On last meals (and saying goodbye)
I can't tell you exactly when I last had Kim's Thai, but I know what I ate. As always, I ordered Jungle Curry with chicken, spice level four. My girlfriend got Pad Kee Mao, spice level 3, and gave me a bite. We...
I rappelled down the side of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club for…reasons
It's Friday and I'm in a small utility room near the top of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club, watching Bango the Buck get a crash course in rappelling down a building.
"This is an emergency mechanism," e...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 5: A direction home?
To our Milwaukee: I understand I left you in your week of need. Sure, you didn't need me gonzo-ing adjacent to the RNC, but you could've used Barry with a bullhorn downtown to drown out some of the nonsense wit...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 4: The road narrows
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 3: Civil war and fictional podcasts
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 2: Honest Abe and Mother Jones
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 1: American giants
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
RTDs in MKE: We evaluated a bunch of local canned cocktail brands
As pretty much all of you know, summertime in Milwaukee is pretty much magical. The front page of this very site at any moment between the first 69 degree day (nice) and the Packers kicking off on a not-yet-fro...
Some semi-deep final thoughts on Summerfest 2024
To paraphrase a great band that played Summerfest in 1983: it's the end of Summerfest 2024 and I feel fine.
Of Summerfest 2024's nine days—divided into three consecutive Thursday-Friday-Saturday chunks—I att...
Take me back to Summerfest 2011: Alkaline Trio at U.S. Cellular Connection Stage
As strange as it sounds, I think one of my favorite aspects of Summerfest is just how not on the pulse of popular music it can be. There are a lot of moving parts involved with trying to book something for ever...
I invented a “Happy Gilmore” cocktail. Here’s the recipe
Since we're screening Happy Gilmore at Avalon Theater on Wednesday, I figured now might be a good time to tell you about a drink I invented that's named after that wonderful 1996 sports comedy. Much like most o...
Living in the city, getting lunch at Gyro Palace
Years ago, I briefly worked for a guy who delivered free weekly newspapers and magazines to Milwaukee businesses. You know, the stuff you'd find scattered on the floor next to racks of The Onion and Shepherd Ex...
500 words about my favorite Milwaukee sandwich: Colectivo’s Turkey Club
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Animal Well, and the pleasures of not knowing
I was roughly two hours into Animal Well before I realized what was going on.
The game had opened simply enough. Four pixelated flames appeared and disappeared. My pixelated player character—a little Meatwad...
I ate like Giannis Antetokounmpo for a weekend
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Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Third Space Brewing. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy adventurous, odd, and elaborate coverage of all t...
10 ways to help Milwaukee Record continue for (at least) 10 more years
In case you missed the news, Milwaukee Record celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, April 7, 2024. That day was declared to be "Milwaukee Record Day" throughout the city, as proclaimed by Mayor Cavalier Jo...
I ran the fast food gauntlet at Lake Forest Oasis
Today, the world got to enjoy an extra day. Due to an oversight in the Gregorian calendar thousands of years ago, earth is still granted a 29th day in February (or "Leap Day") once every four years. We don’t ...
How does Anodyne Coffee’s Milwaukee Record Blend pair with various types of booze? We found out!
Below are the finest 900-ish words ever written about mixing airplane bottles of alcohol with Anodyne Coffee Roasting's Milwaukee Record Blend—which can be found at each of the Milwaukee-based coffee company's ...
Make it MKE scents: Here are some of my favorite Milwaukee smells
At the risk of sounding overconfident, I think Milwaukee Record manages to cover a lot of ground for a two-person operation with a great cast of freelance contributors. Over the span of almost 10 years, our nea...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Feeling optimistic about the city in 2024
Some feelings of early-year optimism come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Feeling optimistic about Milwaukee in 2024.
In case you hadn't heard, we'r...