Author: Rachel Seis

Trixie Mattel’s Chipotle burrito bowl and 13 should-be ‘Drag Race’ fast food pairings

March 10, 2021

Not all brand collaborations make sense at first glance. Like Lil Wayne x American Eagle, Cheetos x Forever 21, and Susan G. Komen x KFC before them, the latest collaboration between e.l.f. Cosmetics and fast-f...

MKE Music Rewind: The Benjamins, ‘The Art Of Disappointment’

Rachel Seis

February 26, 2021

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. The first out-of-town destination I drove to after receiving my driv...

Dr. Evermor’s Art Park is a scrap-metal mecca in the town of Sumpter

Rachel Seis

July 24, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life July 22-29 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. ...

The kids are alright: A look inside the curious practice of goat yoga

Rachel Seis

August 2, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. When it ...

Jason Isbell mixes adoration, anger, and adept storytelling at Riverside Theater

Rachel Seis

January 25, 2018

Jason Isbell is a man torn between times. A man caught between Southern roots and worldly ideals. Full-throttle, hard-soaked rebel days and solitary ones spent quieted, comforted, and content with family. Betwe...

Jason Isbell soars, celebrates at sold-out Pabst Theater

Rachel Seis

February 24, 2016

// Jason Isbell has been through a lot since his first few solo outings at Milwaukee's Shank Hall nearly a decade ago. After being kicked out of the seminal alt-country band Drive-By Truckers—allegedly due ...

Could a cat change the trajectory of the Milwaukee Bucks’ season?

Rachel Seis

January 12, 2016

// There are a few alarming things about the Milwaukee Bucks this season. Roughly halfway through the team's 82-game schedule, they're hanging in the basement of the Eastern Conference with the lowly Brookl...

Tracklist: 25 ultra-specific Milwaukee-made gift ideas

Rachel Seis

December 14, 2015

// In case you haven’t studied your Advent calendar lately, Christmas Eve is a mere 10 days away. Yes, just 10 light-filled, nog-fueled, shame-felled days lie between you reading this very sentence and fulf...

Tracklist: 7 things to get you through Thanksgiving weekend

Rachel Seis

November 23, 2015

// Thanksgiving is a tricky holiday. The middle child nestled quietly in the backseat between Halloween and Christmas, oftentimes no one realizes it’s been forgotten in the car for at least half an hour whi...

First Impression: The High Note Karaoke Lounge

Rachel Seis

September 18, 2015

// Sometimes you’re driving in your car, windows rolled up, belting out a tune as loudly as your lungs allow and it hits you—the world needs, nay, deserves, to hear you sing these words over accompanied music...

7 Milwaukee patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee

Rachel Seis

May 14, 2015

All winter long, Milwaukee waits in chilled anticipation of that first nice day of summer. When the mercury rises to a temperature we haven’t seen in months. When we stumble forth from our homes, drawn into the...

Milwaukee River, four ways: Making the most of the city’s urban waterway

Rachel Seis

September 3, 2014

It’s a posh time to be water in Milwaukee. In the past couple weeks alone, the city’s water sources have made headlines: MillerCoors is donating $500,000 in an effort to improve the water quality and shoreline ...

Yelp Roulette: Prodigal Gastropub

Rachel Seis

June 12, 2014

For those who can’t handle the responsibility of perfectly catering to the differentiating palates of a group of people, choosing a restaurant can be a crippling experience. Many times in life, when faced with ...

Tracklist: 9 ways to entertain Milwaukee visitors this summer

Rachel Seis

May 19, 2014

Hot damn, summer’s on its way. After roughly 27 months of cowering in the bleakness of winter, it’s time for Milwaukee residents to emerge from the darkness, rub their bleary eyes, and focus on warmer days and ...

Author Rachel Seis