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From the erection of the Bronze Fonzie to the closing of the Pabst plant…. Your virtual tour of old Milwaukee

By Mark | August 5, 2013

The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned. The history of Milwaukee started when the white people showed up… OK, maybe that’s unfair. Maybe there are places around town where would could hear […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 30 Americans, Adam-12, Alexis Laframboise, August Krug, Bacon, bacon pills, bar reviews, Beautiful Losers, beer, Blatz, bricks, bronze Fonz, Byron Kilbourn, Chicago, Chicago fire, cream brick, Dan Richardson, ducks, fish fry, FOX, Garry Marshall, George H. Walker, Gertie the Duck, green brick, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Henry Winlker, Ho-Chunk, Hosed on Brady Street, Iggy Pop statue, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jen Larson, Kehinde Wiley, Kilbourntown, Lake Michigan, Lakefront Brewing, Laverne and Shirley, leather jacket, leather jackets, Linette Lao, mallard, Mascouten, Menominee, Michilimackinac, Micky Dolenz, Miller, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Bridge War, Milwaukee River, Monica's on Astor, native american, Nick Cave, Nomad, Nomad World Pub, Ojibwe, old bricks, Pabst, Potawatomi, prix fixe, Rodney McMillian, Sauk, Schlitz, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Solomon Juneau, travel, travel tips, Walker's Point, wheat, Wisconsin | 14 Comments

My weekend in Milwaukee

By Mark | August 9, 2010

I’ve spent the last several days in Milwaukee, visiting museums, eating deep fried cheese curds, touring incredible breweries, attending fish fries, and absorbing local culture by the pint-full. I’d like to break everything down, and give you a minute-by-minute recounting of my activities in this, one of my favorite cities in America, but my memories […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Other, Photographs | Also tagged Arthur Fonzarelli, beer, beer tourism, Betty Brinn Children's Museum, buffalo, cheese curds, Dan Richardson, deep fried cheese curds, Dennis Wolski, Fonzie, Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop statue, Lake Michigan, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Brat House, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee river walk, prohibition, river walk, stampede, travel, travel tips, Urban Dictionary, Wisconsin, Wolski's Tavern | 12 Comments

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