Vintage polaroid snapshot of Fire Island by Tom Bianchi
The way a kid feels that day before the last day of school before summer vacation? That’s the way Fire Island fans feel before the long Memorial Day weekend. The way a kid feels that day before the first day of the new school year? That’s the way Fire Island fans feel about Labor Day weekend.
It’s not a “Star Trek” tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you could almost get a complete physical – without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor’s office.
Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the phone for a quick reading.
“Alice in Wonderland” (2011) by Ultimate Spa Salon. -Photo: Tom McInvalle
How would hair designers interpret the theme of time travel into their work? Would they reach into the past for a powdered and piled-up Marie Antoinette-style stack? How about a 1960s retro-Jane Jetson bob? Or something totally new, maybe androgynous and more fitting for an uncertain future?
The criticism of Dr. Drew Pinsky spread on the Internet almost as quickly as news of Mindy McCready’s death.
The country singer with the tumultuous personal life became the fifth cast member of his “Celebrity Rehab” series to die since appearing on the show and the third from Season 3. The previous deaths stirred up rumors of a curse and a debate about the show’s helpfulness. McCready’s apparent suicide upped the pitch of the reaction, however.
Michael Gaffney’s friends thought he was a little crazy when he wanted to stay in New York after visiting the city for only a few days. Gaffney was on a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee field trip at the time. He got off the bus with his fellow UWM students, but he never got back on.
If you’re considering a spring home remodeling project, the Milwaukee/NARI Tour of Remodeled Homes offers a great venue for exploring ideas, says group spokesman Dave Amoroso.
Thirteen projects were selected for this year’s tour, which features an entire home makeover as well as a variety of bathroom and kitchen re-dos. Visitors can get a sense of new trends in flooring, cabinetry and appliances as well as the chance to compare what different contractors are able to accomplish on varying budgets, Amoroso says.
Fans of Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show have reason to feel reassured.
Show producers and NBC announced Monday that “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has been renewed through 2017. Some 189 television stations, including the 10 owned by NBC, have committed to airing it.
A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same period in which the supercharged drink industry has surged in popularity in convenience stores, bars and on college campuses.
From 2007 to 2011, the government estimates the number of emergency room visits involving the neon-labeled beverages shot up from about 10,000 to more than 20,000. Most of those cases involved teens or young adults, according to a survey of the nation’s hospitals released late last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
At the age of 48, out radio host Elvis Duran already has been on the air for 34 years. And with his morning drive-time show being aggressively introduced into new markets by Clear Channel Communications, Duran’s career trajectory has never looked more promising. The communications giant owns 1,200 radio stations and Duran currently airs on 70 of them, including, as of this year, Madison and Milwaukee.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s core belief, and that which inspired his designs, was that man and nature were one and should never be separated. He strove to create the perfect balance, knowing that man couldn’t survive without shelter, but could not thrive to his maximum without nature. Wright’s apprentices thoroughly understood this and knew he would want to personally design homes for clients who had land of remarkable beauty where exceptional natural elements were key.
If we think of Frank LLoyd Wright as just being a remarkable architect of his time, we’re completely missing out on understanding how strongly he influenced the modern homes we live in today. He was a pioneer and his clients were equally as fearless. Their stories are almost as interesting as those of their forward thinking architect. Today, his designs are just as appropriate as the day he first put pen to paper.
The Ark, one of many fine eateries in Ann Arbor.
It doesn’t take the giant "M" on the outside of Michigan Stadium – dubbed The Big House for its capacity to seat more than 111,000 screaming football fans – to understand in what shadow the Michigan city of Ann Arbor sits.
Picture this: You’re sitting on a white sand beach, warm sun on your skin. Coconut-scented sunscreen wafts through the air. A splashing noise comes from the blue Gulf of Mexico. It’s your dog, happily retrieving her favorite ball from the water.
