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  • “A Waitress Named Diane,” AKA, The Old Fashioned Bar Crawl

    thetipsyhousewife

    Travel Wisconsin ran a commercial a few years back about the Wisconsin Supper Club and The Old Fashioned Cocktail. In the commercial it teaches that an Old Fashioned is served in a ten ounce glass with a maraschino cherry and an orange slice but that a REAL Old Fashioned must be served in a room with a brick fireplace and deer head mounted on a wall by a waitress named Diane. As a lover of the Wisconsin Supper Club scene, and pretty much all things Wisconsin, this commercial gives me all the feels. From all of this, the idea of…

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  • 6 Reasons Foodies Need To Visit The Northwoods 

    thetipsyhousewife

    Good Food and Good People My parents started coming to the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan & The Northwoods of Wisconsin twenty years ago when they were dating. Specifically, they came to Watersmeet, Michigan which sits immediately over the border of Land O Lakes, Wisconsin. They would camp in the…

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