My First Visitor!

Ok, I'm a week late. A week ago, Laura came to Milwaukee and was officially my first visitor. As those of you who know me well know, I'm really bad at taking pictures, so you're just going to have to believe me that she was really here.

We, like most of you who will read this, had beautiful weather last weekend. Laura & I took advantage of that in the following ways (these are just the highlights):

Friday Night: Friday night Laura, Wes, Eric, and I went to the bar at the Ambassador Hotel. We enjoyed a Friday night in October with a temperature of nearly 70 degrees. While we were there we met a fascinating guy named Dave. Dave first caught our attention walking down Wisconsin Ave. without a shirt on (hence dubbed "Naked Guy"). He was denied access to the hotel (where we later discovered he was staying) because he had no shirt. If you were wondering (and come on--you were!) he gave his shirt to the lead banjo player at The Rave (and no, we're not sure where Banjo Guy's shirt was). Well, it was a good thing Dave picked our table, because he told us all about the company that he runs, The Original ScrewDevil (not to be confused with the copy-cat ScrewDevil). He even gave us a all a free shirt (which he got from his car after Eric literally gave away the shirt off his back so that Dave could go in the Ambassador and get his keys). It was a night to remember.


Saturday: On Saturday I had to work at a stupid open house all day. Laura did a lot of reading and homework (I know, I'm a bad person!). We escaped the building in the afternoon and went to the Public Market (my favorite place!) where we bought crab legs and veggies. We ate in my apartment and spent the night playing Boggle with Eric. Eric won, Jackie & Laura drank wine and beer.

Sunday: Sunday was a day of adventure! We ate breakfast out doors at a lovely cafe and it was delicious. It also happened to be the Milwaukee Marathon (sadly, same day as the Chicago Marathon), so we wandered down by the lake and saw part of the run. The picture is where the start & finish were. We also went to the Art Museum which is the next picture. This museum was an addition to th previous one. It cost almost $10 million and was designed to look like a ship coming into the harbor. Sunday night we watched the Housewives with Judy and just hung out. Monday morning I took Laura back to the ferry and sent her on her way back to Mt. Pleasant. I was sad, but I didn't cry (which probably surprised us both!).

So, that's the story of my first visitor. If you think that this sounds like a wonderful time, that's because it was--and you should try it by visiting Milwaukee very soon. Hugs & Misses...