Tour: Days one and two!

Oh, HI!

Jakob and I write to you from a lovely Polish flat in Riverwest, Milwaukee, where we are being shown enormous hospitality from our friends Chris and Milo. (Check out their baby, Queer Zine Archive Project.) We arrived in Milwaukee last night before our first reading at People's Books Cooperative, which was small but great. We read, an audience member read, we got to make some friends, and there were cookies! Please visit them if you're in town, and say hi to our girl, Fly.

After the reading, we ate dinner with Chris and Milo at Comet Cafe and man oh man. It was DELICIOUS. Jakob had a meatloaf sandwich that was covered in beer gravy and mashed potatoes -whoa! Amy had a vegan gyro. Typical. Then we came home and tried to watch TV but fell asleep with our clothes on. We were super tired.

This morning over coffee/tea, Chris and Milo suggested quintessential Riverwest spots. We opened the door and were delighted to find a rummage sale on Fratney Street. What?!! We walked in the wrong direction for a long time on our way to the local food co-op where we eventually purchased some snacks. Then, we were directed to the local park/giant hill, which we were told had the best view of Milwaukee. We swung on swings, engaged in conversation with 7 year-olds about sharks and vampires, petted dogs, and climbed to the top of the hill where we took some terrible cell phone pics. On our way out of the park, we ran into Jakob's friend, Eric, who came to RAWR one time and was working a table at Chicago Zine Fest this year! It was kind of magical.

THEN, we went to Woodland Pattern Book Center. That place has a ridiculous poetry/chap book section, and is gorgeous. GO THERE if you are in Milwaukee. About an hour later, we left. Now we are back at the house and tonight, we will see a klezmer inspired punk band. Our tour rules.

Tomorrow, we read in Madison! 2 PM at Avol's Used Books. Be there or be square.

xoxo