Use Your Photoshop Skills For GOOD - Help OK Tornado Victims

I recently made a snarky comment in my post about Charles Ramsay about people with photo editor skills using their powers for 'good not evil', to borrow a trope. My short rant was directed at not only them but any people that have a talent and waste it and valuable time by using said talent for useless, often negative results. For those photo editors out there the example are all the memes of photos with Helvetica font sayings attached to them. Well, now those talents can literally be used for GOOD - the magazine and online community 'of, by, and for pragmatic idealists working towards individual and collective progress' in a new campaign to help restore photos damaged in the Oklahoma tornadoes.

BeWell: Practice Safe Grilling

I could say something about the gender of the person,
but I won't. In any case
 you don't want your grill to look like this.

With the outdoor activities involved in the (hopefully) warm(ish) three day weekend, some consider Memorial Day the unofficial or even official start to summer, though astronomically it is June 21 for the Northern hemisphere. Though grilling season (which I would argue is the same as the seasons of Roadconstruction and Humidity) aligns with the start of baseball and tailgating, Memorial Day is one of the biggest days of grilling. That means a lot of grills that may have not been used all winter are being brought out for the first time. Before you fire that thing up, treat it like one of your tools and be sure you take a few minutes to clean it and ensure you are using it safely. Think of it like a spring tune-up much as you would give your motorcycle or lawnmower after taking it out of storage.

There are three main parts of grill safety: cleaning, lighting, and cooking.

If You Are A Vet Macy's Has Got Your 6

Macy's has teamed up with the organization Got Your 6 to help contribute to their organization in a super easy way that benefits you too - When you shop at Macy’s between May 12th and June 9th, you can buy a pin for just  $3 to Got Your 6 at the register and in return, will receive a 15/20% savings pass for any day you choose (exclusions apply.) You can also donate $6 to Got Your 6 and receive a golden Got Your 6 pin to wear your support, as well as the savings pass. Click here to find out more. And if you go on Saturday, June 1st Macy’s shoppers will receive a 25% shopping pass when they donate at least $3 to Got Your 6

MKE Brewing Brews Truly 'Green' Beer - Joins DNR's Green Tier Program

One of the greatest things about watching the craft beer movement, besides great beer, is seeing so many embrace responsible business practices that the big brewers would be hard-pressed to try due to their size. From organic and local ingredients like Lakefront Brewery's Wisconsinite to green brewing practices like  Alaskan Brewing Company's grain-powered steam boiler breweries in Wisconsin and around the US embrace Well-Met practices. Even our local (or not) macro-brewer MillerCoors is involved via their Great Beer, Great Responsibility program which includes community programs, alcohol responsibility, and environmental responsibility.

As of last week, at the top of the list must be considered Milwaukee Brewing Company (MKE Brewing) by joining the DNR's Green Tier program which recognizes businesses with a commitment to sustainability and have put in place a sustainability management plan.

Milwaukee Boasts 2 Of 5 Best Meatless Burgers

We love to boast about Milwaukee achievements, our #MKEPride, especially when they relate to aspects of Wellness or manliness or hopefully both - and so we must continue the tradition with a story recently posted on the Menuism blog. So what did we excel at this time? It's Milwaukee so it must be beer, or brats, maybe cheese. No, this time its burgers, and not the meaty variety like those in the famed Food Wars segment that pitted AJ Bombers vs. Sobelman's. Surprisingly, well maybe not to those veg eaters out there in Milwaukee who know we have some great places for them to eat, its for meatless, i.e. vegetarian, burgers.

Among the list of 'manly' foods, most of which are meaty (there's a pun in there), burgers rank right up there with steaks, sausages from dogs to brats, wings, and chili. Fortunately for those looking for options due to health or philosophical reasons, burgers are one of the easiest to replace. Sure it took a while and there are still some stinkers out there, especially in the grocery-store options, but increasingly there are good even great options both eating out and in. Restaurants are getting especially good at making good replacements if they do it from scratch using anything from mushrooms (whole or ground like beef), to beans, or even nuts (as I talked about here nuts are a good replacement for lots of things).

Menuism recently did a blog post on 5 Meatless Burgers Worth Trying, the beast one from five types inlcuding soy, hazelnut, mushroom, tempeh, and combination. Milwaukee restaurants were called out for two of them: The Comet Cafe and The Eatery on Farwell.