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This sunday (Dec 14th), the Band I am in (Saturday Morning Cartel) is playing at the Annex in Madison. We are doing a charity/benefit show. The tickets are 10.00 and it all goes for the cause, which is for a little girl who is having medical problems. It will be my first show with the [...]

Since moving to Madison, WI back in November of 2007, not much has changed as far as the living situation. The apartment we are in is ok, and I was planning on not moving for a while. I just counted today and I have moved like 12 times since 1998. Yikes. The problem is.. our [...]

Now that I live in Wisconsin, I guess I have to write about this. Going to school at Saint Cloud State, which is a fairly good party school, you do end up going to happy hour now and then. At the bars there, they always have pretty good deals. “1 dollar for Domestic Taps” etc, [...]

Although, not as exciting as my street view in Portland, I live way back in the apartments in the back. No street passes by it. Although this is pretty cool. Good way to find your way around, or at least not get lost. But remember, Google Maps gets you lost! Technorati Tags: Google Maps,Street View,Madison,WI,Wisconsin,Portland

Trying to get a Madison Blogger Meetup going. There is a Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17843681384 Hopefully next week (Thursday  Feb 21st, at Mickey’s Tavern) Everything is subject to change at this point :) On an unrelated note, Obama is in Madison tonight, at the Kohl Center. I got called 3 times to go and twice [...]

Ok, another big difference from Portland. The coffee shops in Madison are few and far between, and there aren’t many Starbucks around, and if there are, they are drive thru, or at Target. And the east side of Madison is really low on coffee shops.. I have been to a couple of shops on the [...]

Stumbled across this site – http://www.cityofmadison.com/reportaproblem/Potholes.cfm You can report potholes in Madison. First off, can I just report an entire road? All of 151/East Washington/University from the Interstate to Middleton. And then how about every road surrounding the East Towne Mall. Add into that just about every side street in town. I swear the roads [...]

One big difference between Madison and Portland is that it is tough to find stuff in Madison, unlike Portland. Portland is a big enough city where it has its own Citysearch and Craigslist is used a lot more. Madison just fits into the “National” citysearch, and craigslist is pretty empty. Portland as the Mercury and [...]

Unknown to me, Otis Redding actually died in Lake Monona here in Madison 40 years ago (on Dec 10th).. There are tributes going on all over the place here in Madison this week. One thing about Otis was that “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” was a posthumous release, and it became and #1 [...]

Ok, you all knew it was coming. Since I did my “Portland Differences” series, you had to expect I would start a “Madison Differences” series. Well, here is #1.. Parking Meters.. So, in Portland, the parking meters are like high tech. You can put your debit/credit card in, pick some time, it prints a sticker, [...]