Supper Club State

Supper Club State

Back in the early 1970s, a restaurant called Holcomb’s Supper Club stood on the banks of the St. Croix River. From my youthful perspective, it seemed a glamorous, exotic place: the starlight chandeliers dangled over garnet-red carpet, barrel-backed chairs...
For Everything, A Place

For Everything, A Place

As my wife and I frantically attempted to stanch the flow of water that spread over our laundry room with towels and a wheezing Shop Vac, that old, familiar phrase about “the joys of home ownership” echoed in my head. The laundry room in our new—it was...
The Right Type

The Right Type

If you stroll down Jefferson Street in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, you might pass by the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum without even noticing it. Aside from a small awning printed with the museum’s name, a few large wood blocks mounted to the outer wall,...