Month: March 2013

  • Chapter Eight- Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

    This will definitely be a site to revisit, as the Renaissance Garden in the back of the museum is probably its biggest attraction.  The garden faces Lake Michigan and is maintained to beautiful standards which you’ll definitely notice from Lake Drive if you happen to look left.  However, in March, you can imagine that the…

  • Chapter Seven- Travel Edition: Appleton Public Library

    I hesitated to post this travel edition.  Because in my About Page, I tell you how this project is to experience Milwaukee and take part in the city I’ve grown to love.  So why write about Appleton?  The simple answer is that I was there sort of unexpectedly for more than a week.  So, post…

  • Chapter Six- The Mitchell Park Domes

    I guess technically, The Domes are called the Mitchell Park Conservatory.  My kid recognizes the three domed buildings from highway 94, and just calls them “the domes” (shouted, of course).  So I’ll refer to them in three-year-old terminology from here on.  First off, if you’re going with kids, you should know that this amazing adventure…

  • Chapter Five- Milwaukee Public Market

    For my husband’s birthday, we took a trip to the Milwaukee Public Market without kids.  I’ll go through the vendors I’ve been to, but haven’t yet visited each one.  There are plenty that I’m hoping to try soon…it’s a big place! To start with, parking is pretty accessible.  Between the lot underneath the highway (just…