After years of raising kids and taking family vacations, Peggy and I recently were able to get away and celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. We spent some time on the west coast, and the weather, attractions, restaurants, and accommodations were wonderful. Despite all that, though, the time away heightened our appreciation of Madison. It’s not […]
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What do a yellow bikini and walking a mile in someone’s shoes have in common? I don’t know, but I’m excited to find out next week. The second play in Forward Theater’s 2014-15 season, The Other Place, debuts Thursday, January 15, and runs through February 1. The play centers on Juliana Smithton, a drug-company scientist,
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Believe it or not, the Johnson Street re-construction in our neighborhood is nearly complete. The anticipated end date is mid-November. For those of us living in the area, it will be very welcome and somewhat hard to believe. We are excited about how the project will restore and improve one of our most important neighborhood
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The Turn on Johnson website has a countdown. It’s the number of days until the Johnson Street construction is finished. As I write this blog, the countdown says 103 days. I’m sure many of the neighbors, commuters, and area businesses will be grateful when that number approaches zero. At the same time, our neighborhood campaign
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I read an article last week about summertime things to do with the implication that the season is almost over. Maybe some people plan so much in their summers that it feels that way by the beginning of July. Nevertheless, I and other readers replied to the article with exclamations not to wish summer away,
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The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association (TLNA) Art Walk is this Sunday, June 22, from 1 to 5pm. The Art Walk assembles local artists who open up their homes as their personal gallery for patrons to view their work. We have been extremely impressed with the beauty and quality of art each year when we go on
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We promised to follow up our winter blog post on new developments along the East Washington corridor with an article on neighborhood businesses a couple blocks closer to home on East Johnson Street.
This month, my wife and I attended a special birthday celebration. It was the 40-year celebration of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. Since its inception, Madison Trust has served an important function similar to preservation organizations around the country: to save our historic sites and buildings for future generations.
I believe I’ve always been a person open to change. There’s a certain excitement to change and its combination of unpredictability and desire for improvement. We’ve seen several changes in our Tenney-Lapham neighborhood over the past year, namely several new businesses that will be a very nice enhancement to what we already offer.
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It has been quite a year for us, and as we head into the last half of our second full year of business (we hosted our first guests two years ago in July), Peggy and I wanted to take some time to express our appreciation for your support and enthusiasm toward The Livingston Inn and
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