long live the WISCONSIN SUPPER CLUB!
a kickstarter film long-overdue is in progress: “OLD FASHIONED- The Story Of The Wisconsin Supper Club’ check it out here
Wandawega Blog Archive
Winter Dishes
So I’m planning the next Wandawega winter excursion…and have been warming up the camera (my photo lessons are starting to pay off, thanks to my dear friend Julia (juliastotz.com)Here are a couple dishes i shot that my friend Christine (busbybakes.com) made, and we plan on serving up. Yummmmm.
BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE. no better time for scotch. or to turn a toboggan into a bar.
INSTANT BAR:ingredients: 1 toboggan, a ton of booze, some thrift decanters (these were $3-$8 each)some resale MCM glasses) some vintage stir sticks, some bar nuts (in our case peanuts, cashews and walnuts) in decanters. optional: animal hide instructions:grab a couple saw horses (or in this case kitchen bar stools)-top with all other ingredients- bottoms, up, ya’ll. * thanks, desiree and bill for modeling your mugs!* lenny and me resale store on milwaukee ave. for the freaking amazing vintage toboggan ($90)* cirlce of friends thrift in elkhorn for the brass and walnut antique bar tray ($15!)
THE AMAZING COSCARELLI
Bob spent some time at wandawega recently and shot an amazing photo series- (we love you, bob!) check out his fabulousness here: coscarelli.com
CHICAGO HOME AND GARDEN LOVE
we love CHG.we love Jan Parr even more.see what she has to say about cottages, wanda and the love of old things:http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-reader-holiday-gift-guide/Content?oid=2848676
FLEEAAAA MARKET EVENT SHORT
our talented and generous friend eric law (of foundation post) shot this movie with our colleague Kevin McGurn of the flea marketevent. thanks so much to everyone who helped out no that day! we managed to sell lots of books and some flealess antiques as well.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT, YA’LL!
Thank god for Katie. She is a saint of patience and helpfulness, also known as the special events coordinator for the flagship Barnes & Noble here in Chicago. This email made the day even brighter!
jacob hand’s interior photography
we had the pleasure of hosting jacob hand this weekend up at wanda. he is a photographer who’s work we love. check it out at jacobhand.com. in an hour of downtime from the film shoot, we coaxed him into shooting a couple of rooms for us. (he shoots for everyone from Chiat Day to Random house, so we consider ourselves very lucky.) thanks, jacob!
LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION.
our friend & photographer / director CHRIS STRONG is up at camp this week with a crew shooting short film. we dont know the title yet, but the premise is that an ice fisherman loses a toe in an auger miss hap, only to spend the rest of his days searching for the fish that stole his toe. it also involveslate night shooting with flaming minnow buckets full of kerosine. stay tuned here for a film clip we hope to post soon- in the mean time,here are some shots of said toe & the fisherman having a camp breakfast before…
VINCE COOKS
our friend + photographer Vince Cook paid us a visit last weekend & took some great shots. check out his work at VINCECOOKPHOTOGRAPHY.com.