city guide 2014

Photo by Adam Ryan Morris Congratulations! If you made it through Milwaukee’s brutal winter unscathed, you are a part of history. For you young ’uns, this was likely the coldest winter you’ve ever endured. For all of us, the 52 days with more than a dusting of snowfall was a record (tied with three other brutal seasons). We also somehow made it through 92 straight days of snow on the ground. And remember that stretch of 28 (!) days when the mercury never rose above freezing? Us neither. (Thanks Christian Brothers!) All in all, it was the 10th-coldest winter on…

Photo by Marge Beaver When the early settlers of Brew Town were cooking up names for our fair city, perhaps feeling the effects of smoking a bit of kinnikinnick, they employed the Ojibwe word omanowakiing, which loosely translates to “gathering place by the water.” (Don’t ask us about how we finally settled upon Milwaukee after starting there.) And for all the years that followed, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing… once the ice shelf melts. Our rundown of water recreation will leave you all wet, in a good way. For our tour of H20 fun, we begin with a newcomer.…