Around Town Middleton: What's brewing here?

 

Lite tractor-trailer parked in front of  'crafty' Capital Brewery? 

Retiring Guy is sure there's a logical explanation.  

Nonetheless, it's a scene that stopped me in my tracks.  Had to capture the moment.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Around Town Middleton posts:

2024

July-December 2024

In memoriam.  (10/19)

Cloudy forecast for this home sale on Maywood Avenue.  (10/16)

Retaining wall at corner of Elmwood and Bristol streets is no longer leaning.  (8/26)

The last vacant lot on Middleton Street across from Tiedeman Pond. (8/25)

Dollar Tree is now the Dollar and a Quarter Tree.  (8/7)

January-June 2024

Candidate for the worst home renovation of the year.  (6/29)

Storm damage in the vicinity of Tiedeman Pond. (5/23)

3 American flags in a moderate breeze.  (5/20)

Bitcoin Depot at local hardware store.  Wonder how much use it gets.  (5/1)

And so have the ponds.  (3/4)

Sunday hours at Middleton Public Library resume on February 4th.  (2/1)

November 2023

Meet the Thanksgiving survivors.  (11/28/2023)

Lunch time at Tiedeman Pond.  (11/27)

Faded stop sign at back entrance to Mid Town Square.  (11/5)

Homeowners acknowledge that leaning stone wall is hazard to pedestrians.  (11/3)

September 2023

Wisconsin and Southern Railroad prohibits pedestrian crossing at Middleton Center.  (9/23)

June 2023

Cardinal Row now has a lawn to match a portion of its siding.  (6/19)

Golf Galaxy opening soon at Greenway Center.  (6/12)

May 2023

Checking in on the recently closed Collector's Corner Resale Shop .  (5/12)

Elmwood Avenue construction between Parmenter and Cayuga.  (5/6)

Best double cheeseburger ever (Village Green).  (5/5)

April 2023

Well, at least he didn't stop in the crosswalk.  (4/20)

March 2023

80 years later, William "Sonny" Simon comes home.  (3/30)

February 2023

All that's missing are the wedding cans.  (2/6)

Not quite symmetrical.  (2/5)

Roman Candle pizza to close on February 4.  (2/2)

January 2023

Collector's Corner Resale Shop closes.  (1/15)

Bathroom advice.  (1/11)

Vin Santo restaurant reopening date postponed again.  (1/7)

October 2022

328 down the right-field line.  (10/30/2022)

Basketball court newest addition to Parisi Park.  (10/26)

The Club Tavern still sits empty (2022 edition)  (10/20)
According to a recent Next Door post, this apartment building allegedly has roaches. (10/15)

Where the sidewalk ends.  (10/1)

August 2022

"Tactical Urbanism" at the intersection of Elmwood Avenue and Middleton Street.  (8/29/2022)

The G Spot.  (8/11/2022)

Not the best choice for a vanity license plate.   (8/7/2022)

July 2022

Turfbot mower.  (7/28)

Klinke closes its North Gammon Road location.  (7/15/)

May2022

Strickers Pond showstoppers.  (5/15)

April 2022

Tiedeman Pond observation platform replaced.  (4/20)

January 2022

Vin Santo reopening?  (1/17)

November 2021

Stunning fall foliage.  (11/8)
What a concept!  Dual-purpose dumpster.  (11/4)

Club Tavern still sits empty.  (11/3)  

October 2021
Jim's BP reboots as Jim;s Auto Service.  (10/18)

September 2021

Old National Bank.  (9/29)

June 2021

Tiedeman Poud pumping station upgrade.  (6/14)

Public art on the sald shed.  (6/10)

Algae bloom at Strickers Pond.  (6/10)

May 2021

Buying in bulk almost looks like Before Times at at Willy Street Co-op.  (5/5

February 2021

2 inches of fluff is not a snowstorm.  (2/10)

January 2021

Hidden Oaks subdivision.  (1/28)

4-way stop signs installed at Middleton Street and South Avenue.  (1/17)

December 2020

Unhappy neighbors of construction site.  (12/10)

November 2020

Good Neighbor City message.  (11/12)

Buying in bulk is backj at Willy Street Coop. (11/4)

October 2020

Free House Pub patio.  (10/4)

September 2020

This Franklin Avenue home has no curb  appeal.  (9/11)
A family of sandhill cranes paid us a visit yesterday.  (9/6) 

The beaches of Stricker's Pond.  (9/1)

August 2020

The latest in Woodside Heights Park amenities.  (8/19)
Sugars Court.  (8/31)

December 2019
Roman Candle survives the cut, even without the availability of convenient parking.  (12/12)
The Monona side of town.  (12/6)

November 2019
Bike rack at Sauk Trail Elementary School.  (11/8)
Not everybody's on board in the Meadows neighborhood.  (11/4)
 
October 2019
Matching car and garage door.  (10/11)

September 2019
Around Town Middleton: Bees love ornamental onion plants.   (9/4) 

August 2019
60-year-old resident arrested for armed robbery.  (8/21)
Staff and visitors may now park in the MCPASD Services Center lot .  (8/2)

June 2019
"ROAD WORK AHEAD" trumps "DRIVE LIKE YOUR KIDS LIVE HERE" on Park Street.  (6/27)
Free lunch Friday.  (6/24/2019)
CBD, just like everywhere else in Wisconsin.  (6/24)
 
February 2019
According to chapter 8.07 of the city ordinances....  (2/4)

January 2019
More than a snow fort, but not a standing-room igloo.  (1/2)
 
December 2018
This section of sidewalk was replaced in 1980.  (12/18)
The post office's new and improved self-service kiosk.  (12/18)

November 2018
Spell checker.  (11/19)

August 2018
Must be on a tight schedule.  (8/6/)

July 2018
What type of seeds?  (7/6)

June 2018
If it's not one thing, it's another.  (6/23)
Bloom Bake Shop to reopen as Bloom Bindery, a bakery/bookstore.  (6/15)

May 2018
The Tiedeman Pond frog chorus.  (5/15)

March 2018
Tiedeman Pond winter fish kill.  (3/30)
Hear that lonesome whistle blow.  (3/22)
Explosion on Elmwood Avenue.  (3/20)
Googling 'Henry Hubbard'.  (3/18) 
A not-so-faded Flo strikes a new pose.  (3/12)

February 2018

3 orange cones on sidewalk.  (2/26)

January 2018
This corner house is now a rental.  (1/16)
This 1955, 1296-square-foot ranch on Cooper Avenue was listed at $219,500.  (1/13)
It's always the season of the witch at this Anderson Street address in Middleton.  (1/11)

December 2017
A sure sign that this request went unheeded, if not unseen.  (12/24)
Turnstile Christmas Eve services at St. Luke's.  (12/13)

You've heard of a bear hibernating, but how about a bakery?  (12/13)