Milwaukee: Land of Custard and Casinos

It was another day of frozen paradise in Milwaukee.

It started snowing.

I got deep into the Wisconsin tasting game with this maple root beer. I'm about to be the healthiest man alive.

One of my favorite coworkers understands that I'm on a quest to eat at every restaurant in the city. Or at least all of them that serve frozen custard, as Milwaukee bills itself as the frozen custard capital of the world. So he drove us to Oscar's Frozen Custard & Sandwiches.

The giant light-up ice cream cones suspended from the ceiling really turned the dining ambience up a notch.

 I got all the food groups: cheeseburger, onion rings, and a fudge sundae.

Drove past Miller Park while following some questionable Google Maps directions.

Back at the casino we were celebrating senior day.

I decided to celebrate it at the Dream Dance Steak House. Staying at the casino was fun because it was pretty big with lots of space to wander while I worked on closing my fitness rings, and there were several restaurants that I could walk to.

Caesar is pretty clearly king of all salads.

There was a trashy woman sitting a few seats over who kept asking to "taste" things and then "not liking them". I got the impression she just didn't like paying for things. I guess neither do I but I go about it with a bit more flourish. Speaking of which, I noticed that one of the $50 wines she tried was the Lucien Albrecht sparkling rose from Alsace. France. I bought several bottles when I noticed it on clearance at World Market in St. Louis.

I still have one aging in my fine wine cellar/work from home office. The tag says $11 and you can usually get 25-20% off that price by buying 6 bottles. Long story short I'm a genius and wine at restaurants is a huge ripoff.

I got an 8-ounce filet that came served with the house Bearnaise. I don't know what sort of a serial killer would put sauce on a steak like this but whatever. It can just sit in the corner and think about its choices.

I had some homework to attend to and when that was finished I rewarded myself with spending my free slot play certificate. They had fun machines that I hadn't seen before like this Casino Royale James Bond situation.

Bidness Trip to Milwaukee

Something broke at work so they flew me to Milwaukee last minute to fix it.

Why we needed a competitor for TSA PreCheck I do not know. Somebody is over excited about capitalism.

I was pretty excited when I saw that the only lounge in the terminal finally started accepting Priority Pass.

It was nice and new in there. Pretty stylish too I thought.

I had plenty of time to read about the fall of an empire while I ate my free breakfast.

Getting your phone out to show your boarding pass is for losers.

I only hope to live to the ripe old age of xxx.

I'd stayed in the beige business hotel next door to the office in Borington last time. This time I decided to get weird and book a room at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.

The room had a great view of whatever all of this is.

Did I book a hotel room at a casino just because I knew I would get free slot play? I can clearly state that I didn't not do that.

That night after working activities I returned to my wigwam and had some dinner.

I went all out on the Native American Specials: an order of fry bread taco with a cup of fire pit bison chili on the side.

The local Sprecher was putting out the fire those bison started.

It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it.