Jamie Thingelstad

Mar 25, 2024 ∞

Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 3

Jamie has morning coffee at Discourse Coffee.
Brunch at Blue’s Egg.
Milwaukee Zoo. Rainy and pretty quiet.
Big Putt’s Mini Golf — very well done course with a lot of fun holes. Jamie got four “hole in ones”.
Attempted to see Call Me Dancer at the Oriental Theatre but the theater was closed. 😫
Milwaukee Public Market for choose your own dinner: Freese’s Candy Shoppe, Foltz Family Market, C. Adam’s Bakery, and West Allis Cheese & Sausage Shoppe. Olive Oil for home from Oro Di Oliva.
Battle House Laser Combat. Tyler and Jamie were on Blue Team with more players and won most of the games.

Four people posing with exaggerated sad expressions at the closed Oriental Theatre door showing a No Heat or Water sign.
All of us were very sad that the Oriental Theatre water and heat were out of order.

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Mar 25, 2024 ∞

We wrapped the day with 2 hours of tactical laser tag at Battle House Laser Combat tonight. We were split up on different teams. Tammy was excited to get into battle!

Four people in laser tag gear with glowing headbands pose for a selfie, one woman making an excited open-mouth face holding a laser tag vest.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 25, 2024 ∞

It was cool and rainy so a trip to Big Putts Mini Golf was perfect. We arrived and the place was packed, but after the first few holes things moved along well. We loved the course — declared it probably our favorite mini golf ever. And I crushed it with a 35 along with four hole-in-ones! ⛳️🔥

Two people stand on skateboards holding putters on a mini golf hole built into an indoor skate half-pipe ramp.

Woman in a black jacket and green sneakers putting a green golf ball on an indoor mini golf hole styled as a road with yellow center lines.

Family of four smiling for a selfie at Big Putts indoor mini golf, with a T-rex statue holding a humorous sign behind them.

Big Putts mini golf scorecard on a wooden table showing 18 holes for 5 players with totals near 59, next to a calculator.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 25, 2024 ∞

A cold morning with drizzling rain isn’t the ideal day to see the Milwaukee Zoo but we still made the most of it.

Large dark green iguana with spiny dorsal crest resting on a log inside a zoo enclosure

Multiple green snakes coiled around tree branches inside a zoo enclosure with a rocky artificial wall backdrop.

Brown bear walking across a rocky ledge in a zoo enclosure with log enrichment and bare winter trees in the background.

Family of four smiling for a selfie inside a giraffe enclosure at the Milwaukee Zoo with two giraffes visible behind them.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 25, 2024 ∞

The barista “workbench” at Discourse Coffee has an incredibly broad array of mixologist components. 🧑‍🔬☕️

Bar workbench lined with spice jars, garnishes including lemon orange and cucumber, dried herbs, straws, and jiggers at a specialty coffee bar.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 25, 2024 ∞

Enjoying one of the most unique drinks I’ve ever had — Motörhead Latte (espresso, milk, pork fat + apple caramel, root beer bitters, apple powder, smoked salt) at Discourse Coffee. Rich and deep flavors. ☕️

Dark ceramic cappuccino cup on a matching saucer with latte art and a dusting of powder, next to an open laptop on a white counter.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 25, 2024 ∞

Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 2

Breakfast at Toast.
Amazing time at Milwaukee Art Museum.
Tyler did amazing job flying at Extreme Flight Simulation.
Tammy and Jamie see Brett Goldstein at the incredible Riverside Theater.
Dinner at Tupelo Honey.
Duckpin Bowling with manual pin setter at Koz’s Mini Bowl.

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Mar 25, 2024 ∞

We went Duckpin Bowling tonight at Koz’s Mini Bowl. Koz’s has the oldest original Duck Pin bowling lanes with manual pin setters that sit behind the pins while you bowl.

Tammy won with 198, Mazie second at 194, Tyler third at 177, and I came in last at 140.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 24, 2024 ∞

Tammy and I saw Brett Goldstein’s standup show “The Second Best Night of Your Life” at the Riverside Theater while in Milwaukee. Goldstein is best known for playing Roy Kent on Ted Lasso. Many good laughs and a great venue.

Brett Goldstein on stage holding a microphone and pointing to his temple, smiling, wearing a dark sleeveless shirt, with a tattoo visible on his hand.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 24, 2024 ∞

Tyler in Flight Simulator

While on Milwaukee Spring Break we took a short drive 40 miles south to Gurnee, Illinois to visit Extreme Flight Simulation. Tyler wanted to try a real flight simulator and EFS has a 737-800 simulator that you can do a “no experience” session with a co-pilot. Tyler had a blast. I was a little jealous that I didn’t get to fly it myself. Below are some videos of the experience.

Tyler landing at Chicago O’Hare

Tyler taking off from Tokyo Narita

Here is a photo of him taking the pilot seat right before starting the simulation.

Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.