Milwaukee by Storm: Adventures with Kids
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Chapter 84- Doors Open Milwaukee (Part II- In-Depth Tour at Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge)
For the second installment of my Doors Open Milwaukee weekend, I went to an in-depth tour of Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge, hosted by Wisconsin Foodie‘s Kyle Cherek. This tour was one of the chances to get a guided tour of one of the sites, and I should mention that members of Historic Milwaukee get first dibs…
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Chapter 84- Doors Open Milwaukee (Part I- Volunteering at Milwaukee Public Museum)
Welcome to part one of my Doors Open Milwaukee experience…volunteering! As I mentioned in my original post about Doors Open, I signed up to work a 4-hour shift at one of the MANY sites open to the public for free of charge last weekend, and I was placed at The Milwaukee Public Museum. I’d missed…
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Chapter 83- Cross The Rock (Cyclocross Bike Race)
In cyclocross, bikers race through laps of rough terrain, steep hills, and obstacles in a timed event. Races generally last between 30-60 minutes depending on the course, and the season runs fall through winter (making weather a huge factor in the difficulty of the event…check out last winter’s post about some below zero action!). I think the…
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Chapter 82- East Troy Electric Railroad
This picture is was taken after a frantic car-unloading session and mad dash to the train that was waiting on us. I was late to meet my friends at The Elegant Farmer to catch the East Troy electric train. You see, there’s a Bermuda Triangle that exists for me. It’s the highway system just south…
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Chapter 81- Hunger Task Force Farm
(My friend Raina Johnson wrote a piece for Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service about this adventure, as she’s a freelance writer and fellow Metroparent blogger. It’s also been picked up by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) I was invited by Metroparent Magazine to have a tour and volunteer session at The Hunger Task Force Farm a few weeks ago. After…
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Chapter 80- Skyline Music Series
If you can access a calendar and read my blog, you will get a sense of my timeline currently. That said, a few weeks ago was the last in the Skyline Music Series. I’d been wanting to go to more free concerts this summer, and with it being the last chance to see one at…
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Chapter 79- The Original Wailers at Shank Hall
Thanks to my favorite radio station 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, I won free tickets to see The Original Wailers at Shank Hall last week. When I called in, DJ Marcus Doucette and I talked briefly about my name, my birthday, my phone number (all are pretty unusual) and my knack for winning things. I tend…
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Chapter 78- Gilles Frozen Custard
It was a day when Little T was on a Special Date with Theo, and I needed to get out of the house with the other kids. I packed them up and we drove to Gilles Frozen Custard, a place I remember going to when I was a kid (keep in mind I grew up…
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Chapter 77- Doors Open Milwaukee (Volunteer Orientation)
For the past few years, I’d hear about Doors Open Milwaukee as it was happening and wish I had coordinated my life so I could attend. The idea of the event is to open up buildings in Milwaukee to the public, free of cost, for one weekend. Check out their website for a list of…
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Chapter 76- Governor Dodge State Park and more (Travel Edition)
You see the time on that clock? It’s 6:45PM. And that’s what time we finally left Milwaukee for the two hour drive to Governor Dodge State Park for a few nights of tent camping. Just 6 hours and 45 minutes late. Because my husband is a genius, and because the above picture is of Little…
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