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.