#milwaukee trip

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

just a little something for the darling @yournowheregirl to wake up to! it sounds kinda dumb and insignificant, but i always appreciate your tags in the fun tag games that come across your dash and for always being one of the first that ask something from those ‘ask me’ posts i reblog! it makes me feel appreciated and i am super grateful every time 🥰🫶🥹

There was meant to be two beds.

Steve specifically got a double king room for the goblins, and another room with two queens for him and Eddie.

So of course as soon as they got into Milwaukee the night before the D&D themed nerd fest, the (actually very nice) woman at the front desk says: “We had to swap around the rooms, but the two will still sleep all you boys, don’t worry!”

Whatever. That’s fine, right? They’ll all have a spot to sleep the next two nights they’re here for the kids’ (and Eddie’s) dragon game convention.

He gets back to their rented minivan and passes the key cards to Eddie in the passenger seat.

The van was just the first point of contention between him and the kids’ beloved Dragon Meister, followed closely by…everything else.

The first thing Eddie said when Steve showed up in the rented van was “King Steve is coming along on our journey?”, to which Steve could only respond with “This ‘super cool’ guy you assholes have been going on about this whole time is Eddie “The Freak” Munson? Really?”

Following closely behind are: the tapes and tapes of loud garbled ‘music’ Eddie insists on playing, his absolutely tragic way of unwrapping Steve’s burgers for him when they stop for lunch, the wariness Steve has in the first place about this being the guy Dustin wouldn’t stop talking so highly about…this nerdy, obnoxious, third-time senior…great.

“204 is the Hellions’ room, 207 is us.”

Eddie bends an arm backwards into the feral beast enclosure the second two rows have become over the last six hours and Steve’s surprised he still has his hand when it returns to the front.

Steve gets the van parked in the hotel’s garage, and they head up to their rooms.

“Alright, assholes,” he says to the somehow still rambunctious masses, “This is you guys, Make sure you’re up by eight so we—“

“Yeah Steve, we got it,” Dustin scoffs, “As if we’d risk being late to this.”

Steve rolls his eyes with a “Fine, goodnight.” and shuffles the few steps across the hall to his and Eddie’s door, leaving the troops to file into theirs.

The only thought in his head is of laying down and getting the fuck to sleep. It wasn’t even that late but—

“Oh you’ve got to be shitting me.”

So that’s what brings them here. To their one barely queen sized bed.

“I guess I’m on the floor then, huh?”

“I’m not about to let you sleep on the floor.”

“Oh, the King has chivalry does he?” Eddie rolls his eyes and throws his duffle onto the armchair in the corner.

“As much as you, asshole; I just want you to have the energy to corral the gremlins tomorrow.” Steve scrubs a hand down his face. “Look, we’ll just deal with it tonight and I’ll get another room tomorrow.” he lies. As if he’s got the cash for that.

Eddie looks him over, and seems to come to whatever conclusion he needs to because he says “Fine, but you better not be a blanket hog.”

Eddie’s the worst blanket hog Steve’s ever had the displeasure of knowing.

He thought Robin was bad, but this is something else.

Eddie’s fully a burrito within an hour of laying down. After a hearty, but silent, game of tug of war over the worn duvet.

Steve falls asleep angry and cold, and wakes up on a cloud.

He’s so warm and so entangled in the comforter, he can’t help but snuggle deeper into the pillow he’s clutched onto.

The pillow hums back at him and scoots itself under his chin with a sigh.

Steve squeezes tighter onto the pillow momentarily, but his curiosity of why his pillow’s making noise gets the better of him.

He cracks his eyes open, looking down at the thing in his arms.

It shifts as well, and Eddie Munson blinks up at him with those (holy shit…beautiful, deep, dark) doe eyes of his.

“Hi.” Steve breathes.

Eddie’s eyes flutter shut, and shuffles himself back into Steve’s neck.

Steve chooses to blame the still sleepy bit of him for curving himself back around Eddie.

“How’d you sleep?” Steve whispers into the now-bared hairline under the other man’s bangs.

“Fucking amazing…” Eddie mumbles, snaking an arm over Steve’s waist and settling a hand in the middle of his back. “How ‘bout you, Stevie?”

“Stevie, huh?” Steve chuckles.

It’s only then that Eddie seems to come to his senses, his head shooting up before he scrambles away, falling straight onto his back between the opposite side of the bed and the wall with an “Oof!” and a “Fuck!”

“Oh shit!” Steve shuffles off the bed and helps Eddie back up, ”You alright, Eds?”

“Yeah..yeah, I’m fine..” Steve gets Eddie back on his own two feet and (reluctantly) lets him go once he’s stable.

‘Reluctantly? Why reluctantly? What the hell??’

“Sorry I was all over you, not the greatest thing to wake up to, huh?” Eddie says, huffing a sardonic laugh under his breath.

Steve hums nonchalantly, “It wasn’t all bad, I slept pretty fucking amazing too.”

Eddie hums an acknowledgment, then: “I wouldn’t—“ Eddie starts at the same time Steve says “I should—“

“You go ahead,”

Eddie’s hands come up between them, spinning the rings on his fingers nervously. “I was going to say that…I.. Iwouldn’tmindifyoustayedtonight..too.”

Steve blinks. “Good thing I was going to say that I really should save my money.”

Eddie’s smile is slightly nervous, but there’s a hopeful tinge to it that Steve can only assume means what he thinks it does (hopes it does).

“Leaves me with more to spend on the Gremlins, right?” he shrugs.

Eddie beams. “Glad to know we’re on the same page, Harrington.”

also, if you haven’t heard it recently: Alice, YOU’RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE 🤩

[randomtrippics]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 🇺🇸

[weirdwisconsin]

Check out the brutal lineup for the Milwaukee Metal Fest this year! Tickets available now. More info here.

[risu5waffles]

chew, chew

saw Jilly off this morning. drove all the way out to Syracuse. i'm pretty sure i wouldn't be able to tail someone inconspicuously, seeing the trouble i had doing it when everyone was on the same page i was supposed to be back there. was fun, but a little nerve-wracking.

it was the good kind of a lot having her in town. going to take a bit of time to unpack the lot. i'd say it's less definite not coming back to the States, but still not up past 50%. at the end of the day, there are practicalities that just can't be handwaved, and an international move makes the stakes on them just that much higher.

still it was nice hearing that Milwaukee has come along so much since i was living there. i know that a lot of my feelings on the place are heavily weighted by my own internal issues while i was living there, but i trust Jilly's judgement and reporting, and she wouldn't have spent the last 20 odd years there of her own volition if it weren't a place worth being. it legitimately sounds like it could be, potentially, a decent place for a queer weird old lady to live.

you know, the whole "don't meet your heroes" thing is, unfortunately often, real good advice. but if you're real lucky, sometimes they do live up to it. sometimes, they live up to it, and you can still see them as people too. that's real dang special.

i am a very, very lucky gal.

(picture included wiv permission)

[rustbeltjessie]

Green Day: The Saviors Tour // Eagle Movers // Basilica of St. Josaphat

(August 19 // Milwaukee, WI)

[killerchickadee]

Every time I see that post about bids for attention, or whatever it is, I think about my mom.

I don't really talk to anyone in my family, and I hate that and don't know how to reconnect.

My mom is also into birds so last summer when I saw the whooping crane I texted her a shitty excited picture and like all caps, "I saw a whooping crane!!!"

Her response was "lol". That's it. No follow up or chit chat, just a shut down of my attempts to connect with her.

The other week I sent her a link to the crane cam and told her to check in on it at sunrise and sunset (which is when the cranes are there, though lately they've been hanging out later in the day) and her response was "Cool!"

That's it! Again, completely shut me down. If I died tomorrow the last thing my mom said to me was "Cool".

[artistmacposts]

North Shore Line Interurban Trip Along the Fox River

[s0livagant]

Ok where is the kwik trip love

[fossilized-honey]

I like when different cities have avenues named after each other.

It’s the navigation equivalent to bff necklaces

[rickollie]

Minneapolis by Bus, time to 'Turn the Page'

Minneapolis by Bus, time to 'Turn the Page' my late #BirthdayMonth #journey #goodreads ##travelblog #travelwriter #greyhoundbus #roadtrip #friendships #bobseger #turnthepage #wednesdayaddams #musicvideos #writer #writerscommunity #kindness #loveoneanother

And ‘What Was I Thinking’ Turn The Page My recent Minneapolis trip was most assuredly a ‘long lonesome journey’ that stretched from the song’s lyrics to nineteen hours rather than the sixteen Bob Seger sings about. And yes, there were thoughts about the woman who encouraged me to travel again over the screaming of the seven children a single mother had boughten aboard. There was no engine…

[mondoradiowmse]

06/12/24 Mondo Radio Playlist

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Headphones", featuring classic trip hop and more. If you dig it, don't forget to also follow the show on Facebook and Twitter!

Artist - Song - Album

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm - Blue Lines

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix) - Mustt Mustt

Massive Attack V Mad Professor - Moving Dub (Better Things) - No Protection

Massive Attack - Karmacoma - Protection

Tricky - Ponderosa - Maxinquaye

Nearly God - Yoga - Nearly God

Bush - In A Lonely Place (Tricky Mix) - Deconstructed

Tricky - Carriage For Two - Angels With Dirty Faces

Portishead - Pedestal - Dummy

Portishead - All Mine - Portishead

Ilze - Mall People - Out Of My Brains

Björk - Human Behaviour - Debut

Björk - Headphones - Post

Hooverphonic - 2Wicky - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

Laika - Almost Sleeping - Sounds Of The Satellites

Hooverphonic - Out Of Tune - Blue Wonder Power Milk

Lamb - All In Your Hands - Fear Of Fours

Lamb - Ear Parcel - Fear Of Fours

Nightmares On Wax - Morse - Carboot Soul

Cornershop - Candyman - When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Bomb The Bass Feat. Justin Warfield - Bug Powder Dust (UK Album Version) - City Of Industry: Soundtrack

The Beta Band - The House Song - The Three E.P.'s

Smoke City - O Cara Lindo (Mr. Gorgeous) - Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon

Planet 4 Folk Quartet - Message To Crommie - Help

UNKLE - Unreal - Psyence Fiction

Bomb The Bass Feat. Sinéad O'Connor & Benjamin Zephaniah - Empire - Collaborations

Massive Attack Feat. Sinéad O'Connor - Special Cases (Radio Edit) - Collaborations

[weirdwisconsin]

We’re putting the finished touches on our weird Wisconsin Travel Guide right now, and it will be available to download for free very soon.

Sign up here to be notified when it’s available.

[hbogirls]

Top 5 housewives franchises? Rhobh seasons?

franchises (luckily i have watched exactly five cities)

1. og new york

2. beverly hills

3. miami

4. salt lake

5. potomac (not all the way caught up, but i heard this season was kinda bad anyway)

bh seasons (no particular order) (i actually don’t think they’ve had a bad season lol)

2 (so dark to the point that i truly cannot believe it aired, but undeniably gripping tv), 13 (could be recency bias but it’s been a blast), 7 (erika vs dorit, hong kong trip, etc), 5 (amsterdamn!), 10 (even though kyle’s bangs made her temporarily evil)

[shootwithheart]

Had a great time visiting Milwaukee for my Birthday!

I didn't take as many photos as I thought I would, but it's just enough to get a mini zine out of it.

Read the full story on Patreon:

[rustbeltjessie]

Milwaukee in the fog. (January 3, 2023)

[vincentblackbearmediallc]

While the city of Milwaukee and the shores of Lake Michigan seem to get a lot of attention in Wisconsin, the capital city of Madison is a lovely place with quite a few fun things to do. This lakeside city is full of history, natural beauty, and local charm.In fact, this city, located in the central part of southern Wisconsin, is nestled between four beautiful lakes of its own. Madison is served by its own mid-sized airport with flight connections to most US hubs. It’s also on the rail line to and from Milwaukee and beyond, and well-connected by highway to other midwest road trip destinations.