Don't Stop Believen'

Captain Jack Sparrow was at the wedding on Saturday night, practicing for the world air guitar championships.

Shake and Bake

Have you ever been to a costume wedding before. Me either. It was a riot. These pictures should say more than 1000 words.

The royal newlyweds.

Groomsmen

Bridesmaids

Guests
Father of the Groom
No dalmations were actually injured.

Siegfried, Roy and the Lions were in the house.

Ricky Bobby was the DJ

Is Yoda a Skywalker?

Britney & her baby made an appearance

Coming soon... Captain Jack Sparrow prepares for world air guitar championship.

Random Stuff

First, I want to add RSS capabilities to this blog for you millions of readers. If anyone knows how to do this, please ping me, or leave a comment.

Second a big shout out to 213 South Charter for reading and commenting and staying such good friends. Especially to one former nameless resident who just got engaged to a great woman. Even though she can kick my butt in guitar hero. Jeff Las Vegas, email me and I can fill you in.

Third, just checked my analytics. We've got our first visitors from Thailand (must be an accident) and Slovenia. Maybe in my next post, I'll post about my 2 trips to Slovenia. Shout out to all the Slovenes, nos dravia. Also visits from Montana, Illinois (who?), Nebraska (who?), California (my man, another recently engaged, congrats), Colorado (now I'll cheer for the Rockies), Florida (who?), New York (who?) and Tennessee, T, T, Tennessee (multiple visits).

Fourth, things going on this week have led me to revisit some music I haven't listened to in some time. Holy cow I forgot about some good bands. Currently rotating on play list, VNV Nation (Standing & Holding On), Wumpscut (Thorns), Cold War Kids (We Used to Vacation), also in heavy rotation a mash up I found of Eminem and AFI. Really, really good. You can probably find all of these except maybe the AFI at You Tube, which is quickly becoming my jukebox.

Okay, this weekend, off to Madison for a Halloween Party on Friday, then a wedding on Saturday, combined with a visit to the parents and grandparents.

I'll leave you with some more pics from last Saturday.










This last one is a dad and son skateboarding. I really liked that.

Indian Summer

Thinly sliced ham, egg fried over hard with a little yolk oozing out onto my side of buttery hashbrowns, and cheese sandwiched between two fluffy hommade waffles. This my friends is The Hollander (like The Ohio State) a breakfast sandwich served at Cafe Hollander on Downer Avenue on the North East side of Milwaukee. I almost ordered the Mrs. Hollander, which is identical with the exception that it is sandwiched between a croissant instead of waffles, but I figured, "hey, go big or go home" besides, can I really order something that begins with Mrs.

The weather all fall has been unseasonably warm yet is supposed to return to normal next week. Ann and I decided to take advantage of the last few gorgeous days to bum around Milwaukee yesterday and the first stop was the aformentioned Cafe Hollander.

I took pics on this visit. It was pretty empty when we got there, filling up by the time we left.



A church next door was having a bake sale and selling pumpkins. Ann loves pumpkins.

Next, we walked a short ways to an overlook of Lake Michigan.
View of Alterra (a local coffee shop) By the Lake. This building actually used to be a sort of sewer building and was then in disrepair for many years until Alterra bought and remodeled it. My favorite coffee is still Stone Creek, but this is a pretty awesome location.


We continued downtown. This is the Milwaukee Art Museum. Likely the most famous landmark in Milwaukee.


This one is taken inside the art museum looking out onto Lake Michigan.

Oh Canada

Things I liked…..

Dinner at the top of the CN Tower- The view across lake Ontario and over Toronto is like nothing I’ve ever seen.

Distillery District – With a name like this you have to like it right!!! Reminded me of the 3rd ward in Milwaukee. Also has an outstanding Sunday brunch at Hot House. Everything from custom omelets to beef and mushroom pastry to lasagna and prime rib.

The People – Canadians were very friendly. The city is a little more layed back than say Chicago. However, it is definitely busier on weekdays than weekends.

Not So Great....

The U.S. Dollar – remember when the dollar was worth like 1.40 Canadian. Not anymore, it’s worth 1-1 most places and at the airport they screw you even more. This definitely makes things more expensive.

Kensington Market – I had read that this was a cool market and I suppose it is if you are trying to score some heroin or any other narcotic. Ethan Hawke circa Reality Bites would feel out of place here. The best way I can describe it is Madison’s State Street mixed with a Latin American street market. Throw in the neighborhood that the police created in the 3rd season of The Wire (you know the one where they funneled all the drug trade to) and a splash of Lord of the Fly’s type survival. I felt like I needed a shower after walking 2 blocks.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game Part 2

So a few things. First, I just got a new Imac. Big step for me as I've always been a PC guy. But you know, those commercials just got to me. Who wants to be the geek PC?

Next, I found this video I took at the Nicaraguan baseball game. It is Granada vs. Leon. Click on some posts below for more information.

Yes, the sound system really is those speakers you say and that is the music they are pumping out. The video then scans to the vending station where they were selling tamales or something.

Enjoy.