Last Friday was an absolutely gorgeous day for which the inhabitants of the frozen tundra that is Milwaukee nine months of the year live. After popping up to Menomonee Falls and giving Stuart
a chance to meet my 95-year old (!) grandmother, we sped off to visit my friend Claire 
in Madison. And it was wonderful – strolling down State Street, cutting through the capitol building, meeting Claire at the Great Dane Pub & Brewery for a Stone of Scone Scotch Ale and showing off our new shoes we got at Jack’s. Just across the street, the Flatiron Tavern 
featured a bunch of Pabst 
and Blatz ads from god-knows-when, including one with Milwaukee native Liberace (!) – In fact, his brother George played for my grandma’s graduation ceremony at South Division, but that’s another story. We drove back to Milwaukee in what seemed like record time, but maybe that’s just because we could watch the full moon rise over Wisconsin – wow.
As much as I would have liked to show him around Milwaukee some more on Saturday, I had rehearsal at the ICHC (2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.), so Stuart was left to his own devices to tour Beertown. We met up at Moe’s Irish Pub (142 W. Wisconsin Ave.) (in a box – don’t get me started) and watched the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s fans line up for their general admission show at the Riverside Theater (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.). I would have liked to have seen them, but after seeing that queue, I had second thoughts. We also had plans for dining with some of my friends, who cancelled at the last minute, so we popped over to the County Clare (1234 N. Astor St.) and met up with my friend Susan, who took pity on us and treated us to her culinary prowess. During this time I had completely forgotten about the Ken Vandermark show that night. I have heard about the Living Room music series (900 S. 5th Street #103) - monthly concerts featuring internationally renowned artists who play a variety of pieces, all in the comfort of someone's living room! - for some time. I have also heard his stuff on WMSE 91.7 F.M., so I wanted to check this out at some point. Unfortunately my feeble mental capacities were to blame, so it was an early night for us, which perhaps wasn’t the worst thing in the world after all.
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