It's been up and operating for less than two months but the new app for Marquette known as MarquetteMobile is experiencing phenomenal growth.After the first week, it had been downloaded 50 times. After the first month, 500 times. After six weeks, 2500 times. Now after seven weeks, it's closing in on 3000 downloads on all ... Continue Reading
Blueberry Muffins, Stormy Kromers and iPad Tacos
Blueberry muffin alert! We're headed for a crisis next month.Downtown Marquette's favorite gathering place, Babycakes on Washington Street, will be closing down for three days in early January for renovations.Owner Kim Danieleson says the coffee shop is getting a new floor, part of an ongoing renovation program that ... Continue Reading
Brew Pubs, Back Pay and Burritos
Beer-lovers, rejoice. Marquette (actually Harvey) is about to get another microbrewery. The Bayou just got its license to brew its own suds but it'll be at least a few months before the operation is up and running.Optimistically, they're hoping for April. Realistically, more like June. They've got to revamp the facility and ... Continue Reading
TV6 Changes Ahead?
Keep your eyes on TV6 and Fox UP in the weeks ahead. The Sinclair Broadcast Group recently bought WLUC, which operates both TV6 and Fox UP, and now the employees are waiting to see what happens next. Who's going? Who's staying? Any programming changes? It's fair to say there's an air of nervousness in the halls ... Continue Reading
Eat Pasta, Be Happy (and thin)
I've just returned from an eight day vacation in Italy and you'd think I'd want to talk about the awe-inspiring ruins of the Coliseum in Rome or the sculptural perfection that is David in Florence or the graceful hills of Tuscany...but no. Oh, they're great, don't get me wrong. But what struck me and my companions about ... Continue Reading