Sonya Jongsma Knauss is the editor and general manager of MilwaukeeMoms.com and Lake Effect's new Milwaukee Day Out contributor. She spoke with Stephanie Lecci. You can find details like hours, pricing and days of operation for the apple and pumpkin picking sites mentioned and more at the full 2009 MilwaukeeMoms.com Apple Picking and Pumpkin Patch Directory. You can also submit your photos from the patches and orchards here.
Adrian Schriel is a stage director and producer based in Basel, Switzerland, who has been researching Mildred Harnack's life for more than two decades. Jade Wu is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker as well as the executive director of the New York-based Golden Phoenix Productions, which is producing the documentary on Harnack, titled Number 228. Wu and Schriel spoke with Stephanie Lecci. The film is set to be completed by early 2010.
Ray Fister is Lake Effect's regular wine contributor to our Good Fermentations segment and the co-creator and voice of the wine blog and podcast "Life Between the Vines," which seeks to make wine less scary through "entertaining interviews with winery owners, wine makers and wine lovers of all kinds." He is also the owner and engineer of 5th Floor Recording Company. Fister talked with Dan Harmon about how to not get so self-conscious when ordering wine at a restaurant.