Annona Bistro!

Annona Bistro
A great little place! It's an order at the counter type place, but much more than casual. The atmosphere is very European.... casual but refined. We tried a couple of the pizzas, which were great! The beers are rather extensive, no taps but that was okay. Will definately be returning.

Prost!

GABF
Originally uploaded by crustyjoe.

Going to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver next week. Oh... look at all the wonderful beer! Mmmmmm.... Abita from New Orleans is supposed to be there with a special brew. Gonna have to stop by to suppor them, good beer from a great town!

Europe 2006

Europe 2003
Originally uploaded by crustyjoe.

Looks like a return to the shores of the EU will happen in May. This time it's France, Belgium and Germany. Ed can't wait!

No Pierogis

There won't be any Pierogis on the WWII trip... so I won't have to worry about Cheryl going off and getting hitched. We may use a whole new blog for the trip, I don't know. There will be a link here though if we do that!

Holy Crap!

Did you see how long it's been since there's been a post here? Anyways... this is a test. They've improved the tools of Blogger and I wanted to try them out. Should make the WWII trip easier.

Crusty Joe Blog goes to Europe

Well... in 2006 anyways. PEople will be able to follow us on our trip following our grandfathers WWII path. Should be good!

Patent this buddy!

Patent Silly



Great Site! This can easily eat up a good portion of your day. Unbelievable what things people feel they need.

Crusty Review: Oakland Pizzoria

Oakland Trattoria



It's the annual Valentine's Day Pizza Review!

We've eaten here before and it was very good, but never come for a pie. The bread you get before the meal is actually the best part. You get as much as you want, but we held off and ate just one basket. It comes with an olive oil mix that is oh-so-good. We got the build your own pizza with pepperoni (of course!), sausage, olives, basil and garlic. It's a wood fired pizza and was very good! And being from the WaterStreetBrewery family of resaurants, the beer was excellent. But it wasn't the best 'za we've ever eaten, do it gets only a rating of:


4 out of 5 Crusties!

Off Topic Part 1

I realize this is a little off-topic (HA!) but I found this Blog rather amusing and thought I would share with you all.

Crusty Review: Chinese Sundae

HopSheng Gourmet



Tried a new Chinese place on Sunday, located on Murray Street where Golden Chicken. The place is incredibly small, not much bigger than our kitchen. Very casual! In fact, it seemed like everyone there besides us knew the owners! We tried the Chicken Fried Rice (I wasn't very hungry) and the Singapore Rice Noodles. The servings were HUGE, if we had decided on the same thing, we could have easily split it. The Singapore Rice Noodles were very good, spicy but not too spicy... and the Fried Rice was... well, fried rice. Kinda hard to screw that up. The little touches were nice though, like a small vegetable place of pickled veggies before dinner, and a small dessert and fortune cookie after dinner. Very Tasty! Would definitely go back, although they didn't have any booze at the time of this writing, which unfortunately gives it only a rating of:


4 out of 5 Crusties!

New! Crusty Reviews! (The Palomino)

The Palamino



Excellent! If you want really good bar food in a good bar atmosphere than look no further than Bay View, Milwaukee. Tried the chicken sandwich and the Po-boy, both were tasty. The best thing about the menu is you get a choice of two sides, some greasy.. some extra greasy. I was in a tater mood, so I opted for the tater tots and french fries. Fried pickles were also on the menu. Despite a large amount of smokers the bar must've had a good filter system, 'cuz we didn't reek when we left. And as you will soon see, to get a top Crusty rating, the beer selection has to be good, and the Palomino didn't dissapoint! Enjoy!


5 out of 5 Crusties!

Huh?

I love this:
(it speaks for itself!)

Huh?

Ja mowié słabo po Polsku!

Polish classes start anew today. Don't know how well this will go... I
haven't studied a whole lot since the last class and whenever I do
study, it seems to slip right out of my head after I finish. Hopefully
there will be others at my skill level.

Notice to typers everywhere.

Double spaces are no longer required!

I repeat: double spaces are no longer required!

Please throw away your typewriter.

Thank you.
The Management.

Typophile.com

Logo-rific!

Well, looks like there's no stopping it. Although one could say I had a hand in its creation in a way, I should be minorly proud. I am really curious how outsiders will perceive the new logo. I think most people will wonder why we have skeletal bird thing as a logo. But maybe it's just me. Don't get me wrong, it looks nice, and it would be a welcoming thing to have Milwaukee using a unified mark. Milwaukee will always be beer and brats to me though... and that doesn't mean we're uncultured or unrefined. We don't drink just any beer or eat any brat after all!

Visit Milwaukee link

Crusty Stuff

Hey! While you're here, why don't you buy some stuff!

The New Milwaukee

So a group is trying to push a new logo to promote Milwaukee.

I say, "eh."

The Milwaukee Visitors Bureau has jumped on the bandwagon also, incorporating the design into their logo also (dropping "Genuine American").

I'm not sure how I feel about the city putting all it eggs into the same Calatrava basket. While I recognize the architectural significance of the art museum, I don't feel it symbolizes the city. At least, not yet. Only time will tell if the art museum becomes an iconic landmark of the city or a symbol forced on a city that's still beer and brats at it's roots, whether people like it or not.

Naval Lint

I can't believe they are still trying to get this beast onto the lakefront. While I respect historic vessels and love visiting them, I don't think it's needs to be parked outside the art museum. I think the supporters are way too glassy-eyed about the possibility of plopping this boat here to see that it won't in the long run be a benefit. I mean look at this thing!




That's a car parked by it! Holy shmoly! What a huge freakin' eyesore on our beautiful lake park! You know, most cities don't park these things right on their largest downtown parks. I'm sure there has to be somewhere else they can put it. How about down by the ferry? I'm sure people from Muskegon would love to see it.

Post Spam

Well, Spam-a-lot was excellent. I'm not one for musicals really, but this was genuinely just plain fun. I honestly can't say if a non-Monty Python fan would feel the same way. Tim Curry was excellent as was Hank Azaria. He had John Cleese's characters perfect. Niles (I forgot the actor's name!) was good, he just didn't have the stage presence the others did. The Lady of the Lake was excellent! She stole the stage many times. I highly recommend it.

Also recommend the Russian Tea Time restaurant, it's right near the Shubert Theater. Excellent food and dessert, and if you're not driving be sure to have one of their excellent vodkas! (free if you make reservations online!)

SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!

Spam-a-lot tomorrow!

Looking forward to it... that and a day off from work!

Is this thing on?

What the... oh... ow.

Oh wait!

I know what this is for.... uh... no... I forgot.

Hello!

Welcome. I have no idea what this Blog will be for. Heck I have no idea what a blog is for! Stay tuned!