Monday, June 30, 2008

Mississippi Cactus

My brothers' band was featured on the local 10 o'clock news the night after their performance at Summerfest. Check out the video here.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Suburbia

If I ever have a yard, two things I really, really would like to have are:


a clothesline


and a grill.


Mom and I enjoyed a lovely shrimp and asparagus lunch under the sun.

Downtown Milwaukee


Downtown Milwaukee is looking better than ever. Here's a view of the Milwaukee River.








This is the Performing Arts Center where the ballet company performs. These lights were recently installed. They change color every 20 minutes. Very cool.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

More Shaelin Fun

On Wednesday, Mom and I took Shaelin to the Betty Brinn Children's Museum because it wasn't quite warm enough to go swimming. What a great place. See more here.

Shaelin got to drive an ambulance, work in a hospital, give a puppet show -- all kinds of fun stuff.




Afterwards, we had ice cream. Shaelin picked cotton candy with rainbow sprinkles. Now THAT I should've taken pictures of ...

Lunch in Chicago


Jean, who lives in London, just happened to be in Chicago with her family while I'm in Milwaukee with mine. Mom and I drove down to meet her for lunch.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

After the Game


After Sunday games, the Brewers let kids run the bases.

Shaelin in Milwaukee

I arrived in Milwaukee on Saturday.


Mom, Shaelin and I went to the playground.



On Sunday, Brian, Mike, Shaelin and I went to the Brewers game. First, we tailgated with some friends.


The Brewers won.