New Year's Eve in Waukesha - 2015

Updated**

2015 is coming to an end, but not without a big bang to close it out. Many local places are hosting some sort of New Year's Eve special and I wanted to share with you what I found out.

No matter where you go or what you do, please do it safely. Don't drink and drive. There are Taxis, Uber, and Shuttles as options to get you home safely! 


Here's what I know so far:

The Cooler is offering $40 all you can drink all night.

Mainstream Bar & Grill - The Great Big" perform for their New Year's Eve party. Click for details.

Boscos - Balloon Drop & Glitter Bomb

Bernie's Tap Room - “Your first stop on New Years Eve” As We Count Down to the New Year Indulge Yourself with our Special Lineup of our 23 Craft Beers on Tap including these special brews. Pizza Special - Bernie's Bacon Pizza with Pesto & Duck Confit 16" round $15.75, 12" round 9.75. $3.00 glass of champagne all night!

Spring City Wine House - music by Jake Williams (live piano) from 9pm - 1am, appetizers, and drink specials  - no cover charge

Spurs Saloon - Cowboy Up performs and free pizza and champagne at midnight

Taylor's Peoples Park - DJ Even Steve, drink specials, Free champagne toast at midnight, Rockefeller Fillet & Grilled Shrimp for $24, And they are even having a New Year's Day Brunch from 11 am - 2 pm.

Fox Run Lanes - open from 11am - 2am and have a limited menu.

Cue Club of Wisconsin - $5 cover, free shuttles after midnight. Almighty Vinyl performs.

Nice Ash - Burgundy Ties performs and there is no cover charge. Click for details.

Key Westconsin - Surf and Turf ( a 5oz Filet and a 5oz Lobster tail ) for $19.99.

The Lucky Rabbit - prize filled balloon drop and DJ. 

The Neighbors Bar & Grille - beer and drink specials all night, champagne at midnight and party favors


Meli - Masquerade Bash.

Crush Wine Bar - Pete Lange Duo performed live jazz, bottomless glass champagne fountain, party favors, appetizers and midnight toast. Open 4pm - 1am. Click for details.

I'm sure there will be more and I will update the list as I can, but there is definitely no shortage in having a good night in downtown. Again, please do it responsibly and call a cab if you have had too much to drink.

Happy New Year!!!!!

2015 Goals

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!


Resolutions, Goals, Intentions, Plans.....they all mean the same thing and many people make resolutions at the start of the year, only to break them and fall off the wagon within a month.

I used to be part of this group, but I have decided to make my goals more attainable and work on progressing them forward throughout the year. For example, weight gain doesn't happen in a month, so you can't expect to reverse the holiday affects completely by the end of January. But if you stick with it, you will see progress that should keep motivating you to go further.

I'm not going to layout all my goals for 2015 in the blog, but I will mention a few that I hope to work towards in 2015.

1) I hope to continue to live my healthy lifestyle. I really kicked it in gear and figured out what worked for me starting at the end of June. I made attainable goals and kept working towards smaller goals to get to that main one. Anytime you complete a goal, I feel a reward is due and I gave myself small rewards along the way. The holidays were tough for me, but I'm excited to get back at it!

2) In conjunction with the healthy lifestyle, I hope to continue my running and working out. I really got into a groove and made amazing progress on running a faster 5k. Then a miserable cough (and a possible asthma diagnosis) took me out of commission for a few months. I didn't let it completely stop me, and I now know what I can do to keep working at my goal.

3) I want to continue to eat and cook healthy. I hope to cook more at home and received some great cookbooks for Christmas. My guy likes to cook too, so I hope we can blend our flavors together and come up with some really great dishes that we will then share with all of you.

And I won't stop the recreations of my area restaurant favorite meals. The duck confit flatbread from Bernie's will be accomplished this year....thanks to finding duck breasts at Woodman's (I really didn't want to buy an entire duck and fear having to clean it!) But don't worry this won't deter me from coming to the restaurants downtown - not even a little bit.

4) I hope to grow my blog. I have a few things already in place to make this happen, but I hope that I can grow my readership and one of the best ways to do this is word of mouth. I'm out of business cards and I hope to get some new ones made so I can pass them out around the city and get them in the hands of more people. But I also would love the help of my existing community of readers to help me get new folks on board by sharing my blog and Facebook page with your friends.

5) Renovations - My condo is great and I am very happy with it as my first home. But with all things that are almost 30 years old, some work is needed. I am hoping to renovate a bathroom and get the basement back into shape after the Great Basement Flood of 2014. I also am going to rip out some plants and do a little landscaping so I can enjoy my outdoor space more this summer. Other areas to renovate include the kitchen, deck and shower, but I won't put too much on my plate for one year!

Oh if only! Maybe in my next house!

6) Try more new things. My family already tells me that I am someone that always is on the move and trying new places to eat, checking out new stores, trying a new drink, making new recipes, going to shows, networking and meeting new people. I love that I do this and I hope to continue it. I hope to try at least one "new to me" place, thing or idea a month.

6) And overall, I hope to be a more positive person. I think that moods are contagious and no one wants negativity to spread. I know that not everyday will be sunshine and rainbows, but after completing the 100 Happy Days movement on social media, I can definitely notice a difference in myself and how I view the world. My friend gave me a jar for Christmas last year to put your happy thoughts in. I read them back and it made me really happy to reminisce. I will continue to fill that jar this year!

Those are my goals for 2015 and I hope you come along for the ride! It's going to be a great year! 

Happy 2015!

Adios 2014 - Welcome 2015

2014 was an excellent year and though I'm sad to see it go, because that means I'm getting older, I'm really excited for what 2015 brings!

I really made my blog a priority and I can't thank my friends and readers enough for their support in the last year. I managed to knock out nearly 100 posts this past year - pretty crazy!!! I didn't have a goal in mind but I am really excited to see what I accomplished by putting my fingers to the keys and enjoying every moment of it.

Change is coming to the blog in 2015, but only in the good ways. I hope for a slight redesign that adds in some more user-friendly features, a media kit will be established and I hope to feature even more local fun!

I pulled some stats from my Google Analytics and found my top 10 most popular posts. Here they are in descending order:

10. Simple Irresistible Catering

 

9. Broadway Cafe

8. Cue Club of Wisconsin

7. Holiday Happenings

6. Bernie's Tap Room & Downtown Waukesha

5. Supporting, Cooking, Shopping & Zoo-ing - All in a Weekend

4. Overheard Vol. 2

3.  Simpson/Family Guy Party

2. Pat's Rib Place

1. Boscos Social Club

Thank you again for all your support and I'll keep posting if you keep reading, deal? Deal!  Happy New Year!