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Neighbor Spotlight: Justin Ross

By Nick Kotecki Photo by Joshua Sutton

 

Justin Ross’s favorite color is green. He likes long walks on the beach, bubble baths, eating pizza and hot fudge sundaes. His favorite restaurant in Milwaukee is the Alem Ethiopian Village (307 E. Wisconsin Ave) where silverware is generally unheard of, and patrons use their hands, scooping the food off their plate with a spongy bread call injera. Ethiopian custom dictates, if you enjoy the company of the person eating at your side, that you show your inner warmth and goodwill by tearing a piece of injera bread off the roll, slather it full of food, turn to them, look them deep in their eyes and then feed them your offering while they do you the same. This is called “giving gursha.”

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Calendary August 2010

August 1 – 2010  SUNDAY

AFRICAN WORLD FESTIVAL, Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest). NOON-MIDNIGHT $10/adv, children under 6 free

ART BAR 722 E Burleigh Open Canvas Artist Elizabeth Albeck. 6PM

BLACK CATHOLIC SACRED LITURGY, Potawatomi Stage at African World Festival. 9:30AM free admission

RIVERWEST GARDENERS MARKET Garden Park, Locust & Bremen, Sigmund Snopek. 10AM-4PM

RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E Locust Free class. 1-2:30PM

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Calendary August 2010

August 1 – 2010  SUNDAY

AFRICAN WORLD FESTIVAL, Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest). NOON-MIDNIGHT $10/adv, children under 6 free

ART BAR 722 E Burleigh Open Canvas Artist Elizabeth Albeck. 6PM

BLACK CATHOLIC SACRED LITURGY, Potawatomi Stage at African World Festival. 9:30AM free admission

RIVERWEST GARDENERS MARKET Garden Park, Locust & Bremen, Sigmund Snopek. 10AM-4PM

RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E Locust Free class. 1-2:30PM

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The Drakes

Douglas and Thallis Drake have lived in Riverwest for more than 40 years. They know the nooks and crannies of the neighborhood, but when asked about their favorite Riverwest attraction, Thallis laughs and replies, “Our house!”