Just moved to Kenosha, WI ~ What's to do?

[Atticus Finch]

AF... I'd only eat fish for 1 million dollars. Are you offering me 1 million dollars? :-D

Ma'am, I'll bet if you were properly introduced to well-prepared fin fish, you'd change your mind...so please…let me suggest a counteroffer. Perhaps some freshly caught king mackerel, steaked and lightly marinated, then grilled outdoors on a wind swept deck overlooking the blue Atlantic. After a tangy shrimp cocktail appetizer, your mackerel would be served beside a fresh, crisp, cucumber salad and some deeply grilled and caramelized red bell peppers. There’s cool, key lime pie for dessert...but there’s also a dozen key limes crushed into a large, ice-cold pitcher of gin and tonic.

AF

 

[R.G. White]

Wow! I live in Kenosha... yeah, there is absolutely nothing to do here. Sorry.
Downtown is starting to look a bit nicer, but it's not very nice in some parts. The beach is wonderful in the summertime. You can ride the trolleys. Visit the museums. Go to Common Grounds cafe, it's very nice there. It really isn't that bad of a city, honestly, but it's pretty laid back.
Lots of nice architecture, too.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

You also gotta head out to Columbus, Wi. My favorite haunt is there, the State's largest Antique Mall. Once a canning plant, it's 3 stories of amazing!

http://www.columbusantiquemall.com/

 

[MikeBravo]

Mike Bravo... Awww... tasteless comments are my taste in comments! Oh and I do an awesome impression of Gollum!

My first reaction to the question "Just moved to Kenosha, WI ~ What's to do?" was "Shoot yourself"

Mind you, I suppose Wisconsin is not that bad, then again, I've never been there

 

[R.G. White]

Mind you, I suppose Wisconsin is not that bad, then again, I've never been there

It is that bad!

 

[buler]

It is that bad!

Kenosha maybe.... but not all of Wisconsin.

B

 

[Atticus Finch]

Kenosha maybe.... but not all of Wisconsin. B

I agree. I love Wisconsin. The EAA Fly-In is there. Summerfest is there. The Bucks and the Brewers are there...and, of course, so are 'da Packers. But beyond all that, good, solid, straight-up Middle America is still there, and...

....'Sconnie women love to hear me talk.

AF

 

[R.G. White]

Well, all to their own, I suppose.

 

[Atticus Finch]

Well, all to their own, I suppose.

Indeed. 'Twould be a boring world, were we to all like the same things!

AF

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I second that emotion. Pardeeville's a great little Village, just over 2000 people. I've lived in Milwaukee, Germantown, Mayville, Herman, Menomonee Falls, Hartford, Erin, Colegate, Columbus, York, Caledonia, Portage, and now in Pardeeville and really love this place.

Kenosha maybe.... but not all of Wisconsin.

B

 

[tonyb]

I'm out of Madison originally. Been out here since 1968, but I get back with some regularity (every coupla years or so) to see what's left of the old friends and relatives and to meet the new ones. So it still feels quite familiar and comfortable. I get around fine without a map.

Tom couldn't be more right about Pardeeville and environs. My grandfather's widow (his third wife; he outlived the first two) spent the last of her days in a "care center" (aka nursing home) in Wyocena, so the dewy-eyed bride and I got up that way a coupla times. If you got a good arm, you could throw a rock in Wyocena and break a window in Pardeeville.

Turns out that a fellow I know out here is from Pardeeville as well. Small world, etc.

Wisconsin's splendor is mostly in its ordinariness. Nothing much all that spectacular there -- no mountains or canyons or deserts. And the winters can just suck. Lotsa lakes, though, and well-preserved old downtowns and a general sense (not to get too darned romantic about it) that people oughta take satisfaction in what they have and take care of it. Or at least more than people out here do, generally.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Tony, I woulda never guessed you were from my neck of the woods. I spent a large portion of my life in Columbus and my mom worked in Sun Prairie from when I was 7 until she came to work by me a year and a half ago, so I'm familiar with Dane County.

I'm very familiar with that home in Wyocena you're talking about. Best one in the state in my opinion. My ex's mother and my ex have both worked at care centers since they were out of school and her mother always said that the one in Wyocena was where she wanted to go and was the best one around. It is certainly a small world.

Wisconsin is nothing extraordinary by any means. It's just your average place, but I love the greenery, and the rural communities, and the old-timey ways, though diminishing.

 

[BoPeep]

Just stumbled across this thread as it was linked to Rue's impending move which looks like it won't be Wisconsin, btw. Didn't know Pardeeville was such a gem! lol I'll have to make the trip some day. Seems there are more Loungers here than I realized. Does this warrant a mid-state meet-up perhaps??

 

[Bourbon Guy]

Go downtown to the Metra (UP) train station. Buy a round trip ticket to the end of the line. Get on. Ride it until it stops. Go home three days later, broke and hung over.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Sounds quite enjoyable to me! I know Rue's not moving to Wisconsin, as she said it would be out of the midwest. Sometimes, these thoughts derail and go wherever they please though, lol

Just stumbled across this thread as it was linked to Rue's impending move which looks like it won't be Wisconsin, btw. Didn't know Pardeeville was such a gem! lol I'll have to make the trip some day. Seems there are more Loungers here than I realized. Does this warrant a mid-state meet-up perhaps??

 

[LolitaHaze]

Seems there are more Loungers here than I realized. Does this warrant a mid-state meet-up perhaps??

I'm all for it. We used to do get togethers in Phoenix here and there.