Last night we went to Milwaukee's Bastille Days. It's supposed to be a celebration of the French storming of the Bastille, but as is common with events like these - it's a completely bastardized version of that. A mixture of local ethnic street food vendors (footlong eggrolls, pulled pork on mashed potatoes, and crepes), a bunch of stands selling "artwork" and other items, and made complete with a Mardi Gras parade (Celebrating the Creoles who got kicked out of Nova Scotia and moved to New Orleans is French?) in which C-man was able to snag a lot of beads. (For those who watch Arrested Development, Beerman declared this was Milwaukee's version of Quatro de Cinco!)
It was an interesting mix of people, and a lovely night to be out and about. Plus, we got to check our second Eiffel Tower of 2013 off our list.
And really, when the local color is as great as this, how can you go wrong?
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