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Based in Atlanta, GA - Rick Limpert is an award-winning writer, a best-selling author, and a featured sports travel writer.

Named the No. 1 Sports Technology writer in the U.S. on Oct 1, 2014.

Entries in Wisconsin (16)

Monday
Nov082021

Book Pick of the Week: The Wisconsin Supper Clubs Story: An Illustrated History, with Relish

The long history of Wisconsin Supper Clubs in this new book.

In The Wisconsin Supper Clubs Story: An Illustrated History, with Relish, the third in his popular series, Ron Faiola invites readers to pull up a chair as he regales us with more than a century of history behind this beloved dining tradition, guiding readers from London to Hollywood, to New York City, and finally, to his own home state.

The journey begins with the world's very first supper clubs, which emerged in London in the mid-1800s. The phenomenon was adopted by New York's restaurant and saloon owners in the late 1800s, and soon spread to suburban and rural areas. Across the United States, supper clubs enhanced culinary and dining traditions, and greatly influenced the evolution of live entertainment such as cabaret, comedy, and jazz, and dance crazes such as "The Charleston," "Turkey Trot," and the eyebrow-raising "Wiggle Wiggle."

Faiola unfolds the history of Wisconsin's supper clubs with stories of its most iconic establishments, such as Ray Radigan's, Hoffman House, and Fazio's on Fifth. He reveals the remarkable durability of the supper club tradition as it withstood WWI, the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Prohibition, the Great Depression, WWII, as well as the mid-twentieth century advent of fast food franchises and casual dining chains. Through their innovation and determination, supper club owners and their staff have managed not only to survive, but to maintain generations-spanning restaurants that remain prominent features of their communities to this day.

Great pictures and a ton of history and information.

https://bookshop.org/books/the-wisconsin-supper-clubs-story-an-illustrated-history-with-relish/9781572843035

Thursday
Dec312015

Cheese Drop

Plymouth, a small city in Wisconsin is ready to welcome in the new year with what appears to be their annual 'Chesse Drop'.

Link:

http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/plymouths-annual-cheese-drop-returns

Monday
Jun152015

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

Spending a few days on a press trip to Elkhart Lake, WI. 

Small town, but big stuff going on.

Will have a lot to write about and report. Beautiful and quiet.

Tuesday
Feb102015

Parents Start Wrestling at Wresting Meet

Parents started wresting at a high school wrestling meet in Wisconsin.

Tuesday
Feb032015

Wisconsin Groundhog Bites Mayor

I'm sure there will be at least 6 more weeks of winter in Wisconsin.