{"id":11722,"date":"2022-04-21T21:26:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=11722"},"modified":"2025-06-22T08:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T13:26:44","slug":"travelogue-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anniee.net\/?page_id=11722","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue: Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2022<\/strong>
\nWhere We Stayed: St. Kate Arts Hotel<\/em><\/p>\n

We spent the cold, snowy, windy first weekend of April in Milwaukee to see Elton John! The tickets were purchased way back in 2019 for a 2020 show — and then, you know, 2020 happened. The show was reschedule and was finally upon us!<\/p>\n

Mike and I both went to law school in Milwaukee (though not at the same time), so it was nice to get to spend a weekend there with each other. We had an extremely mediocre brunch at Cafe Benelux (which was disappointing because I used to love that place so much!).\u00a0 I ordered brandy old fashioned sour and they gave me a glass of grapefruit juice that allegedly had brandy in it. It was so, so bad!\u00a0 The food wasn’t great either.\u00a0 Not a super cool way to start off the weekend, but luckily things improved.<\/p>\n

We visited the Harley Davidson Museum<\/a> because Mike had never been. I tell people who visit Milwaukee: GO SEE THIS MUSEUM. Even if you don’t at all care about motorcycles (raises hand, hello, that’s me, too!). It’s a visually interesting space and I guarantee you’ll find something interesting about the museum. Give it a shot!<\/p>\n

After the motorcycles, we went to the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/a>. A nice family gave us their admission tickets — how sweet, right?! We spent about a half hour there. I mainly wanted to visit the super cool lobby (if you’ve been around long enough you know that I’m not a big art museum fan).<\/p>\n

As we were leaving the museum, I had my rainbow umbrella out cause it was rain-snowing. A photographer stopped me and asked if he could take my picture – loved the rainbow umbrella contrasting with the snow. I said yes, of course, and it was so fun! He sent me the photo and it was such a random, cool encounter.<\/p>\n

We then made our way to the St. Kate<\/a> hotel to check in.\u00a0 It used to be the Intercontinental.\u00a0 It’s been revamped with an arts theme — I enjoyed it! Reasonable prices and a fun atmosphere. Each room has a record player — and our room happened to have Peter Gabriel’s “So”, which includes one of my favorite songs, “Sledgehammer.” Another sign that the day was improving!<\/p>\n

I had to cleanse my palette and find a real Wisconsin old fashioned — so we headed out to the Deer District and stopped at Drink Wisconsinbly<\/a>. Ahhh, yes, a good old fashioned was found and they even had a brandy slush machine. After our drinks, we walked over the Mader’s<\/a> for more drinks and a giant pretzel.\u00a0 As you do in Milwaukee, right?<\/p>\n

Up next was dinner at Cubanita’s<\/a>. It was so good! It was one of Mike’s favorite restaurants when he lived in Milwaukee, so he wanted to return — and it was just as good as he remembered.\u00a0 With our bellies full of Cuban food, we walked to the Fiserv Forum for the show.<\/p>\n

Elton John, man. He’s still got it. I LOVED the show. I sang, I danced, I CRIED. Parts were surprisingly emotional because of the songs — and because we all knew this was his farewell tour and the last time he’d be playing Wisconsin. It was such a fun show and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to see him live.\u00a0 I also loved seeing everyone who got dressed up for the occasion — sequined jackets, oversized sunglasses, feather boas, etc — it was such a joyful atmosphere.\u00a0 My favorite Elton songs include Rocket Man, Philadelphia Freedom, Levon, Your Song, and Goodbye Yellowbrick Road (*TEARS*).<\/p>\n

\"\"We also visited the Milwaukee Public Market!
\n\"\"<\/a>Look at that terrible “old fashioned” – omg, right?
\n\"\"<\/a>Such lovely spring weather we had.
\n\"\"<\/a>All bundled up and ready for some vroom vroom motorcycles!
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\"\"Gas tanks.
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\"\"<\/a>That motorcycle crossed an ocean and somehow survived!
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The futuristic lobby of the Milwaukee Art Museum
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\"\"<\/a>I was a little grumps about the weather.
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\"\"<\/a>Our room at the St. Kate
\n\"\"<\/a>The soap in the bathroom was in the shape of an eraser – cute, huh?
\n\"\"<\/a>The view from our room. The building with the curved roof is the Fiserv Forum, where Elton played.
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\"\"<\/a>Milwaukee is full of German influence.
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\"\"<\/a>This old fashioned was the winner – so good!
\n\"\"<\/a>Sunglasses next to it for scale.
\n\"\"<\/a>Cubanita’s
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\"\"<\/a>I love love love plantain chips.
\n\"\"<\/a>I will always find the rainbows.
\n\"\"<\/a>My dream car finish!
\n\"\"<\/a>Time for Elton!
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\"\"<\/a>A blurry photo of us in a bar after the show. She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 2022 Where We Stayed: St. Kate Arts Hotel We spent the cold, snowy, windy first weekend of April in Milwaukee to see Elton John! The tickets were purchased way back in 2019 for a 2020 show — and then,…<\/p>\n

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