Pfister Narrator Ed | April 4, 2012
I said I’d move here for two years- no more than two years. That was my limit. My office suggested a promotion but said I had to relocate. Initially, I was so sure I’d move right back that I considered sub-letting my apartment instead of ending the lease. My friends all [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | April 3, 2012
Ah, big brother Chicago. Just two hundred years ago we were part of the same Illinois territory. People come to Milwaukee for many reasons. Business. Dinner. Conventions. Celebrations. Sporting events. Art openings. Museums. Visitors ask certain key questions which lead me to conclude they’re not from Milwaukee. This line of conversation usually takes place after [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | April 1, 2012
To my dismay I realized that the UW-Milwaukee Women Leaders Conference scheduled to take place at the Pfister Friday, March 30th was sold out. I’d hoped there was a possibility to watch from the perimeter and take in a little of the conference. Thursday evening I was in the lobby lounge speaking with pianist Dr. [...]
The Pfister Hotel | March 30, 2012
The Pfister bids Shelby Keefe adieu and celebrates achievements of Keefe, Ferris and Williams The Pfister held a farewell reception Tuesday, March 27th in honor of our 2011 Artist in Residence, Shelby Keefe. The event had both Pfister elegance and Shelby flare. Shelby’s additions included: an interactive art piece allowing guests to paint on a [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | March 22, 2012
The Pfister has received countless compliments on their Marcus Celebrated Chefs series. Many of the compliments centered around the hotel’s Executive Chef Brian Frakes. People talked about how generous he was with his knowledge and always sent them home with extra food. Guests went home energized with new ideas of how to invigorate their home [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | March 16, 2012
Do you remember 1964, what happened after blues and rock and roll exported across the Atlantic Ocean and came back from a stop in England? The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, The Animals, Donovan, The Rolling Stones, and of course The Beatles. When those four lads arrived in the States there was pandemonium along every [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | March 9, 2012
One day I was sitting in the lobby lounge waiting for something to happen. It can be a strange feeling to think qualitatively about conversation, hoping for a moment of random brilliance to spring from a happenstance stranger. This random Tuesday evening my mind started drifting for all the typical reason’s one’s mind wanders from [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | February 27, 2012
Saturday afternoon I was hanging out in Shelby’s studio watching her work on a painting of the Milwaukee Art Museum. She was searching to find her way through the piece. A stroke here, a stroke there. Step back, consider. Wipe with a moist towel, then determine another stroke. Having this rare intersection between a writer [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | February 24, 2012
Ok, here’s the plan. (Trumpets, please.) 24 hours. The whole family. Take on as much of the Pfister as we possibly can. Take pictures and let you share in the fun. Ready… Set… Wait…not just yet! OK… GO! [...]
Pfister Narrator Ed | February 23, 2012
Shelby Keefe has been the Pfister’s resident artist since April 2011. As all great things eventually come to an end, her studio torch will be passed to Timothy Westbrook in April 2012. Shelby and I had been trying to get together and talk for a few weeks and it turned out to be a good [...]