OUR PLACE
But for the Grace of God.
Gracie’s, the new restaurant operation that took over when Daddy Maxwell’s closed up shop. The igloo building soldiers on with just a bit of decorating touch-up here and there. The Geneva Shore Report already wrote one article on the place and the re-opening. It’s now open every day except Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 to 7. The food is what is article is about. Wow!
The four-cheese sandwich is to die for. The burger is unreal…the double big enough to feed, well, two people. The meat was delicious, which is uncommon these days for many places serving burgers. McDonald’s burgers are good, for example, it’s just that they are not made with meat. Gracie’s is the real deal, and if a burger isn’t what you are looking for then a BLT or maybe the Club Sandwich…both almost too much to eat without taking the remains home.
Lake Geneva’s free parking is almost here.
From November 15th through January 31st, it costs nothing to park in Lake Geneva. Locals look forward to this time as the city slows down a bit and the people who call this area home get to enjoy themselves without paying for parking. This also means winter parking regulations will begin. From November 15th through March 31st vehicles may not park on any city street between 2 a.m. through 6 a.m. There is also no parking allowed all year from 3 a.m. through 6 a.m. in the downtown. When the snow decides to fall there is no street parking until the snow is removed, violators of these rules may be ticketed.
Ready or not, daylight saving time is fast approaching.
On Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 a.m. local time, all clocks in Wisconsin must be turned back an hour and everyone should gain an extra hour of sleep. This is part of the twice-annual time change that affects most, but not all, Americans. Wisconsin obeys the daylight-saving time rules, so the state gains an hour in November (as opposed to losing an hour in the spring) to accommodate for more daylight in the mornings. The U.S. started daylight saving time in 1918 and has since implemented and repealed it various times. It was created primarily to reduce energy consumption and promote commerce.
In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the length of daylight-saving time, which runs from March to November. Daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday of March each year and ends on the first Sunday of November. The DOT oversees time zones and the uniform observance of daylight-saving time because the railroad industry first instituted time standards. In 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the “Sunshine Protection Act,” a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023. The Sunshine Protection Act is a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate every year since 2018 by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. The bill would establish permanent daylight-saving time nationwide. Under the bill’s provisions, there would be no clock changes in the spring and fall. The law’s effects would be most apparent from November to March when clocks would otherwise be on standard time. In general, daylight-saving time means less light in the morning.
So, during these winter months, people with typical work and school schedules would be more likely to start the day in the dark. This measure was not passed by the current majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, however. The only parts of the US that do not have Daylight Saving Time (DST) at all are Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.