ACCESS BEFORE YOU GO Summer is the best time to visit Milwau kee Brmq shorts, sunglasses, and sun screen the weather can really si/rle, with temperatures ranqinq from the mid 70 s to mid 90 s. Summerlest this year runs from tune 28 to July 8, call tor other information and performance schedules (414 273 2680). GETTING THERE By car: Milwaukee is about 90 miles north ol Chicago, on Interstate 94 (I 94 also connects Milwaukee with Minneapolis. Minnesota about a six hour drive ) After a tew days in the city, you'll wonder where the traffic is. It's an easy city to drive in because the streets are laid out on a qrid By air: All ma|or airlines tty into General Mitchell field. 20 minutes south of downtown by I 94 ialso la beled I 43 as it passes through town). LOCAL LOWDOWN for a biq city Milwaukee is pretty safe, but as a general rule the west and south sides aren't good places to be in the wee hours. Local lanquaqe calls for sodd, not pop Water toun tains are bubblers Weather reports are called grilling' reports, after Milwaukee's favorite summer pastime Natives say Milwaukee in two sylla bles. as in Mwockee And Wisconsin natives aie known as cheeseheads or cheddarheads listen to Bob Uecker call the Brew Crew qames on the radio tor a classic Milwaukee experience And loot toi the home team Wunder Hall 321S W Stale St 414 544 1636 l?ooms are only SIO per night last June. Jimmy Carter spent su days in room 206 (he was in town with housmq rehabbers Habitat tor Humanity International) AFTER HOURS Pick up a copy ol Milwdunee magazine lor local arts diid entertainment listings Hear some blues d! Hooligan's Super Bar 201/ E North Ave 414 2/3 5230) the cover is S2 lo S3 on Mon days alien the bar brings in out ol town bands look lor qood |dli with no cover at the Estate 2423 N Murray Ave . 414 964 9923) Eor comedy, check out Rail's 2856 N Oakland Ave 414 3 32 6323), CHEAP bLEtP Horn the third week in May throuqh early Auqust. the University ol Wiscon sin at Milwaukee 13400 N Maryland Ave . 414 229 4065! rents rooms in high rise Sandburg Hail lor SI9 a night the university is close to Brad lord Beach 10 minutes Horn down town, and has a full gym in the basement Another good bet is where the covens >3 dU to > / ouana reservations ate necessary Here you'll experience ComedySportr a kind of improv comedy in which two teams of comedians compete for points in audience judged qames DAY TRIPPING fhe Gieen Bay Packers usually play an exhibition game at County Stadium in August but if you re a diehard tan, make the two hour pilqnmaqe to the Green 8ay Packer Hall of tame ,414 499 4281) in Green Bay Ad mission is $4 50 lust take U 5 43 north to Route 172 and qel olf at the Oneida Street eul the Hall is a few miles down on the nqhl, tambeau field is directly opposite Nature buffs should check out the Kettle Moraine Stale Forest less than an hour's drive liom town, (for the record kettles and moraines are land formations lett behind by glaciers.) for information, write the Department of Natural Resources at P 0 Boi /9?1, Madison. Wl 53701 for arquably the best beach in the area head to Hairiman Beach State Park. 35 miles north of the city on US 43 FOR MORE INFORMATION Ihe Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau, 756 N Milwau kee St . Milwaukee Wl 53202, 414 273 7222. has maps available Contact the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. 756 N Milwaukee SI Mil waukee. Wl 53202 414 273 3000 or call the Greater Milwaukee funlme 414 /99 1177) tor festival and spe cial events information 3. 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