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Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008
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May 11, 2008
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Reader submitted blog Looking ahead in West Texas
Almost two years ago my husband and I found out that his immigrant visa interview had been scheduled at the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the border with El Paso, Texas. We had been waiting for the interview for more than a year, so we were excited, but also terrified. My...
Posted by laurafern11 at 11:01 a.m. | Talkbacks
Category: Travel & Visitors Guide
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May 8, 2008
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Reader submitted blog cooking adventures
On those days when I wish I could abandon responsibility for life as a vagabond, cooking international food helps me focus my energies on something productive, and hopefully, tasty. Picking up some obscure herbs or sauces at the Lanexang Asian grocery or finding a rare mamey fruit at Supermercado...
Posted by laurafern11 at 4:27 p.m. | Talkbacks
Category: Travel & Visitors Guide
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May 6, 2008
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Reader submitted blog Hiking El Rancho
My husband was born in a beautiful and impoverished settlement in the hills of rural Puebla, Mexico. Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit his rustic birthplace, a location he usually refers to as "el rancho." I knew his family had never owned or lived on a "ranch"...
Posted by laurafern11 at 9:44 p.m. | Talkbacks
Category: Travel & Visitors Guide
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May 5, 2008
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Reader submitted blog Christmas in a small, Mexican town
I am a lifelong Milwaukeean, raised in Elm Grove, educated in Madison, now a happy homeowner on Milwaukee's south side. My husband is from Puebla, Mexico. He came to the U.S. to live and work as a young man, and we met and married nearly four years ago. At the time we met I was infatuated with ...
Posted by laurafern11 at 4:09 p.m. | Talkbacks
Category: Travel & Visitors Guide
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Reader poll
How are you celebrating the Brewers trip to the playoffs?
Growing a Rollie Fingers mustache.
Busting out old-school ALCS t-shirts from 1982.
Selling my soul, or whatever it takes, for tickets.
Naming/renaming my first-born child Sabathia.
Drinking heavily, not stopping, until World Series is over.
Stomping my feet, clapping my hands, I'm part of the team, sitting in the stands.
Completely ignoring the 2-2 Packers.
Thanking baseball gods that Geoff Jenkins is on the Phillies.
Doing Bob Uecker impressions around the office, ad nauseam.
Going about my life as I do every day.
Results after 330 votes
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