Pines Inn Cottages, Waupaca, Wisconsin

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

🍅🍔 CRAVING A FRESH, JUICY TOMATO BURGER?! 😋

Your lunch or dinner plans just got a whole lot easier! Stop by The Hut and treat yourself to one of our delicious Tomato Burgers made with fresh tomatoes sourced from LOCAL FARMERS! 🌱🍅

Nothing beats a juicy Hut burger topped with a fresh, ripe tomato! 🤤🍔

🔥 OPEN TODAY 10AM–8PM! 🔥

📲 Order online
🚗 Get it delivered through DoorDash
📞 Or call your order in ahead for pickup: 715-258-5070

Skip the kitchen tonight and LET THE HUT HANDLE LUNCH OR DINNER! ❤️

🍔🍅 We’ll see you at The Hut!

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Pulled Pork Sliderssssss ✨

Cheddar/BBQ/Onion Straw
American/Candied Bourbon/Onion Straws
Provolone/Teriyaki/Onion Straws

Dine in Only. See you at 11am

09/02/2026

Loving Carrie removing stickers from her hair💕

09/02/2026

In October 2009, amidst the crushing weight of a historic economic collapse, the Golden Arches vanished from Iceland entirely. The departure of McDonald’s was not merely a corporate retreat; it was a profound cultural rupture, signaling the vulnerability of modern prosperity in a fragile island nation. On the final eve of operations, a single customer purchased a last burger and fries—a mundane meal destined to become an accidental relic. Rather than being consumed, this final order was placed in a glass display case like a piece of high-tech archaeology, waiting to witness how the world would change while it remained trapped in time.

Nearly two decades later, the meal sits in the open air, completely free of mold, rot or natural degradation. This eerie preservation is no miracle; it is the triumph of chemical engineering and industrial preservatives over the laws of nature. Devoid of organic vulnerability, the meat and potatoes refuse to decompose because they lack the basic nutrients that even bacteria and fungi require to survive. To look through the glass today is to witness a haunting distortion of reality—a synthetic co**se so saturated with stabilizing agents that even nature itself rejects it, leaving a pristine, immortal artifact of corporate chemistry to outlive the society that created it.

Check out the comments section for a breakdown of the most concerning chemical additives, environmental toxins, and industrial ingredients associated with McDonald’s burgers and their health impacts.

09/02/2026

During Career Day, Sergeant Blitz, the disciplined police K9, marched into the kindergarten ready to teach safety. The curious children saw a blank canvas and quickly covered his vest with glittery star stickers and a tiny pink tiara. Blitz stayed calm, lowering himself so the kids could gather around with giggles. When the visit ended, the brave officer looked more like a birthday hero than a working dog, showing even the toughest heroes can enjoy a splash of sparkle.

09/02/2026

They didn't buy these clothes.
They baked them first.

This is America in 1939, deep in the Great Depression. Money is thin. Stores feel far away. And in Kansas, wheat mills are shipping flour in plain cotton sacks—heavy, practical, meant to be torn open and discarded.

But mothers don't toss them.

They wash the sacks. They cut the seams. They turn them into shirts, dresses, pajamas for kids who are growing faster than wallets can keep up. What was once packaging becomes protection. Warmth. Dignity.

The mills notice. Instead of plain sacks with bold logos, they start printing florals, checks, and small patterns. Softer fabric. Lighter ink. Logos placed so they can be washed out. Not as charity. As competition. Because if two bags of flour cost the same, the prettier sack goes home.

By the early 1940s, this practice has a name: feedsack fashion. Pattern companies publish guides showing how many sacks make a dress. Millions of garments are being sewn straight out of flour mills.

This wasn't a trend. It was survival with skill. Creativity under pressure. A quiet collaboration between industry and households that never shook hands, but understood each other perfectly.

No slogans. No sustainability campaigns. Just people refusing to waste what still had life left in it. Maybe we've forgotten what that kind of resourcefulness actually looks like.