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Thursday, December 27, 2012

New Year's Eve in the North Shore

Looking for something fun to do locally on New Year's Eve? Patch has you covered.

You've recovered from a massive Christmas dinner, nursed the egg nog hangover and reprogrammed all of your new electronics since the holiday weekend. Now it's time to set your sights on how you're going to ring in the New Year. OnMilwaukee has a comprehensive New Year's Eve bar guide with a slew of venues to watch the ball drop, including the Milwaukee Art Museum's sold-out celebration complete with live music, go-go dancers and an open bar (you can still signup for a waitlist) or Café Hollander on Downer Avenue's New Biers Eve celebration, where they will release a series of rare biers every hour on the hour, from 8 p.m. to close.  But, if you're looking from some more local ideas, Patch is here to help. Shorewood Whitefish Bay Bayshore …

Cricket

9:35 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012

Hubbard Lodge looks like a great choice. Nice menu and a great price.   more ›

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Moan No More About Your Harry Potter Party

We have the plan — one ButterBeer, one Quidditch game at a time.

Harry Potter parties are something I know a little bit about and would love to have before the premiere on Friday morning. I had a party for my son’s birthday and found an idea of what may work if I was having an adult party. I would advise sending your friends some sort of invitation to the event. I have used an official Hogwarts acceptance letter and fashioned it with specifics to the party. One idea is to have them meet at platform 9 3/4 and paint bricks onto a sheet that you hang in front of the door so that your guest must pass the barrier before they enter the party world.  You may also just say that the meeting area will be disguised as a muggle’s house so then you can avoid decorations. Based on party size you can sort your party …

Lisa Brennan

10:24 pm on Tuesday, July 12, 2011

So are you going to have a potter party?   more ›

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