Flanders and America
After moving to the US as a baby, Werner grew up in Chicago, and attended this well-known Jesuit Academy before its relocation to Wilmette, Illinois.
What is Loyola Academy?
Although he never deployed overseas, Werner served in the U.S. army in the 1960's while this war in Southeast Asia was beginning.
What is the Vietnam War?
Werner's first job after leaving school was at this behemoth department store, known for its many-reamed catalogs.
What is Sears?
Werner lives on this road in Lindenhurst, named for the terrain and bodies of water nearby.
What is Grass Lake Road?
Three strikes are a good thing in this sport, Werner's favorite.
What is bowling?
Werner was born in this city, located in Belgium and home to the famous castle of Gravensteen.
What is Ghent?
Werner spent time stationed at this military base in Tacoma, Washington, where his first son David was born.
What is Fort Lewis?
Werner didn't pick just one institution: he holds degrees from Chicago's Art Institute, Loyola, and this prestigious Big Ten university in Evanston.
What is Northwestern?
This is Werner's favorite museum, which both displays and auctions high-end and antique motor vehicles.
What is the Volo Auto Museum?
Order fries in Brugge and you'll get a side of this: Werner's favorite condiment, which he will put on any sandwich or burger.
What is Mayonnaise?
As a boy, Werner was inseparable from his dog Lucky, a black dog of this breed, which was originally bred to hunt the Eurasian woodcock.
What is a Cocker Spaniel?
Werner reached the rank of E4 in the U.S. Army, which is another way of saying this rank.
What is a Specialist? (will also accept Corporal)
Werner specializes in painting this genre of nautical painting.
What are seascapes?
Werner attends church at this Catholic parish, named for one of the great Archangels.
What is St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church?
This is Werner's favorite card game: he loves hoarding face cards, matching suits, going out first, and getting to 500!
What is Rummy 500?
Werner shares a surname with Ludovicus Baekelandt, an 18th Century bandit whose legacy was popularized by a 1975 comic book strip in Belgium. He is known as the Belgian version of this famous English heroic outlaw.
Who is Robin Hood?
While serving in the army, Werner served this role.
What is a headquarters' clerk?
When summer break hit and the classrooms emptied, Werner kept busy by applying up-scale hand-painted finishes to this style of decorative furniture.
What is Italianate furniture?
Forget standard breakfast cereal: Werner wakes up every single morning by cooking up a feast consisting of this exact number of eggs.
What are four eggs?
Werner became a U.S. Citizen at the age of 18 by this mechanism, which has fallen out of use today.
What is self-declaration?
Werner married the love of his life, Marilyn, at this South Side Chicago church, named for a Roman martyr whose name stems from the Latin for "good fortune."
What is St. Felicitas?
Werner didn't limit himself to canvas; his corpus of work includes this technique of etching into clay-coated boards.
What is scratchboard?
One of the parking spaces at Werner's house is adorned with a sign saying this, restricting parking to a select few.
What is "Belgian Americans only"?
Werner's favorite childhood meals were adventurous: ox tail soup, chicken gizzards, and this bovine organ meat fried up in rich butter.
What are Cow brains?