The Mars Cheese Castle
We had to stop at The Mars Cheese Castle as we exited for Kenosha. Loading in at the venue in a few minutes, looks like a cool spot.
Milly Walk Eh
Found a Guitar Center outside of Milwaukee, but more importantly we found the Brookfield Family Restaurant. A classic diner-style place with a menu as thick as a phone book, and everything on it is good. Oh, and we drove by the ballpark where the Brewers mascot slides into a pint of Zima.
So far no tornadoes or bowling ball hail, but the sky is cloudy… short drive left to Kenosha.
What a morning…
So, we ‘ve been hearing for the last two days about a nasty little weather pattern moving across the plains.
That doesn’t look fun. “Softball sized hail”… ummm… ya.
So we weren’t sure what today would be like, but this morning in DePere couldn’t be more beautiful. Light breeze, blue skies, 70 degrees or so… and we don’t have to be in Kenosha until 7pm for load-in… 3 hours away. Awesome way to start the day. The plan is to cruise to Milwaukee and hang out for a bit, hit Guitar Center for some stuff, grab some food, walk around, and then head to Kenosha. More later…
Thank you, Norbertines.
Had a fun show at St. Norbert College tonight. They had a couple of student artists open the show, which was awesome… super talented and super cool. The stage at SNC sits right on the banks of a river, with big windows at the back of the stage, a really nice setting. We’ve been recording the shows so far on the tour (thanks to Fred), so we’ll be releasing some songs when we can bounce them down to MP3’s… and there was a solid Sister, Brother performance tonight that may make that cut. The Nightlite Jesus singalong was awesome, too. After the show, we were chatting with some of the students, and went out for gyros and drinks in DePere afterwards. The gyros were the size of a catcher’s mitt. A student from LaCrosse who we’d met a couple of years ago when we played there made the trip over for the show, and we got to hang out with him again, which was awesome. It’s funny how we can make some great friends on the road – it’s been more than a year since we’ve all hung out, but it was like no time had passed in the conversations. At St. Norbert, they put us up in a nice hotel on campus, and that hotel provides us with cinnamon cookies. Can’t wait to come back here next year. Bed time.