Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 5
- Coffee and pastries at Pilcrow Coffee.
- Visit to the Milwaukee Domes after it was closed yesterday. Completed all of our stops! ✅
- 9:37a Depart Milwaukee for home.
- Stop at Culver’s in Tomah, Wisconsin.
- 3:14p Arrive at home.
We made a last minute final stop at the Milwaukee Domes before we left town. The tropical and desert domes were relaxing and pretty to experience.
Beautiful and tasty Cortado at Pilcrow Coffee on our final morning in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 4
- Jamie has morning coffee at Discourse Coffee and today Mazie joined as well.
- Brunch at Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern. Mazie and Jamie have Ube.
- Visit Harley-Davidson Museum.
- Attempted to visit Milwaukee Domes but they were closed.
- Explore Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward.
- Saw Call Me Dancer at Oriental Theatre.
- Escaped “Invasion” room at 60 to Escape.
- Drop off car at hotel.
- Walk to San Giorgio Pizzeria for delicious pizza.
This is as close as we were able to get to the domes — closed on Tuesdays.
We had a great time escaping the “Invasion” room at 60 to Escape! The room was fun, surprising, and appropriately challenging. One of the best rooms we’ve done! Finished with 5m 37s remaining.
See list of escape rooms.
The Ube Toast Crunch Oatmeal at Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern is delicious and strikingly purple!
While waiting for our table at Uncle Wolfie’s Mazie found these stairs and got some exercise. Then Tyler caught wind and a race was required.
Return visit to Discourse Coffee this morning for a Moonwater (espresso, milk, honey, cinnamon, tellicherry black pepper, and applewood smoked sea salt). Yum. ☕️
I like this sculpture in combination with the buildings in downtown Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 3
- Jamie has morning coffee at Discourse Coffee.
- Brunch at Blue’s Egg.
- Milwaukee Zoo. Rainy and pretty quiet.
- Big Putt’s Mini Golf — very well done course with a lot of fun holes. Jamie got four “hole in ones”.
- Attempted to see Call Me Dancer at the Oriental Theatre but the theater was closed. 😫
- Milwaukee Public Market for choose your own dinner: Freese’s Candy Shoppe, Foltz Family Market, C. Adam’s Bakery, and West Allis Cheese & Sausage Shoppe. Olive Oil for home from Oro Di Oliva.
- Battle House Laser Combat. Tyler and Jamie were on Blue Team with more players and won most of the games.
All of us were very sad that the Oriental Theatre water and heat were out of order.
The barista “workbench” at Discourse Coffee has an incredibly broad array of mixologist components. 🧑🔬☕️
Enjoying one of the most unique drinks I’ve ever had — Motörhead Latte (espresso, milk, pork fat + apple caramel, root beer bitters, apple powder, smoked salt) at Discourse Coffee. Rich and deep flavors. ☕️
Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 2
- Breakfast at Toast.
- Amazing time at Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Tyler did amazing job flying at Extreme Flight Simulation.
- Tammy and Jamie see Brett Goldstein at the incredible Riverside Theater.
- Dinner at Tupelo Honey.
- Duckpin Bowling with manual pin setter at Koz’s Mini Bowl.
We went Duckpin Bowling tonight at Koz’s Mini Bowl. Koz’s has the oldest original Duck Pin bowling lanes with manual pin setters that sit behind the pins while you bowl.
Tammy won with 198, Mazie second at 194, Tyler third at 177, and I came in last at 140.
There was a stack over two feet high of large sheets of paper in the Milwaukee Art Museum. They all had printed in very small print in the middle “VETERANS DAY SALE”. We brought one back figuring Mazie may want to do a drawing on it. In the meantime it became Tammy’s own movable art piece.
The Milwaukee Art Museum was incredible. It was one of our favorite art museums that we have ever been to. Incredible art set in an incredible museum.
The architecture in the atrium of the Milwaukee Art Museum is amazing. It sets an incredible tone.
Family selfie in the atrium of the Milwaukee Art Museum with Lake Michigan in the background.
Looking good this morning Milwaukee!
Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 1
- 7:07a Depart home
- 7:24a Fill Mazda CX-9 with gas
- 12:03p Lunch at Archie’s Flat Top in Milwaukee: Triple Cheeseburgers for Tyler and Dad. 4 oz patties. Triple patties were a mistake. Brilliant French fries.
- Mazie and Dad had Scratch Ice Cream (Raspberry White Chocolate Chip, Door County Cherry).
- Carrie’s Crispies for awesome unique Rice Krispie bars (Original, Pretzel White Chocolate, Peanut Butter Cup, S’mores).
- Milwaukee Public Museum. Particularly enjoyed Old Streets of Milwaukee.
- Checked in at Saint Kate Art Hotel.
- Dinner at SafeHouse.
- Champagne and shopping in hotel lobby.