June 06, 2005

Weekend of organized binge drinking

This past weekend I headed to visit some friends in Milwaukee and Madison. On Friday night we went downtown in Milwaukee, where there was a festival called Riversplash in which Water Street (the street in downtown Milwaukee with all the bars) is opened up and it becomes legal to buy and consume beer in the street. As far as I could tell, the legality of drinking outdoors is the only feature of this "festival." During the summer, it seems Milwaukee has a festival just about every weekend in which drinking in the streets is encouraged. Many of these festivals celebrate the variety of ethnic groups that call Milwaukee home. All that changes is the area of Milwaukee where it is legal to drink, and the ethnic flavor of the food sold by street vendors. And there are different hats.

Anyways, we went to a bar with an outdoor patio where we could sit and drink. While there, we hung out with Tone Loc's new (to us) girlfriend, who made a crucial blunder in overestimating the restraint of her beau's friends. When getting up to get herself another drink, she politely asked if anyone else would like a drink. She probably made the reasonable assumption that she would not be inundated with drink requests by people who barely knew her. However, that assumption proved to be way off, as she immediately saw 6 hands go up with widely varying drink requests.

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Comments

It sounds like you go to Milwaukee a lot, probably where you are from? Thanks for the comments, I don't know if you realize it but it's actually a blog for class, so I was surprised to see someone other than a classmate read/respond to my posts. I'm also about to check out the links you provided, thanks!

Posted by: Sylvie Thao at June 7, 2005 07:38 PM

Well I said that I would, and so I read up on your links, I even posted a response to it if you are interested.

Posted by: Sylvie Thao at June 8, 2005 09:33 PM

u r festavil wis good

Posted by: ross at September 20, 2005 04:47 AM
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