Milwaukee - great architecture and restaurants
-
1/23/2006
I lived in Milwaukee for 30 years and recently moved to Seattle, WA. I come back to visit often and have a new found appreciation for Milwaukee. The architecture of the residential buildings is simply gorgeous! The craftsmanship is superb as are the building materials - lannon stone is not found many places west of the Mississippi. The homes in Milwakee were built to last. The ethnic restaurants are to die for... I miss the hot ham and potato rolls on Sundays, the custard from Kopps and the Kiltie in Oconomocow, ham salad at local delis and of course REAL Italian bread and REAL Italian sausage from places like Dentice and Groppis. Not to mention the pizza from Balistreris on 68th. There is no decent bread or pizza in Seattle! All the bread is some type of sourdough. And the cheese and beef here taste very different. Milwaukee city government has a history and knows pretty much how to run things - NOT Seattle! Lots of buffoons for city planners here - especially transportation planners. Boulevards in Milwaukee are resplendent with gorgeous flowers in the summer... boulevards in Seattle only have grass and trees. Seattle has one thing going for it that Milwaukee has no control over - and that's the weather - just too cold and way too much snow for this old gal to handle... otherwise I might still be there. And I hope no one reads Otis' comments... I can't understand anything he TRIED to say... very incoherent.
Nan | Shoreline, WA