Author: Paul Bestul

Cream City Chronicles: A 100-year ‘Cities: Skylines’ simulation of Milwaukee

November 29, 2022

Cities: Skylines is a city-building game in the vein of SimCity that was first released in 2015, and has been filling my long winter nights ever since. As is typical to most casual city-builders, the game puts ...

The fastest game at Irish Fest: it’s not curling, it’s hurling

Paul Bestul

August 18, 2022

Visit the Milwaukee Hurling Club tent at Milwaukee Irish Fest, August 18-21, to learn more. The MHC holds matches most Sundays between June and August at Brown Deer Park; the 2022 championship game is August 28...

Come fly with me: Seeing Milwaukee from above via Microsoft Flight Simulator

Paul Bestul

June 28, 2022

Ahh, late June in Milwaukee, where we see the return of sunny days, lakefront festivals, the Summer Soulstice, and summer solstice. Oh, and of course, the NBA Finals. I almost forgot that last one, since the Bu...

The end of quarantine or: How I learned to stop worrying and love Cudahy

Paul Bestul

July 12, 2021

After the longest year of our collective lives, 2020 finally feels like it’s almost over...seven months after it officially ended. Masks are no longer required, shots are going into arms, and things are looking...

Reminder: Milwaukee is not over

Paul Bestul

August 21, 2020

Finally, Milwaukee made its long-awaited debut on the national stage. This is what we’ve waited years to prove: that Milwaukee can host an event of national significance. Even better, it was supposed to be the ...

Author Paul Bestul