RIP Maria's Pizza

Maria's Pizza, a South Side staple for 65 years, closed their doors forever today (at least until someone buys it and claims to have the original recipe. They'll be lying.) 

This inspired a number of mournful posts on Facebook today, and a long line of regulars looking for a final fix. And I mean a loooooong line. Check out these pics:

Here's a secret, just between you and me: I didn't like the place. Paper plates, plastic tablecloths, limp pizza thin enough to be mistaken for a sheet of paper? Nah. Not for me.  

But to each their own. 

Yuck Yuck and, what's the word? Yuck.

It's only the 33rd time in recorded history that Milwaukee has reached the century mark. 

Yuck

Budget Cuts close Cool Waters

This is horrible news. 

Our family has had great times at that county-run water park - you can find birthday parties there posted here, on Slapinions, if you look hard enough. First it closed for Covid, now for budget cuts. 

 I hope they open it up for 2023. Summer isn't the same without it.

Paid parental leave

 

Snow Squall

 

Former Mayor, Now Abassador to Luxembourg

 

What did they need this for in 1936??

 

LOL MKE

 I love you Milwaukee...seen near the Milwaukee Public Market. - Lisa

75 Years Ago Today - The Blizzard of '47

Today marks 75 years since Milwaukee was buried under THE Blizzard - the epic Blizzard of '47: 18.1 inches of snow, which combined with 60 MPH winds that created ten foot high drifts of snow, effectively shutting this city down for two days. 

From @milwaukeemag: "As the sun rose on Thursday morning, Milwaukeeans made extraordinary efforts to help neighbors and strangers alike, despite the weather.

A dozen or more Milwaukee Ski Club members – men and women, some as young as teenagers – spread out over the city, responding to phone calls of sick or injured persons... At least three expectant mothers arrived at hospitals on sleds (and another eight mothers delivered babies at home, with doctors providing instructions to husbands over the phone). A pair of 14-year-old boys... found 34-year-old Gladys Friedland, partially paralyzed since birth, trapped in a streetcar at South 14th Street and National Avenue. She had been stuck for over 24 hours and needed to get back to her family home at North Third and West Clarke streets – some four miles away. Without hesitating, the boys carefully loaded her onto a sled and made the slow crawl towards her home. Two-and-a-half hours later, Friedland was reunited with her desperately worried family."

Milwaukee's Got a New Mayor

A Slenderman Update

Good. I wish her well. Not only is it ridiculous that people are outraged she wasn't locked away for life - AT TWELVE! - she clearly had mental issues, and *her victim lived.* Rarely do I pull the race card, but bs all this noble Waukesha fury would exist if it happened to two kids with darker complexions.

Have you seen this man?

Mayor Barrett is Leaving Office

Let the mayoral election drama commence.

World Champions!!!!!

My hometown Bucks have done it,  coming back from an 0-2 hole in the Finals to win the championship for the first time since 1971!  I couldn't be happier for this town!

100 Years Ago Today

100 years ago today, unveiling ceremony for the WWI memorial took place in Humboldt Park.

 On this day in 1887, the village of Bay View was sadly absorbed into the City of Milwaukee. #WeShallRiseAgain

Another concession to Covid

 

Too Much

 Enough already