Appleton-area artist Anja Gridley credits her early childhood schooling as the impetus for her creative expression. Gridley says her home-schooling gave her the skills she needed later in life, when she embraced her creativity as a young adult. “It was really important for [my mom] to raise my siblings and I bilingual because she’s from READ MORE
Flavorful Steaks in the Fox Cities On a Friday or Saturday night in Northeastern Wisconsin, a quintessential meal out on the town likely includes a great steak, sizzling and cooked to perfection when it arrives at the table. Add in good conversation, wine, cocktails or mocktails, and a heaping cup of great company, and it’s READ MORE
Harness the Sun’s Energy to Produce your Own Electricity If you’re a homeowner in Northeast Wisconsin interested in the benefits of solar energy, it may not seem like the most ideal of environments for success and cost-savings—at first glance. We encounter long winters with shorter days in comparison to other areas of the country. We READ MORE
Eat, drink and be merry—it’s impossible not to have a good time, indoors or in the great outdoors, in Fremont, Wisconsin. Situated along the south shore of Partridge Lake, and with plentiful access points to the Wolf River, Fremont is not just a quintessential summertime destination, but offers the best of Wisconsin life year-round in READ MORE
2023 Trends Make Interior Lighting the Focus of Any Space In our homes, lighting can be one of those things we rarely think about until we find ourselves searching for a flashlight in the dark. But lighting can have a large impact on the aesthetic of your home. Small changes in your lighting fixtures—and even READ MORE
Breathtaking Views and “Snow-Much” Fun in Northeastern Wisconsin When it’s been very cold and there hasn’t been much sunshine, living in this northern clime as we do, snuggling into the couch can seem far more appealing than piling on our winter clothing and heading outdoors. However, there are many mental and physical benefits to enjoying READ MORE
Hiking trails and beautiful parks, award-winning golf courses, a bustling arts and entertainment community and the state’s deepest natural inland lake, boasting 27.5 miles of shoreline—those are among the ingredients needed in the recipe for a good life along the shores of Green Lake. Located just one hour from the Fox Cities, Green Lake is READ MORE
How to be more eco-friendly in the heart of your home The “go green” movement has taken residence in our home-improvement vernacular, as companies and homeowners try to find ways to use sustainable, more energy-efficient materials and appliances for their new or remodeled kitchens. LED lighting, quartz countertops, recycled-glass tile backsplashes, cast-iron sinks, and bamboo, READ MORE
As the popular adage goes, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. This is not only applicable in how we represent ourselves through dress, attitude and appearance, but also to the outside world through the aesthetic of our homes. The entryway of the home is the focal point for visitors and READ MORE
Sheboygan leaders invite patrons of the arts to come stay “a Weill” For nearly a century, Sheboygan’s performing arts scene has been anchored by its theater located at 826 North 8th Street. Constructed in 1927-28 for the Milwaukee Theatre Circuit of Universal Pictures Corporation, the original cost was $600,000. Over the years, Hollywood and New READ MORE
With the advantages of a bustling, burgeoning county seat juxtaposed with 231,000 acres of county forest and exceptional inland waters – including lakes, trout streams and waterfalls – the city of Marinette and greater Marinette County are a vacationer’s paradise. “We’re a unique area that’s not often thought about,” says the city of Marinette’s former READ MORE
