Month: June 2013
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Chapter Seventeen- Lakefront Festival of Art & Port of Milwaukee
We made a last minute decision to head to the Lakefront Festival of Art this past weekend. Good choice! After paying our dues (kids free, MAM members $8), we headed in to see some art. As it turns out, though, it’s fairly difficult to get a good grasp of the art when you forgot your…
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Chapter Sixteen- Epic Date: MAM, Braise Restaurant, Honeypie Cafe and South Shore Park/Oak Leaf Trail
On Saturday, Theo and I celebrated 6 years ago when we chose to travel life together. We ditched the kids (ok, our amazing babysitter came over to give our kids a super fun Saturday afternoon/night) and went to the Milwaukee Art Museum. We couldn’t figure out why it was so crowded for a late afternoon,…
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Chapter Fifteen- Milwaukee RiverWalk (better late than never)
On a rainy day last week, we took a mini walk on the Milwaukee RiverWalk. We searched for ducks and turtles, waved to the Police boat, then ate corndogs at the Public Market. And saw this gem. The end!
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Chapter Fourteen- The Eschweiler Buildings
Located on Watertown Plank Rd. in Wauwatosa, these vacant buildings hold a lot of wonder. It’s hard to find concrete records on what exactly they were used for after their original purpose, and rumors say the campus was anything from a TB sanitarium to an insane asylum. But here’s what I do know: Alexander C.…