...pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

With all due respect to the sage advice of Dr. Sidney Freedman from the television series M*A*S*H* - please keep your pants on.

You might want to check out the ice at the Muellner Building located at Tosa's Hart Park.

Tosa curling is just around the corner.

The Wauwatosa Curling Club (WCC) has been a fixture in Wauwatosa since 1921.

I believe that would qualify the club as a significant part of Tosa's historical, cultural and social fabric.

Curling has been a part of Hart Park's Muellner Building since the early 1940s when the structure was built - specifically as a curling venue.  Tosa curlers contributed to the cost of construction.

Nowadays the building is enjoyed by multiple users yet the WCC remains the city's longest-term tenant as occupant of the basement - and during the winter months - the large hall.

There are a couple of open houses scheduled for this month.

Check-out the sport that's sweeping the nation.

Questions?  Call 414.453.CURL 

Email info@wauwatosacurlingclub.com

Good curling!

Tom

By the way - who can tell me how the Muellner Building got its name? 

I'll post any responses in a couple of days.

Tosa has been home to curling since 1920 - making the Wauwatosa Curling Club one of the oldest in Wisconsin.

Saturday marked the 49th Annual KrautSpiel. Here is the official award.

Starting the day with a Bloody Mary, hard-boiled eggs, followed by heading out on the ice with your friends is a good start.

It gets better.  Lunch is devoted to all manner of cabbage and pork products like spareribs, an array of sausages and homemade cabbage rolls.

Refreshing malt beverages from the Lakefront Brewery.  It doesn't get much better than that.

This guy is either the best of the wurst or the wurst of the worst. 

Terrific times with good friends on the ice - including all that cooked cabbage.

Somehow I think Tosa made its own unique contribution to global warming this weekend.

Good curling!

Tom

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Blogger's Note:  The name of this event is not supposed to be one word.  It seems the blogging tool recognizes the shortened derivative for sauerkraut as a really bad vulgarity.  Its publication is blocked.  If I attempt it - I get this:  *** Spiel.  Hmm.  I experimented with some even worse naughty words confirming there is a nanny in the software.  I figured-out that I could subvert the system by leaving out the space.  Don't tell the people at WauwatosaNOW.  Let's keep this our little secret.

Try the sport that is Sweeping the Nation.

At the Wauwatosa Curling Club - located in the Muellner Building at Hart Park.

Friday - October 19th - 6:30 PM to 9 PM

Sunday - October 21st - 1 PM to 3 PM

*10/15/07 - Update

Due to the recent stretch of warm weather the ice won't be ready for this weekend.  Nonetheless, anybody planning on attending is encouraged to come down to the curling club.

Come any time during the Open House hours.

Allow 45 minutes for introduction and on-ice instruction.  Bring warm, loose-fitting clothes (sweatshirt or sweater) and sneakers or rubber-soled shoes.

Come by yourself or bring a group of friends to join the fun.

Questions?

Call:  414.453.CURL or Email:  info@curltosa.com