With Halloween just around the corner and the evenings getting dark earlier, it is a perfect time to share ghost stories and explore spooky places in our own backyard. If you are someone who loves checking out places that are supposed to be haunted, you'll love this list of spooky places in Wisconsin! 1) Summerwind, Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin This fishing lodge has been rumored to be haunted ...
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Pheasant Run Resort – Everything Under One Roof
Sadly, Pheasant Run closed in 2020 and sustained significant damage due to vandalism and fires. It is set to be demolished in 2024. Last week, Mel from Outnumbered 3-1 and I had another fun spa adventure. This time we checked out The Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. If you're not familiar with the area, it is just West of Chicago and is an easy drive from Milwaukee and Madison as ...
Relaxing at the Eaglewood Resort and Spa
My latest travels brought me to the gorgeous Eaglewood Resort and Spa. I was having a pretty stressful week and could not have asked for a better place to unwind and relax. Huge thanks to Eaglewood for hosting me and for the spa treatment that finally got that knot out of my back! But let me back up a bit. The Eaglewood Resort and Spa is located just outside of Chicago in Itasca, Illinois. It ...
Lake Geneva, WI – Perfect for a Girls’ Getaway
If you've followed me here for any length of time, you know that I work hard but also love to take a break to recharge and refuel pretty often. If Jay is super busy at work and can't get away, I love grabbing a girlfriend or two and heading out for some fun and heading out for some quality girl time! I had a blast last week exploring all that Lake Geneva, Wisconsin has to offer a few ladies ...
Things to Do in Rosemont Illinois
You've seen my family make lots of trips down to the Windy City (that would be Chicago for you out-of-towners!). While Chicago does get a lot of attention for all of its offerings, there is a smallish western suburb of Chicago that also offers a LOT of things to do - Rosemont, Illinois. We were recently invited down for a sponsored trip to get to know everything Rosemont has to offer and all I can ...
Klement’s Grilled Summer Sausage Sliders
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Klement’s Sausage. All opinions are 100% mine. I had not had summer sausage (at least that I remember) before moving to Wisconsin. The first time we hosted a gathering at our new home, my father-in-law showed up with a snack plate made up of Klement's summer sausage and a variety of cheeses. I immediately fell in love and it became a staple ...
Take Control of Your Air Quality
I've suffered from allergies for most of my life, but they seem to have gotten worse the last couple of years. I've never been really sure why they got worse - was it something going on with my body or is the air quality worse and that's what triggering the reactions I'm experiencing? Up until recently, there wasn't really a way to easily monitor the air quality in my home, so I wasn't really ...
My Not So Iron Stomach
This post is part of a compensated ambassadorship with Dramamine but all opinions and stories of upset stomachs are (unfortunately) my own. When I was a kid, I had an iron stomach. It wasn't that I never came down with the stomach flu - believe me I did! - it was just that I didn't get sick to stomach unless I was sick. Gross things didn't make me puke. (Faint, yes. Puke, no.) I could even read ...
How Portillo’s Won Me as a Customer Before I Even Took a Bite
Yesterday I had the chance to attend a press event at Wisconsin's very first Portillo's restaurant which will be opening to the public on Tuesday, July 19th. In attendance were Dick Portillo, the chain's founder, Keith Kinsey, the current CEO, and Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto. Portillo kicked off the event by giving a brief history of how Portillo's came to be when he was a young man who had ...
“In My Shoes” Art Exhibit Visits Milwaukee in April
Art is human emotion in a physical form. I still remember when my grade school art teacher said this in response to being grilled by one of my classmates about what art really is. Honestly, I had never really thought about art beyond thinking it was one of my favorite classes - a chance to get away from some of the "book learning" at school. But once he said those words, I realized they were the ...
David Gray’s Mutineers – The Soundtrack to your Summer
I've loved music ever since I was a little kid. For me, music plays as big a part in many of my memories as the sights and smells I experienced. My husband loves listening to 80's music and I can just about name the year for each song that comes on and tell you what I was doing when that song was popular. Because of this, I'm always on the hunt for music that will create the mood and memories ...
A Christmas Carol in West Bend, WI – a review
I love having those holiday traditions that repeat from year to year. We have a number of them already: attending the Kapco Kids 2 Kids Christmas Toy Drive event (a great way to teach kids about giving) and enjoying the Luminary night festivities at my parents' subdivision. Last week, we were invited to a preview performance of A Christmas Carol up in West Bend at the Masonic Lodge. After ...