Another German Fest has come and gone, and so has FestaItaliana, and Summerfest. And now we're onto the Wisconsin State Fair, which opens this week, along with the Milwaukee Comedy Festival we mentioned in the previous segment. When that's all done, Irish Fest is not far behind.
It seems like it would be impossible to get through a Milwaukee summer without having a good time. But Lake Effect contributor Lauren Fox would disagree, in an essay that also appears in this month's Milwaukee Magazine. She writes:
When I was 22 and living in Washington, D.C., I applied to several graduate school programs in creative writing and didn’t get into any of them. After this disappointment, I picked myself up and bravely did what every self-respecting young adult does in the face of a minor setback that feels like a devastating earthquake: I moved back home. To be specific, I packed up a U-Haul trailer’s worth of mismatched kitchenware, particle board furniture and opaque tights, drove across the country and moved back into my old room in my parents’ house in suburban Milwaukee with absolutely no idea what I was going to do next.
Thefull essay is available through Milwaukee Magazine, and can also be read in this month's issue of the magazine. Lauren Fox is a writer who lives in Shorewood. Her latest novel, Days of Awe, is recently out in paperback.
