mask, and brilliant-red wax droplets on...
(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?"...
There's a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story today by Karen Herzog about a trio of Wisconsin cheese stores in Kenosha County, and how they will be affected by the I-94 widening project about to begin: Gouda-bye: Freeway alters cheese interchange. Update: Contrary to the...
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...
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 the...
It was about a year ago that Amy's sister Donna, who now lives "up north," stayed with us. She had been instructed by her husband to bring back some honest-to-goodness Braunschweiger, which, like honest-to-goodness Mexican food, cannot be found in their vicinity....
Honada Sushi & Hibachi 8501 75th St Suite G Kenosha, WI 53142 (262) 697-5228 Wonderful sushi in Kenosha? Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city of tattoos, taverns and pizza parlors? It doesn't seem possible, and yet here it is at Honada. Since...
Tenuta's Delicatessen & Liquors 3203 52nd St Kenosha, WI 53144 (262) 657-9001 Tenuta's (TenutasDeli.com) is the best thing in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I say this as someone who lived in K-Town for 43 years. It's the number one attraction...
Note: This blog post was made during the 1995 SuperWeek Pro Tour. For a more current listing of SuperWeek stages, see my Calendar of Events & Festivals. The past couple of weekends, we've been following the International Cycling Classic, commonly known as...
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Wedding chapel interior at Kemper Center, the former Episcopal girls' school Kemper Hall, run by the Sisters of Saint Mary until 1975. The campus became a Kenosha County park in 1976 and Kemper Center,...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Simmons Island Beach House, on the Lake Michigan shore of Kenosha's Simmons Island Park, was designed in the Tudor Revival style by architect Chris Borggren and built in 1934. It was added to the...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Tall ship docked in Kenosha's harbor on Lake Michigan as part of the Tall Ship Festival.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Sunset casts a dramatic golden light over cars on 18th Street, just east of 30th Avenue at Glenwood Crossings Shopping Center.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — At left, Coast Guard Station Aids to Navigation Team (STANT) Kenosha. At right, the 1866 Kenosha Southport Light. Both are situated on Simmons Island and are seen here across the water of Kenosha's...
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Self portrait: At work on an Apple computer workstation in my home office, surrounded by books.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A ghost sign on the building at the southeast corner of Sheridan Road and 57th Street.
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.
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Our nephew Brad arrives at Bradford High School for the commencement ceremony and his graduation.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Impressive retro signage on an auto repair shop at 1108 60th St.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Marquee of the Orpheum Theatre, the former movie theatre at 5819 6th Avenue, which opened on March 14, 1922.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Kenosha Public Museum being built by Riley Construction Company in May 2000.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Self portrait: At work on an Apple computer workstation in my home office, surrounded by books.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Detail from a mosaic mural covering an exterior wall of Kenosha's Kemper Center.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — North end of Kemper Center, the former Kemper Hall Episcopal girls' school located on the Lake Michigan shore: Main office / Ambrose Hall.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Cannon from the Spanish-American War (1898) in Eichelman Park, pointed out toward Lake Michigan. A 1939 photo of the same cannon can be found in the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Clouds obscure a Lake Michigan sunrise at Kenosha's harbor.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Skateboard park rules sign at the Washington Park Skateboard Facility, 22nd Avenue near Washington Road, as amended with stickers and Sharpie markers.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — On one mid-April weekend every year, cranes are used to lower recreational vessels into Kenosha's small boat harbor to begin the boating season.
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....
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Beach and trees bathed in the rosy light of dawn at Simmons Island on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Poor drainage creates pleasing reflections at Pennoyer Park, along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Self portrait: At work on an Apple computer workstation in my home office, surrounded by books.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Construction of the Kenosha Public Museum at 5500 1st Avenue.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Chapel window at St. Catherine's Hospital, 3556 7th Avenue.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — St. Catherine's Hospital, 3556 7th Avenue, at dawn.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The ramshackle upper flat on Kenosha's small boat harbor where we spent 17 quick years.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — The Pike River winds through Petrifying Springs Park during a February snowstorm.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Snow-covered bridge over the Pike River at Petrifying Springs.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Sledders out on Petrifying Springs Golf Course during a snowstorm.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Snow-covered trees in mid-February at Petrifying Springs Park.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Snow highlights the branches and twigs of a tree at Petrifying Springs Park.
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,...
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Sledding area on holes 8 and 17 of Petrifying Springs Golf Course.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Evening shot of Hoernel Lock & Key, Inc., a locksmith shop at 4058 7th Avenue.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Bathers emerging from Lake Michigan on New Year's Day after Kenosha's annual Polar Bear Plunge at Simmons Island Beach.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Bathers dash into Lake Michigan on New Year's Day for Kenosha's annual Polar Bear Plunge at Simmons Island Beach.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A participant wears a Green Bay Packers Foam Cheesehead Hat to Kenosha's annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge at Simmons Island Beach on Lake Michigan's western shore, celebrating the first day of the...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — One of the last sunrises of the 20th century tints Kenosha's icy small boat harbor with rosy colors.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A Cooper's Hawk perches in a tree along Kenosha's small boat harbor, observing sparrow activity.
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The small boat harbor through December raindrops on our windowpane.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Fog shrouds park benches in the 4800 block of 7th Avenue at night.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Modified road construction sign spotted on Birch Road.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Jim at the workbench in his garage during a late-evening astronomy session.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Staff and owners of Little Europe at Timber Ridge Restaurant. "Vítáme vás" is Czech for "We welcome you."
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Detail of an old wooden red barn in the 900 block of 22nd Avenue.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — An old wooden red barn in the 900 block of 22nd Avenue.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — An old wooden red barn in the 900 block of 22nd Avenue.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — An old wooden red barn in the 900 block of 22nd Avenue.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Closeup of speed warning sign — "Slow No Wake Zone" — on Kenosha North Pier Light at the entrance to Kenosha Harbor.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Kenosha North Pier Light at the entrance to Kenosha Harbor on Lake Michigan, with an observer watching the sun come up.
Kenosha, Wisconsin: A small boat heads out of the harbor past the Kenosha North Pier Light into Lake Michigan at dawn.
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Cyclist riding the Pike Bike Trail through Alford Park along Alford Drive, headed toward Carthage College, with Lake Michigan at left.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Mouth of the Pike River, with clouds over Lake Michigan in the background.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Mouth of the Pike River, with clouds over Lake Michigan in the background.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Lake Michigan, seen from Kennedy Drive near Cohorama Point.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin: The downtown skyline at night, seen from the Lake Michigan shoreline, across the harbor from the foot of the North Pier.
Kenosha, Wisconsin: At home in my office with the sounds of the harbor outside.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Little Europe at Timber Ridge Schnitzel House restaurant, on the frontage road facing I-94, just north of Highway 50.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A young fisherman poses with the carp he just caught in Kenosha's harbor, behind the Holiday Inn.
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...
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A decorative planting tucked into the space between two buildings in the 5000 block of 7th Avenue.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A large American flag is displayed on the back of a house at sunset.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Johnny Midnight's tavern, liquor store, etc. on 22nd Avenue at 56th St.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Used cars for sale at 60th Street Auto Sales.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish procession through Kenosha's Columbus Park neighborhood during the church's annual festival in Columbus Park.
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Tow truck parked at Blazavier Body Shop, 1329 43rd Street.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Beneath the railroad viaduct the crosses Washington Road just west of 11th Avenue.
Kenosha, Wisconsin Newly-surfaced parking lot at Southport Plaza.
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Self portrait: At work on an Apple computer workstation in my home office, surrounded by books.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — A large United States flag is displayed on the back of a house.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Our nephew Brad checks out Andy's car.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Windows of Lakeside Steel & Mfg. Co. plant along Washington Road.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Dominic hanging out in our front yard.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Rhode Opera House at 514 56th St., seen during road construction on 56th Street.
A bronze plaque set in stone and caged for protection along a trail in Petrifying Springs Park, Kenosha, Wisconsin. It reads: HISTORICAL LANDMARK Site of log cabin built in March 1835 by Jacob Montgomery, a trapper, and his...
A bronze plaque set in stone and caged for protection along a trail in Petrifying Springs Park, Kenosha, Wisconsin. It reads: HISTORICAL LANDMARK Site of log cabin built in March 1835 by Jacob Montgomery, a trapper, and his...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Boats in boat slips at Kenosha's Simmons Island Marina on Lake Michigan, with Harbor Villa condominiums in the background at right.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Hiking trail between trees in a wooded area at Petrifying Springs Park.
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...
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...
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...
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Simmons Island Park and 1934 beach house on Lake Michigan.
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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Amy, lying on the North Pier of Kenosha in the moonlight shining over Lake Michigan.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Boats in boat slips at Kenosha's Simmons Island Marina on Lake Michigan, viewed from the 50th Street bridge at night.
Kenosha, Wisconsin — Self-portrait: At work on an Apple computer workstation in my home office, surrounded by books.