Deep-fried Romantic

Deep-Fried Romantic Rocks the House

Deep-Fried Romantic Rocks the House

An unexpected road trip brings Brian to the House on the Rock, inspiring a column that looks at the idea of "EPIC" defined, for better or worse.

Deep-Fried Romantic: Amongst Kaszubes
Deep-Fried Romantic

Amongst Kaszubes

This week, we forgo the easy target of the Wisconsin State Fair and instead crash the annual Polish reunion on Jones Island.

Deep-Fried Romantic: The end of potluck dinner as we know it
Deep-Fried Romantic

The end of potluck dinner as we know it

Does anybody remember the days when tables of homemade food went on without end? Because it sure doesn't happen now.

Deep-Fried Romantic: RIP, Harvey Pekar
Deep-Fried Romantic

RIP, Harvey Pekar

America, in all its splendor and gritty everyday minutiae, perhaps doesn't realize the loss as it loses its most honest and critical eye.

Deep-Fried Romantic: a Tamarack Grows in Milwaukee
Deep-Fried Romantic

a Tamarack Grows in Milwaukee

Milwaukee used to be rife with high, sandy cliffs and strange, deciduous trees. Whither the pine beauty now?

Deep-Fried Romantic: the mental vacation edition
Deep-Fried Romantic

the mental vacation edition

It's summer, so this installment digests some of the season's most relevant low-culture issues -- like road construction and plaid shorts.

Deep Fried Romantic: Tis the Season for cruising
Deep Fried Romantic

Tis the Season for cruising

As the great surge at Milwaukee's lakefront recently proved, everyone's favorite people (and car) watching activity has not disappeared into low culture history.

Deep-Fried Romantic: Scouting and Modern Warfare 2
Deep-Fried Romantic

Scouting and Modern Warfare 2

The Boy Scouts of America quietly introduce a new belt loop patch for Video Games. It's not as exciting as it sounds, but that doesn't stop the blogosphere and media from having a jamboree with it.

Deep-Fried Romantic: On Mosquitoes and Cinema
Deep-Fried Romantic

On Mosquitoes and Cinema

Southeast Wisconsin's Drive-In movie theaters are open once again -- and following a financial cue from the multiplex giants.

Deep-Fried Romantic: the Best Place in Milwaukee
Deep-Fried Romantic

the Best Place in Milwaukee

"Art there, beer here," cries Jim Haertel out the door of his new tavern in the old Pabst Brewery. It was a sneak preview we can't believe.

Deep-Fried Romantic: The United States of Plastic
Deep-Fried Romantic

The United States of Plastic

An excavation of two wallets, several business card folios and a tin reveals a card for everything.

Deep-Fried Romantic: Just don’t call it Generic
Deep-Fried Romantic

Just don’t call it Generic

The rebirth and rebranding of America's favorite way to shop for goods without all that marketing. Well, less of it anyway.