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CEDARBURG Stunning estate nestled on almost 2 acres overlooking gorgeous Cedar Creek! This well kept and rare Cedarburg estate is set on a private cul-de-sac. Large Custom kitchen with island and top of the line appliances, great room with cherry built-ins and rustic brick detail, stunning patio with outdoor fireplace overlooking the tranquil Cedar Creek are just a few of many features. Relax in the owner’s suite with fireplace, large custom closet and spa like bath. 3 additional bedrooms upstairs, as well as large flex space with gym. Do not forget to check out the sprawling lower level with kitchenette, full bath and entertaining space galore. $1,272,500 pin #25357
MEQUON Quality and Character define this meticulously maintained and updated Hoffman built home located in one of Mequon’s most prestigious subdivisions. Updated custom kitchen with wall of windows. Eat-in kitchen flows nicely to family room, which boasts built-ins, fireplace, wet bar and mouldings. Stately office with a wall of cherry built-ins. Formal living room with a fireplace. Spacious owner’s suite with a vaulted ceiling, double walk-in closets and updated spa bath with glass shower and soaking tub. 3 additional bedrooms upstairs. Jack n Jill bath with custom tile shower. Finished lower level with kitchenette. 3 car garage. $919,000 pin #504307
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MEQUON Lakes of Ville du Parc condo nestled in the back of a private court with meticulous gardens and mature trees. Large foyer leads to spacious great room with tall ceilings, fireplace and wall of windows overlooking a wooded lot. Updated kitchen with quartz counters and stainless steel appliances. A den features built-ins and a pocket door for privacy. Owner’s suite boasts vaulted ceilings, and en suite spa bath. $449,000 pin #49127
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MEQUON Prime Range Line Road Estate on almost 2.5 acres. This cream city brick Colonial is set on one of Mequon’s most in demand corridors. Cozy den with a half bath. Formal living room with a fireplace. View of private wooded yard and patio from bright sun room. Newer construction great room with grand natural fireplace. New in law suite with double W/I closets, spa bath and sitting foyer. Owner’s suite & 3 additional bedrooms up. $1,695,000 pin #43467
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8 Land Of Hope - Rediscovering The Wisdom In American History Professional American historiography has made steady advances in the breadth and sophistication with which it approaches certain aspects of the past, but those advances have come at the expense of public knowledge and shared historical consciousness. By Wilfred McClay
13 Sustainable Home Improvements For Better Health To create a home environment that promotes wellness, it can be difficult to know where to begin. One easy solution is to look for small changes that improve your personal well-being.
15 A Lake Michigan Contemporary Gem Well kept and updated contemporary gem tucked away at the end of a quiet road with breathtaking views of Lake Michigan!
16 Changing The Landscape Home improvement projects aren’t limited to indoors. In fact, not only can upgrades to areas outside the house expand your liveable space, they can also increase your home’s value.
19 We’re Still Here & Attracting New Business This has been a challenging year for everyone in every walk of life. The Garment Shop in Cambridge has been able to weather the storm with some creative ideas from Exclusively Yours.
20 Exquisite Craftsmanship This Elm Grove home offers a rare opportunity to enjoy the luxury of a finely crafted home in a beautiful natural setting. By Anne Kaiser
25 Creative Summer Pairings It can be difficult to know how to pair wine with food, even under the best of circumstances.
27 4 Ideas For Home Improvement Whether you’re thinking about a bathroom update, kitchen overhaul or any other type of home project, these tips can help you get started.
29 The Ultimate “Staycation” An extraordinary custom home on 33-acres of beautifully diverse land is the ultimate estate for those who “staycation!”
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Rediscovering the Wisdom in American History Professional American historiography has made steady advances in the breadth and sophistication with which it approaches certain aspects of the past, but those advances have come at the expense of public knowledge and shared historical consciousness. The story of America has been fractured into a thousand pieces and burdened with so much ideological baggage that studying history actually alienates young Americans from the possibility of properly appreciating their past. n n n
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NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO I wrote a small book called The Student’s Guide to U.S. History for ISI Books. I was unable to include in its bibliography a high school or college level textbook on U.S. history, because there was not one suitable for recommendation. But criticism of the status quo is easy. What is harder is to create a better alternative. That was my aim in writing Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. Land of Hope swims against the prevailing currents in several ways, not the least of which is that it is a physical book. It is no coincidence that the giant textbook publisher Pearson has just announced its plans to go digital-first with its own massive array of textbooks, 1,500 titles in all, including those in history. Students will eventually be required to use—and institutions will be required to offer—the constantly updated texts, tethering students and schools
exclusively to the publisher’s digital platform. George Orwell, please call the Ministry of Truth. In the early years of printing, printers would often display a truncated version of a Latin proverb: Littera scripta manet, which means, “The written letter remains.” The whole proverb reads: Vox audita perit littera scripta manet, which can be translated, “The heard voice perishes, but the written letter remains.” It contrasts fleeting orality and settled literacy. What does such a proverb mean today, when our civilization—in which the great majority of inhabitants, as Christians and Jews, have been People of the Book—is fast becoming a civilization inhabited by People of the Screen, people tied to the ever-changing, ever-fluid, ever-malleable presentation of the past made possible by the nature of digital technology? Land of Hope also goes against the current by not dumbing down the reading level. It is written with an underlying conviction that we should never sell short the capacity of young Americans to read challenging books if they are interesting and well-wrought. Such books are far more likely to stoke the fire of their imaginations and convey to them the complexity and excitement of history—history not as an inert recitation of facts, but as a reflective task that takes us to the depths of what it means to be human.
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Let me mention three distinctive themes that run through the book, themes that are hinted at in the book’s title and are instructive about America’s character. First, there is the theme of America as a land—not just an idea, but also a people and a nation; a nation with a particular history, connected to a particular piece of real estate. To understand our nation, it’s not enough to understand principles such as equality and liberty, as important as those are. We also have to understand how those principles were put into action, how they were developed, how they came to be forces in our national life. American history, to be sure, is inseparable from America’s principles and ideals, but America is not simply those things. It is a place with a venerable history created by men and women to whom our veneration is owed. Think of those who lie in Arlington National Cemetery and of countless others in the long history of such sacrifices made on behalf of our country. These things bind us to the land in visceral ways that go beyond ideas or principles. Second is the theme of hope. The idea of America as a land of hope shouldn’t be
misinterpreted as signifying a saccharine or sentimental view of America’s past, but rather as taking into account history’s spiritual dimension. We are creatures with free wills and aspirations, not merely tumbleweeds at the mercy of large historical forces. Hope is a quality of soul, something that’s not quantifiable or explicable in strictly material terms. It is a consistent characteristic of this country that we have always sought to rise above or move beyond the conditions that are given to us at birth—something not true of every people. To be an American is to believe that the status we are born into is never the final word. We have a spirit of striving, a spirit of hope that goes back to our very beginnings. Third and finally there is the theme of story. Our narratives large and small are an essential part of the way that we Americans make sense of the world. As I write in the book, The impulse to write history and organize our world around stories is intrinsic to us as human beings. We are, at our core, remembering and story-making creatures, and stories are one of the chief ways we find meaning in the flow of events. What we call “history” and “literature” are merely the refinement and intensification of that basic
human impulse, that need. The word need is not an exaggeration. For the human animal, meaning is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Without it, we perish. Historical consciousness is to civilized society what memory is to individual identity. Without memory, without the stories by which our memories are carried forward, we cannot say who, or what, we are. Without them, our life and thought dissolve into a meaningless, unrelated rush of events. Without them, we cannot do the most human of things: we cannot learn, use language, pass on knowledge, raise children, establish rules of conduct, engage in science, or dwell harmoniously in society. Without them, we cannot govern ourselves. Nor can we have a sense of the future as a time we know will come, because we remember that other tomorrows have come and gone. A culture without memory will necessarily be barbarous and easily tyrannized, even if it is technologically advanced. The incessant waves of daily events will occupy all our attention and defeat all our efforts to connect past, present, and future, thereby diverting us from an understanding of the human things that unfold in time, including the path of our own lives.
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The stakes were beautifully expressed in the words of the great Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: “When a day passes it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren’t told or books weren’t written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day. The whole world, all human life is one long story.” Singer was right. As individuals, as communities, as countries: we are nothing more than flotsam and jetsam without the stories in which we find our lives’ meaning. Of course, there are stories and then there are stories. French writer André Malraux once wrote, “A man is what he hides: a miserable little pile of secrets.” That’s one way of thinking about a man’s life, but it’s a reductive and simplistic way. We’ve all read biographies like that. But where in this approach is an account of a man’s striving, his ambitions, his ideals, his efforts at transcendence? Is it a fair and accurate account of a man to speak only or even mainly of his secrets and failings? Similarly with a nation’s history, it must be far more than a compilation of failings and crimes. It must give credence to the aspirational
dimension of a nation’s life, and particularly for so aspirational a nation as the United States—arguably the most aspirational nation in human history. A proper history of America must do this without evading the fact that we’ve often failed miserably, fallen short, and done terrible things. We have not always been a land of hope for everyone—for a great many, but not for all. And so our sense of hope has a double-edged quality about it: to be a land of hope is also to risk being a land of disappointment, a land of frustration, even a land of disillusionment. To understand our history is to experience these negative things. But we wouldn’t experience them so sharply if we weren’t a land of hope, if we didn’t embrace that outlook and aspiration. To use a colloquialism, we Americans allow ourselves to get our hopes up—and that is always risky. Land of Hope’s epigraph is a passage that has long been a source of inspiration and direction to me. Written by John Dos Passos, a man of the radical left in his youth who later moved to the sensible right, it is from a 1941 essay, “The Use of the Past,” and it is uncannily relevant to the present:
Every generation rewrites the past. In easy times history is more or less of an ornamental art, but in times of danger we are driven to the written record by a pressing need to find answers to the riddles of today. We need to know what kind of firm ground other men, belonging to generations before us, have found to stand on. In spite of changing conditions of life they were not very different from ourselves, their thoughts were the grandfathers of our thoughts, they managed to meet situations as difficult as those we have to face, to meet them sometimes lightheartedly, and in some measure to make their hopes prevail. We need to know how they did it. In times of change and danger when there is a quicksand of fear under men’s reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations gone before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present and get us past that idiot delusion of the exceptional Now that blocks good thinking. That is why, in times like ours, when old institutions are caving in and being replaced by new institutions not necessarily in accord with most men’s preconceived hopes, political thought has to look backwards as well as forwards. Continued on page 24
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CONSIDER THESE SUSTAINABLE projects and changes for a healthier, happier household:. Rethink window treatments. Windows can affect a home in numerous ways, both good and bad. On the upside, ambient light is a natural mood-boosting alternative to energy-hungry fixtures. Windows add character, and the right window treatments can play an essential role in a decorative scheme.
In the winter, windows can also be natural conveyors of the sun’s heat, reducing your reliance on energy. You may also be surprised to learn that the window treatments you choose to help manage light and climate can play a big role in your home’s health and sustainability. Drapes can be difficult to clean, which means they can trap dirt, dust and other allergens that tarnish air quality. Many blinds use synthetic materials, making them less than ideal earth-conscious options. Your best bet is bamboo or wood treatments that are certified as eco-friendly and easy to keep clean.
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Lessen the laundry load. Reducing the amount of laundry you do not only saves time but is also better for the environment. Washing clothes accounts for 15-40% of the water consumption for an average family of four, according to Home Water Works, and the annual energy consumption of typical electric clothes dryers often equals the cost of running a new energy-efficient refrigerator, clothes washer and dishwasher combined. An alternative like a heated towel rack uses less energy than a standard dryer (about the same amount of electricity as a few light bulbs). Not only does an option like an Amba heated towel rack save energy and time by reducing the frequency of washing towels, it keeps them dry and free of mold and mildew between washes. Plus, wrapping up in a warm towel can help reduce joint stiffness and muscle spasms, according to research by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. With 150 affordable mounted and free-standing models made from 100% recyclable, marine-grade stainless steel, and custom color options available, it can be easy to add a stylish accent to bathrooms, laundry rooms or mudrooms.
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OUTDOOR LIVING PROJECTS account for almost one-third of renovation projects, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. The findings echo trends reported by the National Kitchen and Bath Association, which found 43% of respondents said they designed outdoor kitchens in the past year and 41% expected an increase in outdoor projects in the coming year. “Our clients are asking for entertaining areas, which can be anything from a fully engineered cabana or a new paver patio with a pergola,” said Dave Garcia, owner of DPG Pavers and Design. “We love being creative with materials in our designs and installations. One of my personal favorites is an outdoor kitchen we wrapped in hardwood with a granite countertop. It has clean lines and a unique custom look.” Custom-built and prefabricated kitchens are also in high demand, Garcia said, along with recreation features like putting
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Creating the ideal outdoor living space requires thoughtful planning and a holistic approach. Landscaping includes a wide range of elements in outdoor design that can generally be grouped into two main categories: hardscape and softscape. Understanding the components and options within each category can help you create a cohesive design for maximum enjoyment. The hardscape encompasses the man-made elements that bring function and aesthetic appeal to the design. Examples include concrete pavers, natural stone features, seating and retaining walls, wood and composite decks, pergolas, fencing and synthetic lawns. Softscape elements are the living components that add beauty and character to your outdoor space. These include the grass, shrubs, trees, flowers and plants. Your softscape may also include enhancements like mulch and an irrigation system to help care for the vegetation. Although the hardscape and softscape elements are distinct, an effective landscape design integrates both to create the look and feel you want for your outdoor living space. Getting Started Once you’ve considered the landscaping features necessary to bring your vision to life, it’s time to get your project in motion. Set a budget and consider whether you will need professional support to make your design ideas a reality. A remodeling expert can guide you on how to achieve the look you desire with your home’s unique characteristics in mind, while helping manage your timeline and expenses. Find more remodeling advice and contractors in your area at www.remodelingdoneright.com. Content courtesy of DPG Pavers and Design. n E X C L U S I V E LY Y O U R S
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THE STATELY, ELEGANT HOME at 14225 Woodlawn Circle in Elm Grove, Wisconsin, offers detailed, exquisite craftsmanship and a superb natural setting. Located in the Indian Hills Estates subdivision, this lovely 5,340 square foot home includes four bedrooms and four full and one half baths. Included in the one-acre-plus lot of this treasured estate is a deeded section of a semi-private pond, Brookwood Pool, where owners will enjoy water-based recreation such as fishing, boating, and wintertime ice-skating. In addition to enjoying the pond’s natural beauty, peaceful moments of nature observation on the property reveal the daily presence of gentle wildlife—deer, ducks, turkeys, and swans. Old growth deciduous trees including maples, elms and oaks offer a continuous palette of shifting beauty throughout Wisconsin’s four seasons. Garden terraces and a tranquil expanse of well-tended lawn surround this stone home. The home’s exterior features a special blend of carefully selected Wisconsin stone with stucco and cedar trim accents. These materials operate in harmony with the home’s exceptional natural setting, creating a welcoming and unique home estate.
Along with the additional 100-plus homes in the incorporated Indian Hills subdivision, this home benefits from current parameters that govern and “maintain harmony in appearance” of the homes in this subdivision. Mature deciduous and evergreen trees create a buffer of privacy for this beautiful home. An attached garage features three doors but interior space equivalent to a 4.5-car garage, offering additional space for a special vintage or sports vehicle to be stored and protected through Wisconsin winters. In-floor heat makes wintertime access to vehicles pleasant. The three levels of the home’s interior, like the entire garage, similarly feature a multiple-zoned hydronic floor heating system. The home’s stately front entry radiates a welcoming solidity and security. Attractive bluestone over concrete covers the front porch landing leading to the waterfall glass and iron exceptionally thick, taller-than-standard knotty alder front door. A hanging lantern-style light illuminates the front entry door, while the rough-sawn cedar timbers and vaulted roof overhang shelters visitors from the elements.
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A lovely kitchen on the home’s main floor offers stunning woodwork throughout. A gently arched cream-toned ceiling is accented by wood beams, and hand-scraped American cherry wood floors complement and warm the cherry wood cabinetry. A kitchen island offers additional workspace, topped by a black walnut wood countertop. Another countertop space extends out onto one side of the room, offering additional seating on bar stools for casual snacks or conversations. Granite counters accent the elegant durability of the kitchen’s food preparation space. Inset circular ceiling Halogen task lighting as well as under, over, and interior LED cabinet lights and a hanging lantern-like ceiling fixtures help to illuminate the room. The kitchen offers ample storage space as well, including a walk-in pantry with granite countertop and electrical outlet.
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A welcoming hearth room and dinette conveniently adjoin the kitchen. Windows line the gently curved outer wall of this room, allowing natural light to enter and providing a restful view of the trees beyond. A gas fireplace on one end of the room further enhances the warm, inviting feeling created here. Just off this room, a balcony offers an ideal spot to enjoy a morning cup of coffee or tea, or to relax at the day’s end. The home’s living or great room continues the exquisite craftsmanship, artistry, and warmth found throughout the home. Extensive windows along one wall offer a pleasing view of the natural world beyond throughout the seasons. Magnificent wood floors offer warmth. reminiscent of a grand mountain lodge. Tenfoot ceilings feature circular halogen inset ceiling lights. Family and friends will enjoy gathering here in the cozy glow of a natural stone fireplace in autumn and winter. The rough hewn oak mantel of this fireplace was crafted from one of the trees on the property where this home now stands, and so bears a special history that will continue to be enjoyed throughout the future.
In addition to providing ample space to relax, cook, and gather with family and friends, the home’s main floor includes two office spaces. One features a gently arched 11-foot beamed, vaulted ceiling and matching side main window with a subtle, classic arch design. The woodwork in this office, including ceiling beams, casing, windows and baseboard moldings, are attractive cherry wood. The second office space offers painted custom trim around the window, door, ceiling and at the carpeted floor’s edge. The white painted woodwork and cabinets highlight the artful warm-toned wall covering. The freestanding cherry wood desk with leather top and credenza with light bridge and glass shelves, by Harden, as well as the dining room set and other furnishings, are also available for purchase from this fine home. The master bedroom on the home’s main floor offers a spacious, inviting haven in which to greet each new day or relax and luxuriate at dusk. Windows along the far pond wall curve gently, providing a peaceful view of the greenery beyond. The light neutral-toned walls and carpet in this elegant room create a warm and inviting ambience. This classic palette allows owners to personalize the space with
favorite furniture, decorations and window treatments. A hanging chandelier light radiates elegant simplicity, while a gas fireplace further warms and illuminates the master bedroom. The master ensuite bath includes sideby-side sinks and recessed cabinet mirrors containing power outlets with ample storage space below. Elegant polished nickel hardware complements the overall aesthetic of the room. The muted sage green color of the walls reflects an appreciation for the soothing hues of nature, while also serving as an elegant backdrop for warm wood and beach sand neutral tones of the tile floor and light-colored cherry wood moldings. The steam shower invites pampering, complete with a heated floor and seat. A heated towel bar further enhances the luxurious comfort offered by this room. Included in the master ensuite bath is a beautifying dressing area, with artfully placed mirrors, a convenient counter space, and lovely symmetrical wood storage drawers and cabinets. A generous-sized, walk-in custom dressing closet adjoins this space, featuring immaculately designed custom wood storage cubbies, shelves and clothing racks. Closet spaces throughout this Continued on page 28
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Isn’t that marvelous? There’s so much to unpack in it, but of special relevance today is his rather rough denunciation of “that idiot delusion of the exceptional Now.” This phrase expresses something that nearly all of us who teach history run up against. It’s harder than usual today to get young people interested in the past because they are so firmly convinced that we’re living in a time so unprecedented, enjoying pocket-sized technologies that are so transformative, that there’s no point in looking at what went on in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To them the past has been superseded—just as our present world is forever in the process of being superseded. While this posture may be ill-informed and lazy, a way to justify not learning anything, it also represents a genuine conviction, amply reinforced by the endless passing parade of sensations and images in which we are enveloped—one thing always being succeeded by something else, nothing being permanent, nothing enduring, always moving, moving, moving into a new exceptional Now. But it is a childish and disabling illusion that must be countered, in just the way that Dos Passos suggests. Even in confronting the challenging questions of American history, most notably the existence of slavery, there are deep lessons to be learned. By the time of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the institution of slavery had become deeply enmeshed in the national economy, despite all the ways that its existence stood in glaring contradiction to our nation’s commitment to equality and self-rule as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Hence there was real bite to the mocking question fired at Americans by British writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson: “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of slaves?” How, we wonder today, could such otherwise enlightened and exemplary men as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have owned slaves, a practice so contradictory to all they stood for? As I write in the book: There is no easy answer to such questions. But surely a part of the answer is that each of us is born into a world that we did not make, and it is only with the greatest effort, and often at very great cost, that we are ever able to change that world for the better. Moral sensibilities are not static; they develop and deepen over time, and general moral progress
is very slow. Part of the study of history involves a training of the imagination, learning to see historical actors as speaking and acting in their own times rather than ours; and learning to see even our heroes as an all-too-human mixture of admirable and unadmirable qualities, people like us who may, like us, be constrained by circumstances beyond their control. . . . The ambivalences regarding slavery built into the structure of the Constitution were almost certainly unavoidable in the short term, in order to achieve an effective political union of the nation. What we need to understand is how the original compromise no longer became acceptable to increasing numbers of Americans, especially in one part of the Union, and why slavery, a ubiquitous institution in human history, came to be seen not merely as an unfortunate evil but as a sinful impediment to human progress, a stain upon a whole nation. We live today on the other side of a great transformation in moral sensibility, a transformation that was taking place but was not yet completed in the very years the United States was being formed. A related lesson of history is that acts of statesmanship often require courage and imagination, even daring, especially when the outcome seems doubtful. Take the case of Lincoln. So accustomed are we to thinking of Lincoln in heroic terms that we forget the depth and breadth of his unpopularity during his entire time in office. Few great leaders have been more comprehensively disdained, loathed, and underestimated. A low Southern view of him, of course, was to be expected, but it was widely shared in the North as well. As Lincoln biographer David Donald put it, “Lincoln’s own associates thought him ‘a Simple Susan, a baboon, an aimless punster, a smutty joker.’” Abolitionist Wendell Phillips called him “a huckster in politics, a first-rate, second-rate man.” George McClellan, his opponent in the 1864 election, openly disdained him as a “wellmeaning baboon.” For much of that election year, Lincoln was convinced, with good reason, that he was doomed to lose the election, with incalculable consequences for the war effort and the future of the nation. To quote the book again: We need to remember that this is generally how history happens. It is not like a Hollywood movie in which the background music swells and the crowd in the room applauds and leaps to its feet as the orator dispenses timeless words, and the camera pans the room full of smiling faces. In real history, the background music Continued on page 28 E X C L U S I V E LY Y O U R S
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IT CAN BE DIFFICULT to know how to pair wine with food, even under the best of circumstances. One wrong flavour or nuance can undo the entire meal, sending guests fleeing for the door in disgust and horror. While the aforementioned situation may be a slight embellishment, it is very important to understand how to suitably pair a wine with a meal. In the summertime, there is perhaps nothing more important than the pairing of a good, invigorating wine with a pleasing BBQ dish. Break the Rules If there was ever a situation in which to break the rules, BBQ would be it. Most are well aware of the classic rules, such as “don’t serve red wine with fish” or “don’t serve a dish that is sweeter than the wine.” BBQ presents the perfect opportunity to throw the rulebook out entirely. Learning to experiment is essential because limitless unusual pairings can result in true culinary ecstasy. One classic West Coast pairing that may look peculiar on paper is that of a Pinot Noir with mouth-watering BBQ Sockeye salmon. This pairing works due to the delicacy of Pinot Noir, allowing the salmon to stand out on its own.
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Work with the Sauce While breaking the rules of wine pairing is fundamental, there are some basic guidelines that can help the process go a little smoother. There can never be too much BBQ sauce, so use flavours and aromas to draw out a good wine pairing. Sample the aroma of the BBQ sauce or marinade and follow up with a sampling of the nose of the wine. Be mindful of pairing too much sweetness, as such a combination may cancel out both the flavours. Remember that sweet foods can make a wine seem drier. Balance dishes with an off-dry wine, perhaps a Riesling, if there is a glaze or sweeter sauce like teriyaki. Highly acidic foods, perhaps a BBQ fish with citrus sauce, will create mellower flavour with the wine. Using a highly acidic wine, such as Pinot Gris, would be favourable. Using bitter foods will draw out the natural bitterness in foods, so be sure to counterbalance this with wine that has tinges of fruit or a full body. Pair a Cabernet Sauvignon with the meal if using a salad with arugula as a side, for instance. The Ultimate Pairings Pairing wine with a BBQ dish is fun because it represents a great occasion to break the rules, but there are some basic suggestions that help the process go easier. It may be perfectly tolerable to sample an offbeat pairing without numerous dinner guests, but some pairings require a bit more thought. Light white wines, like Riesling or Bacchus, go a long way with lighter fare. Try delicious Chenin Blanc with BBQ Asian prawns or pair Muscat with grilled vegetables. The slighter flavours of the wine will draw out other flavour accents. Rich white wines, for instance Pinot Blanc or Gewürztraminer, owe an awful lot to deep, grilled foods to bring out subtler flavour notes. For a great pairing, try Tandoori chicken with oaked Chardonnay. A deep red wine, such as oaked Merlot, pairs superbly with dishes with warm spices and rich flavours. Try Cabernet Franc with BBQ ribs or pork tenderloin and add a splash of Cajun spice to the rub for good measure. Relax and Enjoy In the end, there really is no right or wrong answer for a wine pairing. The perfect pairing is one that pleases dinner guests and draws the best flavours out of a meal. Pairing wine with BBQ dishes isn’t an exact science and takes some experimenting, so get out there and enjoy a warm summer evening over the grill with a glass of the good stuff tonight. n E X C L U S I V E LY Y O U R S
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home are ample, and each conveniently includes a closet organizer system. A laundry room on the home’s main floor offers ease of use and appealing design. Cabinets Closets in this room offer discreet storage, while side-by-side washer and dryer are tucked neatly along one wall. Cabinets next to and above the laundry machines are painted to match the pleasing sage green hues of the master ensuite bath kitchen island cabinetry. The home’s formal dining room radiates warmth and elegance coupled with the natural beauty of exquisite, warm-toned wood floors and extensive use of wood crown moldings along the ceiling and floor throughout the house. The open, flowing floor plan here offers a spacious sense and enhances effortless movement between rooms. This design also grants lovely pond views from many of the home’s rooms. The second floor includes three two additional bedrooms, each offering a unique and pleasing design. One elegant bedroom includes an attached ensuite bath featuring a classic, light-toned neutral curvilinear leaf motif wallpaper and matching light-colored sink, cabinets, and floor. An additional spacious bedroom features cobalt blue walls, neutraltoned carpeting, and a three-section window providing beautiful views of the pond and trees beyond. A final fourth lower level bedroom could also serve as a comfortable guest suite, with an ample set of pond view windows along one wall and elegant, classic design and furnishings. The upper hallway of the home is equipped with an additional full bath for the comfort of family and guests. Entertaining guests at this beautiful home is enhanced by additional space on the home’s lower level. Here, an artfully-designed and impeccably crafted kitchenette allows hosts to fulfill their guests’ culinary whims or simply provides a convenient source for snacks and beverages on a family evening at home. A spacious family room on the lower level provides an excellent spot to gather for games, food and beverages, and conversations with family and friends at any time of year. The home’s lower level includes easy walk-out access to a lovely bluestone patio, where views of the natural beauty soothe and inspire. The home at 14425 Woodlawn Circle offers a rare and exceptional opportunity to enjoy the luxury of a finely crafted home in a beautiful natural setting. n
does not swell, the trumpets do not sound, and the carping critics often seem louder than the applause. The leader or the soldier has to wonder whether he is acting in vain, whether the criticisms of others are in fact true, whether time will judge him harshly, whether his sacrifice will count for anything. Few great leaders have felt this burden more completely than Lincoln. In conclusion, let me suggest that the story of the ending of the Civil War in April 1865 might hold a lesson for those of our fellow countrymen today who seem to regard America’s past with contempt: On April 9, after a last flurry of futile resistance, Lee faced facts and arranged to meet Grant at a brick home in the village of Appomattox Court House to surrender his army. He could not formally surrender for the whole Confederacy, but the surrender of his army would trigger the surrender of all others, and so it represented the end of the Confederate cause. It was a poignant scene, dignified and restrained and sad, as when a terrible storm that has raged and blown has finally exhausted itself, leaving behind a strange and reverent calm, purged of all passion. The two men had known one another in the Mexican War, and had not seen one another in nearly twenty years. Lee arrived first, wearing his elegant dress uniform, soon to be joined by Grant clad in a mudspattered sack coat, his trousers tucked into his muddy boots. They showed one another a deep and respectful courtesy, and Grant generously allowed Lee’s officers to keep their sidearms and the men to keep their horses and take them home for the spring planting. None would be arrested or charged with treason. Four days later, when Lee’s army of 28,000 men marched in to surrender their arms and colors, General Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine, a hero of Gettysburg, was present at the ceremony. He later wrote of his observations that day, reflecting upon his soldierly respect for the men before him, each passing by and stacking his arms, men who only days before had been his mortal foes: “Before us in proud humiliation stood the embodiment of manhood: men whom neither toils and sufferings, nor the fact of death, nor disaster, nor hopelessness could bend from their resolve; standing before us now, thin, worn, and famished, but erect, and with eyes looking level into ours, waking memories that bound us together as no other bond;—was not such
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manhood to be welcomed back into a Union so tested and assured?…On our part not a sound of trumpet more, nor roll of drum; not a cheer, nor word nor whisper of vain-glorying, nor motion of man standing again at the order, but an awed stillness rather, and breathholding, as if it were the passing of the dead!” Such deep sympathies, in a victory so heavily tinged with sadness and grief and death. This war was, and remains to this day, America’s bloodiest conflict, having generated at least a million and a half casualties on the two sides combined, [including] 620,000 deaths, the equivalent of six million men in today’s American population. One in four soldiers who went to war never returned home. One in thirteen returned home with one or more missing limbs. For decades to come, in every village and town in the land, one could see men bearing such scars and mutilations, a lingering reminder of the price they and others had paid. And yet, Chamberlain’s words suggested that there might be room in the days and years ahead for the spirit of conciliation that Lincoln had called for in his Second Inaugural Speech, a spirit of binding up wounds, and of caring for the many afflicted and bereaved, and then moving ahead, together. It was a slender hope, yet a hope worth holding, worth nurturing, worth pursuing. We all know that it did not turn out that way, due in part to Lincoln’s death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth. But the story is illustrative nonetheless. If Chamberlain’s troops could find it in their hearts to be that forgiving, that generous, that respectful of men who had only days before been their mortal enemies, we certainly ought to be able to extend a similar generosity towards men in what is now, for us, a far more distant past. Lincoln himself said something similar, at a cabinet meeting on April 14, the very day of his assassination: I hope there will be no persecution, no bloody work after the war is over…Enough lives have been sacrificed. We must extinguish our resentment if we expect harmony and union. There has been too much of a desire on the part of some of our very good friends to be masters, to interfere with and dictate to those states, to treat the people not as fellow citizens; there is too little respect for their rights. I do not sympathize in these feelings. That was good counsel then and now, and it is an example of the wisdom that the study of history can provide us. May such wisdom be an impetus for us to rediscover such a humane and generous example in our own times. n E X C L U S I V E LY Y O U R S
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ARE YOU, as was Martha of Bible days, “troubled about many things?” Are you weary of the relentless routine of an apparently purposeless existence? Are you fearful of the future? Does sleep evade you and despair engulf you as you turn restlessly from one problem to another? Would it help you to be reminded of how the Nazarene carpenter met every adverse situation? He cut instantly through the obstructing mist whether it was occasioned by ignorance, stupidity or spiritual blindness, and turned directly to the Father within. He admitted frankly, “Of mine own self I can do nothing. The Father within He doeth the works.” Consequently, that complete reliance upon the invisible power within him, brought into acknowledgeable visibility the needed result. Surely no one can forget the remarkable account of how Lazarus was restored to life. The stone was taken away from the entrance to the tomb; “and Jesus lifted up his eyes; and said, Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me. And I know that thou hearest me always.” And Lazarus came forth. Nor was there the slightest doubt in Jesus’ mind but that the power of God was operating at that moment when it was most needed. The advice of the Nazarene carpenter to all who listened was “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” In other words, cease from taking
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thought about the problem; drop it and turn directly to the God-presence and God-power that are constantly, hence immediately available to you because of your oneness with the Father. Do you know of any greater comfort to be found anywhere than in the words “I and my Father are one?” To recognize the power in that statement and then dwell in meditation upon it is to lift oneself from the material plane of humanhood to an ever-ascending spiritual plane whose foundation can never crumble because it is built upon every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Let us cease our struggles to solve the problems that beset us. Let us follow the example of the Nazarene carpenter and turn directly to the assuring presence of the Father within. Let us also take literally, “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me,” and let us rest in it. Let us rest, however, in faith, nothing wavering for as James said, “... he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.” The key to arriving at that spiritual plateau where problems can no longer buffet us about, where peace within is assured is a simple five-letter word, faith. Faith that the invisible within Power will manifest itself visibly in the meeting of our need. However, if we would acquire spiritual faith, let us be certain to practice it. n
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OCONOMOWOC 2-story all stucco home a 1.35-acre professionally manicured lot with an inground swimming pool. 2-story foyer, open floor plan with high volume ceilings, great room with gas fireplace plus a theater room and an additional detached garage . $695,000
GREENFIELD Craftsman/Prairie Style custom built home home in the Foxwood Crossing Subdivision. Polished birch hard wood floors, soaring ceilings and maple mill work. Great room iwith walls of windows overlooking a wooded lot. 3 season room off the deck. $565,000
BROOKFIELD This Ranch home was totally reconstructed in 1997 when a large great room with cathedral ceilings and a stone fireplace were added along with the upper bonus and spa rooms. A huge deck looks out over the heavily wooded lot. $525,000
NORTH PRAIRIE Family home set on a large 1.12 acre lot in the Kettle Moraine School District. Sellers recently replaced the roof, the mechanicals and the driveway. This lovely home features over 3000-sq.-ft. of living space with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a fireplace and several family rooms. $350,000
The 2021 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring Plug-In Hybrid
Coming Soon to Uptown
Available soon, the 2021 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring Hybrid. Recharge on the road and off. In addition to kinetic braking, the electric battery can also be charged at home or at any of the 20,000 charging stations across the U.S. No time to recharge? No problem. Enjoy peace of mind knowing you’re backed by a turbocharged gas engine. Lincoln, our ultimate expression of design and personal service. Uptown will make your ownership easy with complementary Lincoln pickup and delivery service. We offer 4 years of premium maintenance, as well as provide a loaner Lincoln until service is completed. You will also have access to the Lincoln Concierge to handle any concerns. It’s luxury exemplified, inside and out. Explore the superior services and curated interiors afforded to each Lincoln Black Label member. Order your new Lincoln at Uptown Lincoln today.
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