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Restaurant Reviews by Carson Hart             
Wacky Wings– Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Rating- 9/10 

How’s it going there bud! I’m in Canada don’t ya know! I spent the last couple of days in Sault Ste Marie for MLK weekend, and let me tell you it didn’t disappoint! This is my second year coming here with Snowboard Club at the University of Michigan! The small town is located just on the other side of the boarder, all the way up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. After our first day of skiing / snowboarding, we knew that we had to stop by the all around good time place, Wacky Wings!! Let’s take a look at what they have to offer!

Here I am rocking the En Fuego tee! Who knew I would be perfectly matching the color scheme of this restaurant! It was meant to be!!!

The interior decoration is very fun! A bit cluttered and tacky, but all for the purpose of having a great time! You can’t come here and be bummed out.

Of course they have to have a sit down bar! What kind of wings place wouldn’t?

The wooden cabin-style interior works great with the theme. Peep the “washroom” sign!

Heading down to the washroom we see come chickens chillin down by lake. (I’m not sure how old this chicken is but the drinking age in Canada is only 19)

Alright, time to get to the food! I felt obligated to get wings while I was at Wacky Wings, so I immediately flipped to the last page. This menu is very similar to Buffalo Wild Wings (idk if that’s more of a Midwest restaurant or not) but the layout of their wings menu is very much the same. Hundreds of sauce options to fit every persons needs. Just don’t get lost in the sauce!

I’m more of a sweet sauce kinda guy myself, so I went for the honey bbq! I threw in some potato wedges because I was feelin good. I was extremely hungry so this meal hit the spot.

My friend Ryan and I finishing up our fries!

That's a wrap! From left to right we have Ryan, Nico, Andy, Kevin, and Ty! Overall I was very pleased with the meal! Like I said earlier you can’t come here and not have a good time! I would consider the food here comfort food, which is exactly what we needed after a long day on the slopes. The prices won’t break your bank, but not necessarily a steal either. The customer service was great, not to mention our waitress was a total smokeshow. Man, I love Canada. Anyways, I give this place a 9/10. I’ll see you all next time eh!!

Bonus photo after our last run on the mountain! Yew!!

By Chrisatian Franzen

Jozef Israëls was born on the 27th of January 1824 in Groningen, Netherlands. Despite his fathers relentless push to be a businessman throughout his childhood, Israëls deep desire to be an artist prevailed and his family allowed him to pursue art as a career. He began his studies at the Minerva Academy in Groningen from 1835-1842 and later furthered his education at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. During his time at the Royal Academy he mastered his drawing skills under the tutelage of famed Dutch artist Jan Kruseman.

In 1845, he took a brief hiatus from his educational endeavors in order to serve as an assistant in Françios Picot's studio, located in Paris. After two years, Israëls no longer wished to be an assistant and moved back to Amsterdam where he settled into his own artistic practice. 

Israëls work is often compared to that of French painter Jean-François Millet because of their shared desire in visually sympathizing with the life of the laboring class. Although Israëls work is often thought to have a more somber tone compared to Millet's of admiration towards the laborer. 

After a move to Hague in 1870, Israëls and several other painters banded together in order to form the Hague School. The Hague School, often referred to the gray school because of their dull color usage, mimicked the ideals of the French Barbizon School. This new school existed in the artistic revival in the Netherlands, referred to as the Romantic period in Dutch Painting. The main focus of these paintings was the rural Dutch landscape and the lower class people that populated the mass landscape. Israëls continued to work in the Barbizonesque style of realism until his death in 1911.