[Magdalen] Roger 2015 (was Re: Where to go? - update)

[Jay Weigel]

Scott, does All Saints Cathedral still have a large Native American
component to its congregation? It did when I was young.

On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's definitely a Milwaukee thing to do. I also like the Mitchell Park
> Conservatory, which has three domes housing vegetation of three
> different climates: arid, humid, and perhaps in-between. And I don't
> know why I haven't mentioned first and foremost the magnificent
> Milwaukee Art Museum, Calatrava's wonder on the lakeshore.
>
> Churches to visit are plentiful:
>
> The Episcopal church I visit most often...my parish in Milwaukee, I
> guess...is All Saints' Cathedral on Juneau Avenue. Anglo-Catholic but
> somewhat more open and friendly than in decades past. I always feel
> very welcome whether for Sunday 10 a.m. High Mass or a weekday 5:30 (I
> think) Evening Prayer and possibly Low Mass. Times are worth checking
> on their website. The cathedral is in a wonderful leafy neighborhood
> that's good for strolling. You could find St. Paul's on Knapp Street,
> an Episcopal church that's oddly very close to All Saints' Cathedral;
> the proximity is due to churchmanship: St. Paul's was the low-church
> alternative in a Biretta Belt diocese.
>
> Interesting churches also include Frank Lloyd Wright's Annunciation
> Greek Orthodox Church (9400 W Congress), St Stanislaus (Polish RC
> renovated and run now by the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign
> Priest, a Latin-Mass group...but go for the architecture):
> http://www.institute-christ-king.org/milwaukee/
>
> And again I am remiss in not mentioning first of all St. Josaphat's
> Basilica, a magnificent domed baroque explosion that I try to visit
> every time I'm in town: http://thebasilica.org/  It's at 6th Street
> and Lincoln Avenue. Numbered streets in Milwaukee are north-south
> streets that increase in number the farther west they are from some
> point near the lakeshore. Address numbers with "West" indicate the
> nearest numbered street, so 9400 W Congress means the intersection of
> 94th Street and Congress Avenue. Makes a bit more sense than Chicago's
> grid (our numbered streets indicate how far south one is from Madison
> Street, so there are no numbered streets at all on the north side).
> Sixth Street in Milwaukee happens to be a major route from the airport
> into downtown.
>
> Anyway, St. Josaphat's Basilica has in its history a pastor called Fr.
> Knitter. Apparently he drove the church into the ground
> financially...not so good with the $$$...and the Franciscans swooped
> in and rescued the parish. Don't know if that's 100% accurate, but
> that's the story I've heard. I also don't know whether Fr. Knitter was
> an ancestor of mine or not. Perhaps we'd be distant cousins many times
> removed.
>
> Other typical Milwaukee things besides refreshing cold beer include
> frozen custard, which can be obtained at any branch of the Culver's
> fast-food chain but is best obtained at Leon's Frozen Custard on South
> 27th Street, very near my late maternal grandparents' home (which is
> at 3323 W. Lakefield Drive and owned by others now). I have an aunt
> and uncle at 4323 S. Lenox Ave., near the airport, which I remember
> chiefly because you just add 1,000 to my grandparents' house number.
> But I digress. If you're near Leon's, might as well have dessert or a
> meal at Omega Restaurant, a large and busy 24-hour Greek place with
> multipage menu, snappy service, and great breakfasts (best meal to
> have there). Or pie and coffee. 3473 S. 27th St. It was our standard
> place for lunch after Mass with Grandma and Grandpa. And hundreds of
> their neighbors.
>
> The hip and happening crowd hang out at a number of bars and
> restaurants off Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee's main street) downtown in
> a section called the Third Ward. Also along Wisconsin are a few of the
> posher hotels (the Pfister is the venerable best of these) with
> posh-ish restaurants.
>
> Karl Ratzsch's, which I mentioned, is near this downtown area but a
> couple of blocks north, up a hill...www.karlratzsch.com. 320 E. Mason
> Street. Very German and very Milwaukee. And old. Does sauerkraut
> strudel sound bad? I actually loved this when I had it. And I don't
> like sauerkraut. The Schlachtplatte (slaughter-plate) is very popular.
> Not vegetarian, needless to say. I usually go for a schnitzel of some
> kind.
>
> For walking and pleasantness, there's the lakeshore (also see
> architect Eero Saarinen's Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, on the
> lakeshore), but don't miss Calatrava's M.A.M.). http://mam.org -
> They've got some galleries closed for construction, but you can still
> go in and visit parts of the place. Would be neat to be there when
> they open or close the "wings" of the roof.
>
> There's also the Prospect Avenue area north of downtown near the
> lakeshore...upscale and the home of the University of Wisconsin -
> Milwaukee, my parents' alma mater and my birthplace (although my
> hospital isn't there anymore). Nice parks, hilly walkways, lovely
> views.
>
> Milwaukee, like Chicago, has North Shore suburbs that are pleasant to
> drive through and maybe explore: Fox Point and Bayside are two of
> these.
>
> Anglo-Catholic seminary Nashotah House is about an hour's drive or a
> bit more, west of Milwaukee along the I-94. I enjoy visiting the
> wooded campus and especially the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, at
> least to pray in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. www.nashotah.edu
>
> That's my list! Sorry to go on so long, but I wanted to at least
> mention some areas of interest and that will yield more points of
> interest via a short drive or a stroll.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Roger Stokes
> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > On 17/12/2014 01:03, Scott Knitter wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Roger Stokes
> >> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Tue 09    Collect car and drive to Milwaukee
> >>
> >> Three days in Milwaukee! I shall have to assemble a list of
> >> recommendations. They'll include German dinner at Karl Ratzsch!
> >> http://karlratzsch.com/
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Time is running out.  I arrive Milwaukee on Tuesday.  Despite my
> preference
> > for Real (Cask conditioned) Ale I understand that Miller Brewing is a
> "Must
> > visit".
> >
> > Roger
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>