Since we haven't heard anything from any Madison peoples, did we want to move to a more centralized location?

There are lots of shuttle buses from around town, park and rides and such, that drop you off at the gates. I believe they cost around $5. You can get parking down there, but it will probably be more expensive. If you want to tell me what area you are staying in, I can investigate and find out what's close.
Also, there are many get in free promotions, like bring two canned goods between 11-1 to get in free, etc. I can find out what those are, too, if you're interested. The food and rinks down there are always so expensive, I try to save a buck wherever I can. If you are going to go more than one day, you may want to invest in a pin, which is I think cheaper than a ticket, at least cheaper than buying several tickets. It is good for entry betwween certain times (usually early afternoon) almost every day.

However, what savasana said about shuttles and whatnot is very true - if you find a good deal on a hotel somewhere besides downtown, there is a lot of transportation to the fairgrounds during the festival.

If you can find a deal, I would highly recommend the P@rk E@st hotel. It's not in what most people would consider "downtown", ie in the business/convention district, but it's about three blocks from the lake and within 3/4 of a mile of the summerfest grounds. It's very charming. And in my old neighborhood.

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Originally posted by Henna73:
Enough rain already. It finally warms up a little bit and then it rains for like a month straight! Anyone else out there sick of puddles?

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I'm pretty busy on weekends because the boy just bought a house in Madison and we're fixing, cleaning, painting, decorating, etc. It's hard to convince him to come to Milwaukee now that he's got a house so I end up spending most weekends there. But if ya'll want to plan something I can see about making it to hang out, weeknights are better for me.

Any ideas on places? Would it be fun to do dinner and karaoke somewhere? This website has a list of places that have karaoke. http://members.aol.com/ejshazam/

I'm reading the reviews on the website that was posted, under Wednesday... how does the Painted Parrot sound? Far enough West so that jh doesn't have to go too far... good review, lots to do if we all chicken out too much to be rockstars? It looks like it would be right off of 894 there.

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Originally posted by Henna73:
Ok, well it sounds like it's a bust. I do have something else going on tomorrow, but I was going to blow it off, but I guess I will do that instead. Dewgirl, maybe you and I can meet up sometime later this summer. Let me know.

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Crap, I feel so dumb! I somehow already made plans for Wednesday. I had last week and this week and next week all confused. If you do go to the Painted Parrot you might want to make sure they're at the same location, I saw on a website that they were going to move.

Here's my idea: use Summerfest parking upon arrival, then drive and park by her place after the show (around midnight). I am guessing that parking in her area will be freer at that point since people will be heading home at that hour from the fest & freeing up street parking. She hasn't lived there a year yet so she doesn't know how it's going to be.

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Originally posted by Henna73:
Bumping because there just isn't an activity in this thread anymore. Are you still around Jessicazee? JH, did you move to Madison with your boy? Any new Wisconsonites???

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This Jessica is still in the Milwaukee area. Still feeling stupid because of the mixup with the last event we tried to plan when I couldn't keep track of the days. Duh.

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Originally posted by quarkiegirl:
i'm going home to the midwest next month for my friend's wedding. we're both from NW IL, but she lives in SW WI now, in Cuba City, about 1.5 hrs from Madison. i'm so excited for cheese and cheap beer.

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Originally posted by Henna73:
Cuba City? We have some friends there! Have a great time and enjoy our fabulous cheese!

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small world! i love discovering digsconnections

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Originally posted by chitowngal:
any chance you'll get lost and end up in Chicago???

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