Pfister Narrator Ed | December 23, 2011
Last weekend my grandma and I decided to go out for afternoon tea. I don’t believe anyone’s ever taken tea with my grandmother, aside from a bag she dropped in a mug above her stove. When my mom called to remind her, my grandma asked what she should wear for such an occasion, what is [...]
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Tags: afternoon tea, crosley car, harp, harpist, hoan bridge, Mary Keppeler, milwaukee federal building, Pfister Hotel, Tea, tea service
Pfister Narrator Ed | November 28, 2011
The other night I was sitting in the lobby lounge editing photographs on my computer. Something a bar patron said caught my ear and made me laugh. I don’t remember what exactly he said, but the gentleman’s tone and volume invited anybody within earshot to join. Hearing my chuckle he turned around, delighted that [...]
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Tags: Johnson controls, m.a.m., Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Pfister Hotel, SMAC technologies, Warren Johnson, willis carrier
Pfister Narrator Ed | November 27, 2011
Last year I took a seasonal job selling Christmas trees in Florida. Why Christmas trees? Why Florida? Because it’s seasonal and the job is over soon. It’s nice to spend a month in the warmth. They paid for my travel, a house we shared on the beach, and all my meals while in the FLA. [...]
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Tags: accompany of kids, champagne, chanucha, christmas, christmas tree, cookies, cupcakes, douglas, egg nog, fir, fraser, hannukah, noble, Pfister Hotel
Pfister Narrator Stacie | May 18, 2011
Two men casually sit in the lobby lounge, amidst a loud, chattering crowd of entrepreneurial salesmen and women converging for an annual gala. They sit in facing chairs with an immense, dark walnut coffee table between them, each mirroring the other’s physicality and body position. Perhaps it’s their khaki pants and button-up shirts with collars undone [...]
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Pfister Narrator Julie | April 13, 2011
My after work cocktail turned instantly into a lesson in event coordinating and I learned there’s no better school than the prep hour before a celebrity Blu-Tender event at the Pfister’s Blu. I arrived very early and witnessed an incredible transformation. See, I’m a part of many charity and fundraising events myself. I’ve [...]
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Tags: Autism, Blu, Celebrity BLUtender, Easter Seals, Event Coordinating, Pfister Hotel, Rotary International
Pfister Narrator Julie | April 8, 2011
In three characters or less, can you connect yourself to the popular actor Kevin Bacon? How about if I give you six characters? Or, we can go back to the standard version of the game (that was actually made into a board game, by the way) and ask that you use six movie actors and [...]
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Tags: artist in residence, Blu, Kevin Bacon, Milwaukee connections, Plein Air, tradition
The Pfister | September 13, 2010
Stop by the Lobby Lounge and try the signature Pfister Bloody Mary. Valerie has been perfecting the recipe for nearly 35 years. The Pfister Bloody Mary from PfisterHotel on Vimeo.
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Tags: Bloody Mary, Cafe, Lobby Lounge, Milwaukee, Pfsiter, Valerie, Wisconsin