Monday, March 22, 2010

100 Things To Do In Milwaukee

Onmilwaukee.com has a list of 100 things to do in Milwaukee. Here is a link to the list.
I thought I would go through them to check off the things I have done or want to do.
Here are the 25 I have done.
1 Cheer on the Brewers at Miller Park ... (DONE IT)
2 ... and be sure to tailgate before the game (DONE IT)
4 Explore Milwaukee's spy bar, The Safe House (DONE IT)
10 Close Wolski's and get a bumper sticker to prove it (DONE IT)
19 Marvel at the beauty of the Milwaukee Art Museum (DONE IT)
21 Smell the flowers at Boerner Botanical Gardens (DONE IT)
23 Skate a few laps on the Olympic Oval at the Pettit National Ice Center (DONE IT)
31 Eat like a king at 4th Base (DONE IT)
38 Cheer like a maniac with the Bucks' "Squad 6" (DONE IT)
42 Crack up at ComedySportz (DONE IT)
44 Sunbathe at Bradford Beach or South Shore Beach (DONE IT)
48 Eat a bowl of Real Chili (DONE IT)
49 See an Admirals game (DONE IT)
50 Sled down the North Avenue hill (DONE IT)
51 Watch kids playing soccer at Uihlein Park (DONE IT)
54 Stroll back in time on the Streets of Old Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Public Museum (DONE IT)
63 Hike the Hank Aaron State Trail (DONE IT)
66 Grab a meal at Friday's Front Row Grill to enjoy Miller Park in winter (DONE IT)
67 Experience a real Milwaukee Friday night fish fry at Lakefront Brewery's Palm Garden (DONE IT)
69 Enjoy a beer in a smoke-free Von Trier (or have a smoke out on the patio) (DONE IT)
70 Eat a butter burger at Kopp's (DONE IT)
76 Watch people play lawn bowling at Lake Park (DONE IT)
89 Enjoy outdoor movies in summer at Discovery World, Pere Marquette Park, Miller Park and State Fair (DONE IT)
92 Take a picture of the boat house at Cambridge & Hampshire (DONE IT)
93 Quickly order a drink at the world's shortest happy hour at The Nomad World Pub (DONE IT)


Here are the 30 that I still want to do. Maybe I will add this to my list of summer activities, and if I have nothing going on some weekend, I will work on adding these to my done list.
3 Check out the lights and live music at the Domes (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
7 Wind your way along Grant Park's Seven Bridges Trail (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
9 Climb Holy Hill in Hubertus (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
11 Bike the Oak Leaf Trail as far as you can muster (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
12 Buy a wax Samson at the Milwaukee County Zoo and tell the kids about the famous gorilla (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
16 Take the Lakefront, Sprecher and MillerCoors brewery tours in one day (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
17 Experience Jim's Time Out, the Downtown "towny" bar (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
20 Take a Milwaukee Ghosts tour and learn local haunted history (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
27 Catch the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on Monday nights at Alterra on the Lake (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
30 Have a drink in The Yard at the Iron Horse Hotel (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
33 Interact with nature at the Schlitz Audubon Center (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
36 Tour the Pabst Mansion (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
39 Experience intimate theater at Boulevard Theatre (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
40 Bowl a few lines on America's oldest lanes at Holler House (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
41 Tour the Harley-Davidson Museum (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
43 Say "Ayy" to the Bronze Fonz (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
46 Wander around the Bong Recreation Area (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
52 Visit the Beulah Brinton House in Bay View (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
56 Bask in the beauty of the Basilica of St. Josaphat on 6th & Lincoln (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
59 Get saucy at a Brew City Burlesque show (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
60 Find the city's Frank Lloyd Wright architecture (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
61 Visit the North Point Lighthouse (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
73 Find Milwaukee's smallest park, Kaszube's Park, on Jones Island (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
74 Rock out at Verge -- the Lakefront rock fest (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
77 Take a picture at the intersection of "Keefe" and "Richards" (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
78 Ride the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla (or have a margarita on the roof) (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
79 See the statues in Doctor's Park (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
91 See if the security guard at the Midwest Airlines Center is real (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
97 Tour Bolzano Meats in Riverwest (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)
99 Cheer on the all-girl roller derby, the Brew City Bruisers (IT IS ON MY TO DO LIST)

Borky I know you will be down with some of the things on the "TO DO LIST", make a note of them for the next time you are in town. We can knock out 3 or 4 of them on a weekend.

And for any other readers out there, see if you can do more of these than me this summer.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

i really adore your own writing taste, very unique.
don't give up and also keep posting seeing that it just well worth to follow it.
impatient to looked over much of your own content, enjoy your day :)

Anonymous said...

Rick, Sign up for Groupon Milwaukee and they offer discounts to some of these places and more.
-Trout

Anonymous said...

ok buddy here we go...

We'll bowl 2 games at the Holler House then have a drink in the courtyard of the Iron Horse Hotel go get a picture at "Keefe" and Richards" have a margarita at LaPerla (even though I have been there before..."Roll Out the Barrel"...) and then go see a Brew City Bruisers match, maybe "Hot Tub" Johnny Rocket will be emcee'ing the match.

-borky

Rickie Davies said...

Thanks Trout I will look into it and maybe even post a link to it.

Borky, I am down. Just let me know when. Oh, and we always went to La Fuentes, not La Perla.

Tom Graberhttp://milwaukeefishfrylist.com/ said...

Great list. Some things on your list of things I haven't done yet but have lived here all my life.

If you are looking for a great fish fry in the area check out: http://MilwaukeeFishFryList.com/ It is a list of every fish fry in the Milwaukee and surrounding area. Talk about a true Milwaukee tradition!