Milwaukee's SUMMERFEST!

Summerfest, the world's largest music festival (see entry in Guinness Book of World Records, thank you), is happening now through July 8. Eleven days of fun in the sun, beer, 10+ music stages, food - all down at the Milwaukee Lakefront.

And I'm missing it. Again. Being from Milwaukee, going to Summerfest was a staple. NO questions. You just went. I haven't been back for it since I moved to LA - I don't normally get back there this time of year and I use vacation days for other reasons. I met an ex there - dated her for 4 years. Almost got arrested there. Drank a ton of beer there. It's such an institution that the City of Milwaukee built a permanent site adjacent to the lakefront for the event, which also houses Irish Fest, Polish Fest, Festa Italiana, Indian Summer Fest, Asian Moon Fest, Germanfest, African World Fest, Pride Fest, Mexican Fest - and a few more. Over a million people crowd in along Lake Michigan for this one event, and the memories I have - priceless. Check out the following link for a timeline of Summerfest performers: http://www.wklh.com/40yearsofSummerfest.asp, and go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerfest for a brief history of the event.