Real Milwaukee | November 13, 2026

What kind of show do you want to... Well, hey guys, you are just as creative as a child, if you let yourself be. A new study out of Austria found adults came up with more original and effective ideas than preschoolers, right? You could assume that, but... The kids actually have the confidence. Researchers say children were more enthusiastic, motivated, and less afraid of getting things wrong. The takeaway for parents, give kids room to imagine, experiment, and play without the pressure to be perfect. There you go. Without the pressure. Yeah, I'm grateful for that. I didn't feel pressure to be perfect growing up. Mom and dad left room for me to make mistakes. It's part of the maturation process, you know? I'm grateful for that. I actually had this conversation with Charles the other day, and I said, look, buddy, we don't get every question on the test right. We don't make every bucket. It's okay to fail. We learn from those failures, and we get better as a person. I think that's great. Just do your best, and what your best is good enough. That's how I feel, too. Not someone else's best, right? Don't live with anybody else's expectations except your own Put a stop in this problem. Guys, we crawled here. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. We did. Friday the 13th over here. I'm glad you said something. Let's go. I'm doubling here. I got tea and I got water. What happened to you on the way in? It was a rough morning. Friday the 13th literally hit before I even walked into work. It's like I had all these things in my hand. I had three bags, my coffee. I tripped. I twisted my ankle. It's like I skinned my knee. I ripped my boot. I'm like, you know what, David? You don't know what I've been through to get here. Thank you. Thank you. Throwing a whole day away. She just turns back around. So, um... You know. Are you okay? Are you not injured? It's 10-1 now. You could have asked me at 2 a.m. I've been just slow moving all morning. We're all just trying to make it to the day. That's it. Your voice. You know, but it's all right. We're here. Yeah, we're good. Good to go. That's Friday though. I have the battle showing up, all right? You just be careful the rest of the day. No, for real, because I feel like mine's coming. It's all good. It's all good. Well, let's get this show started. Oh, this is some good news. So after reaching new heights of success during the midterm election, black media, Milwaukee black media. Hold on. What's going on? Talking to me, Sarah? We all good? Everybody good? I think we're good. All right. All right. Just making sure. No, it's okay. I hear Mike talk, so I'm just making sure that the people can hear us. All right. So Milwaukee Black Media is expanding. They just announced a new collaboration with the Milwaukee Times. So during the election season, Milwaukee Black Media doubled subscriptions to their digital newsletter. Yeah, they also generated more than a half a million impressions each week. Their coverage was also cited on debate stages and in candidates' campaign material. So now the expansion will include more printing opportunities. I believe that print is more important than ever as algorithms block our ability to communicate and so when I became the general manager of Milwaukee Black Media I was excited to work with Rommel Brown because he worked closely with Mr. Jones, the founder of Courier Communications and so there's a generational tie that will continue to be there through Mr. Brown's voice and wisdom. Yeah, so Milwaukee Black Media also owns the Milwaukee Corner, which has been in publication since 1969. And you just heard right there how important that is, because algorithms do make a difference in terms of what information people are getting. So this is huge. And congrats to their success. Much needed. It is right. It's like a community newspaper. You know, it goes against, you know, the Journal Sentinel or other like national publications that you can get here or online. So it's cool to see that they're just as competitive. Yeah. What's also nice is that it's tangible. It's in your hands. You can't be distracted from it unless somebody's talking to you at the same time. I also thought about this, just seeing the story. Yesterday with Outlook being out, wasn't it nice just to kind of breathe a little bit and not be overly consumed with email for those people that couldn't access Teams or emails? It was nice to just kind of disconnect a little bit and then find your information another way instead of what was being sent to you. So you had to go out there and you had to find it in different ways. People have the opportunity to find information in whatever way you choose, but sometimes this is not the best way to do it. No, no. My email might not be working on Monday. Right? You reach me and I don't respond. That's why, quote, unquote, I joke. All right, plans are in place for a new one-stop shop for community resources. Ebenezer Stone Ministries has taken over the old Pilgrim Lutheran Church Daycare Center, which is on the border of Milwaukee and Tulsa. Yeah, the new location will offer mental health resources and an affordable grocery store. The ministry's president says the main goal here is to help fill a gap in a food desert. And there's so many people in need that we want to fill those needs the best we can. There are resources that people, again, don't have access to, don't have the ability to drive downtown or go to the other side of the city to get these different resources. Yeah, this is awesome. The organization hopes to start operations in spring in the spring of next year. They do rely on volunteers and donations. So if you'd like to help, we'll show you how to do that on our Fox local mobile app. Really cool to the organizers. I cannot speak this morning to say the new location is on a bus route as well. There's a parking lot parking lot that will be available. But for folks. What is happening to me? It's okay, it's the 13th. It's getting to me. We'll talk it up to that. You said mine was coming. I guess it's now. It's okay. Yes. But I do appreciate that a lot of the pantries now are coming out with services and resources as part of it because a lot of food insecurities, there are other issues that are playing factors that folks need those outreach support services for. So it's a huge help to have them all in place. And this is a group that's always there for you. Salvation Army, you might have heard the bells already. The Red Kettle campaign has kicked off. It's definitely a sign of the holiday season here. For the next six weeks, you're going to be hearing the iconic sounds of the Salvation Army bells. Yeah. I love the fact that we are a part of this, and I love the fact that we get out there in the community. No, we just have to help raise that $3.3 million goal they have this year. The donations this week or during the six-week campaign help support community-based programs. They run all year long. Some of those services include disaster response counseling, youth veterans, ND senior services, as well as many more. Wanting to do a little bit of charitable work? Well, they're looking for bell ringers throughout the campaign. You can sign up by heading to SalvationArmyUSA.org, too. So are we doing that this year? Is that something that is a group effort? Have you been called on it yet? So I know we all have done it on different times in the past. I'm sure that they're going to call on it. I think Haley and Madison are doing it. So they all take turns. But even as your family, as your job, they encourage groups to come out there and do it. Sign up for a slot. It's really big, and they have TAP now, so that makes it easy. The fact that I think that they put it up to $3.3 million is a sign of the times. Yeah. You know? So it's unfortunate, but I do think that the county and people that kind of come through can help reach that goal. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's a lot. It's going to be a play role for sure. Okay, so let's talk about the Hunger Task Force and their turkey distribution. So Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, and the Hunger Task Force wants to make sure families can enjoy a nice meal together. The Hunger Task Force distributed more than 2,000 turkeys to its emergency food network yesterday. Coordinators from more than 60 local pantries and meal programs picked up the turkeys to hand out to families in need. We all have our memories of the holidays and getting together with family and we don't want to see people in our community have an empty table around the holidays. We want people to have those same great holiday memories and opportunities to gather around the table and have a meal as we do. And you can still help the Hunger Task Force is accepting turkey donations through its Turkey Ticker Challenge. Turkeys are $15 each and will be matched by Zurn LK Water Solutions through the end of the month. Once again, you know, all of the prices when it comes to food and inflation, those are going up, but we're not making any more money. So I think that's what. People are really feeling right now as we're going into the holiday times, it seems, between gas and groceries, everything's continuing to go up. Let alone maybe having kids to feed or maybe other elderly parents in the home who also need meals. So the programs like this are so beneficial, especially this time around. And speaking of making a difference, you can help us do just that. All right. Along with Landmark Credit Union, we're going to have a special drive-thru coats for kids collection event that will be tomorrow. We'll be at the Landmark Credit Union headquarters on Executive Drive in Brookfield from 7 till 9. We will be accepting your donations of new and gently used coats. Folks, as an added bonus, the first 100 cars through the line with at least two coats will receive a pair of ticket vouchers that will be good for any upcoming Admirals hockey game. So that is kind of an added incentive for you helping somebody else out. Alright, so we're all looking forward to the Packers next game here, getting ready to take the field on Sunday, but before they made it to the NFL, this is cute, they're here like us, right, with jobs, and they had to work. The Packers social media team recently asked the guys about their first jobs. I used to work at an urban air trampoline park. They used to stand this square, this square for the trampolines. It seems like y'all are kids, basically. Yeah. I've been fired, I'm sure of it. McDonald's. McDonald's, I worked there for about three weeks until somebody ordered 25 McChickens. I can't do this. I'm playing football. It's hard work. Oh, I did all of it. I had those grills, I mixed paint, I make the keys, whatever you guys need. He did it all. Mixing paint, making keys, for sure. I like the fact that they're in trampoline parks, too. Yeah. What was your first job? My first job was working at a country club in the bag room where I cleaned golf clubs. Oh, okay. So, yeah, I actually worked that job for seven years. Nice. Perfect. All the way through college. I stayed there at the country club through college. Yeah, it took a while, too. How about you? Yeah, good times. Yes. A grocery store. I was a cashier at a grocery store. That was my first job. Okay. Yeah. I think everybody should have a job in retail. Oh, for sure. Or like that. And then I went on to service afterwards. I teach every Friday. Oh, there we go. Yeah. Ice cream shop. Oh, ice cream shop. I was scooping. I was helping to create it. And then I was cleaning the machines when so many people would come through and, you know, make a mess. But it was cool. Like, a lot of my buddies worked there, and so it was kind of like a hangout time, you know, getting paid to hang out, essentially. And do the job. So did you make your own ice cream there? Like, make your flavors there, or was it just a soft serve where you pull it? It was a soft serve where you pulled it, but the owner had some sort of, like... opportunity to make his own and also serve it. And so we helped with that. Yeah. Oh, that's cool. It was cool. It was cool, yeah. All right. Throwbacks. Yeah, right. Back to the Packers. So things kick off against the Vikings at noon on Sunday. You can watch the game right here on Fox 6. And it's all part of a full day of football with the NFL's trip to Munich, Germany in the morning. Then stay tuned for the Fox 6 Sports Blitz at 10.30. Sunday night. Yeah, boy, the Lions are playing as well on Sunday. It was Sunday morning, obviously, being in Munich, so it's 8.30 our time. We'll have to catch the game. We'll be there. We were researching bars who serve food early and drinks early. The one you previewed, oh, my God, The Office. Oh, that's one of the ones I saw. They're open early, for sure. Like, they open at like 6. Get the burger if you go there. The burger? Yeah, get the burger. They also have breakfast sandwiches, too. Oh, dude. Yes, it is. And Bloody Mary. There's a secret door in the alley, so watch out for that. Okay. All noted. If I go, I'll hit you up and see how it went All right, how about this? A man from our community is preparing to run seven marathons as part of the Great World Race, and he's running for a good cause. Q. Harrison Terry is one of 70 runners participating in the Great World Race. race. The first one will take place in Antarctica this Sunday. He's running to raise money for Veterans Empowerment Organization and the Vigilant Torch Foundation to help veterans and their families find a home. He says the cause is close to home, having a family who is connected to the military. These people went out and they serve our country. They go and they come back and they don't even have a place to go and call home. It struck me that there were homeless veterans. Like, so it was kind of one of those, like the two words shouldn't even coexist. True. Yeah, that is true. Well, he, you know, right. He will run a total of 183.4 miles every mile to honor homeless veterans. That is wonderful. Yeah, I love that the... Attention and awareness continues well past Veterans Day that we have. That's why I like runners. Their stories are always so compelling. They run for various reasons, personal, to help other people. Love everything about this. All right, we also love Gino, who is coming in next with a look at a new movie coming to Apple TV you won't want to miss. That's next on Real Milwaukee. We're in San Francisco today, where hundreds of the handicapped have gathered to protest. Fight the war! The federal government cannot steal our civil rights. We're trying to take you. They see you in front of the stairs and they think that you're the problem. The stairs are the problem. I'm not just stepping in stone. Okay. Joseph Califano, please. This is Judy Heumann. Judy Heumann. Judy Heumann. Who is this person? Do you have any idea what it's going to cost to implement these regulations? 2.4 billion. Billion. I feel sorry for these people. Somebody's got to go out there and tell them. Tell them yourself. They're coming inside. I got a hundred cripples in my office. Mark Ruffalo there. Yeah, I saw that. All right, so in a fight for accessibility laws and equality rights, disability rights activist Judy Heumann leads a historic 28-day occupation of the Federal Building in San Francisco. Yeah, being Heumann. It comes to Apple TV tomorrow. Janelle, you talked with the actress who plays Judy. I can imagine what she was thinking and had to portray when bringing this to life. Right, because she is in a wheelchair herself, and to play this role, also you'll notice she's British, and being human, she is not British, and you'll hear the difference. She mastered the Brooklyn accent. What did it mean to you in taking this role on? I mean, the privilege of a lifetime to be trusted with something this big, this important, this timely. It truly, not just from an acting perspective, but as a disabled woman myself, it truly meant more than I could ever put into words eloquently. Well, and I'm so impressed because hearing you talk now, that is not how Judy spoke. No, I'm from Manchester. In the UK, so very different. I traded Manchester for Brooklyn for a minute. Well, let's talk about that. Mastering an accent and making it convincing is not easy, but you did it. How did you do it so well? Oh, thank you so much. And I'm saying this as somebody who does not find accents easy, and I really have to do the science. I have to do the work. But when I worked with my dialect coach at home before I even did my first audition because I knew how much of nailing the accent would unlock so many other character things. And Judy was such a, being from Brooklyn was such a proud part of her identity. She was so proud to be where she was from. So yeah, I had to make sure that. I nailed that and I stayed in it the whole time so for the whole fit in between like lunch breaks when we were turning around on camera I stayed in the Brooklyn accent the whole time because I thought the second I come out of it I'm not going to find it again so yeah it was it was a very specific choice to stay in it the whole time. Very interesting. So this is a large cast. Did she talk about working with that special group of people too? Yeah, because when you, you know, there was a sit-in that happened, so you need a lot of actors and they really cast it well. And also, it's an amazing story of when she first started out acting, she thought she was only going to do one role. Watch what happens. And you said it so, that's what I was thinking too, that when you hear that voice, there's an attitude with a Brooklyn accent. Yes. That was who Judy was. Absolutely. And as well, the She had such a specific sound to her voice as well. It wasn't just like General American or just Brooklyn. She was so specific with her voice. And also her accent changed slightly depending on when she was in front of press or when she was in front of people of influence to contrast that to when she was just having fun with her friends. So all of those tiny nuances were really important for me from an acting perspective to really nail. And what a great group of actors you have. Oh, I know. You were acting before. Talk about them. Yeah, I mean, I've been doing this for over a decade now. And I saw so much of myself in so many of these cast, so many members of the cast who it was their first time on set. And they learned so much. And what a privilege to be able to share the screen with so many phenomenal actors who I know are going to go on and do amazing things. Your story is so incredible. I read something that made me so happy that you took a leave from a job to do some acting and then you got another job and wanted to take another leave. What did your boss say to you? I think you're an actor now, Ruth. And I remember being like, that was... To do this as my, for a living, what a privilege. But I remember when she said that to me, my boss, she was like, I think you might be an actor now. The feeling of fear and like, oh my goodness, no security. Don't know where your next job's coming from, but I'm a firm believer that you end up where you're meant to end up. And I was 1000% meant to be doing this. He seems like a natural. Yes, and here's the other thing. You know, sometimes when you are in a wheelchair, you do just that type of role, or you are only considered for those type of roles. There have been characters that she's been cast in that they had no intention of having someone who was disabled in that role, and that's how good an actress she's become, that they've cast her. So good for her. Good for her. And a really, really amazing story, this movie. And I appreciate that they're telling this. Yes. Gina, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, man. All right, more Milwaukee after the break. Apple TV today. Apple TV. Okay, so earlier this week we talked about decluttering, right? But some things can be hard to let go of. So items like mystery keys. Oh, yeah. Oh, we all have a pile of those, right? You never know what they're going to be used for. An old phone or mugs. Well, some non-tangible things also made the list, like a friendship, a romantic relationship, or a job or a career. Ooh. No, I'm diving deep into it. Yeah, where do we start? What do you struggle to let go of? Do you guys have any? You know, I struggle to let go of not romantic relationships, because once that door closes, I don't reopen it. But I sometimes can struggle letting go of friends that I've known all my life. You know, sometimes when you have those friends you've known all your life, sometimes you just move in different seasons after a while. And so sometimes I tend to hang on to those friendships because of the time I've known the person, Not because of how... We communicate. Yeah. So that has been a struggle of mine. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I'm the type of person that doesn't... I usually stay friends with everybody. Yeah. Unless it's like a past relationship. Totally. But I... It's weird. I don't mind getting rid of tangible things. I don't mind getting rid of an old shirt that has sentimental meaning, like an old radio station shirt that I used to work there. I don't mind getting rid of the things, because it's clutter, that actually frees me. I don't know. I still have that middle school shirt. Maybe I should let go. Is that it? Yeah, I guess it's in the tub and it's in the basement. I don't know why, but I don't want to let it go. Because it's like sometimes the first show you worked on or something that was a keepsake. Sure. Sure. You know. High school yearbook, you know, like I have a high school yearbook that because of when we got it, there were no... There was nobody that signed it. Nobody left a note because it was at the end of the year. And I still have it. I'm like, why do I still have this book that nobody wrote in? Or like my basketball uniform from when I was high school. Why do I have that? I'm not wearing, you know, warm-up pants that I go like this. You go into the Hall of Fame, you know, they call you back and say, Erica, we're going to put you in the Hall of Fame. Do you have your jersey? I'm ready to rip them off. There it is. How about gym uniform? To that same token in California. I don't know. It's Rolling Hills Middle School across it. And then sweatshorts, or not sweatshorts, gym shorts. Why? I don't know. And you don't wear them anymore, do you? No. It's like the sentimental value. Because some people, I'd sign the back of the shirt, and I'm like, I don't know why. I don't know where half these people are. But I'm hanging on to it. There are a couple things that I did want to say, that I wanted years later. Like, somebody asked about a Letterman jacket from high school. I would have liked to have that, because they were about the color of your sweater. It was like that and a little bit more yellow, and it was such a weird color that now looking back at it, I was like, yeah, maybe I should have kept that. What did you do with that? I think I gave it to Goodwill, to be honest. Brian. Right. This is interesting, just because we see it on HGTV doesn't mean that it's for you. This is a list of trendy home upgrades that people regret almost immediately. It's been circulating and growing online. Now, here are a few. The first one, I like subway tile. I don't know why somebody would regret subway tile in a bathroom or a kitchen. Is it just outdated? No. Do it right. Yeah, do it right and you keep it for a long time. Nice colors. Sponge painting. Oh, that's an old school thing. No, no, like the faux. The faux. The sponge painting kind of like. Yeah. That can be covered up. Yeah. That's not that bad. Some of the tile you have to take it off. Oh, that's. Cover it up well. What about this one? The open concept floor plan. Oh. You can't just put up a door. No, I know. You know, it's open. As a friend, I kind of regretted that, too, after moving. The barn door one. I think the whole farm chic look. I like that. I like it still, too. I think some people are regretting that they went all into it, to their kitchen or to certain bathrooms, because they had to have that door as well. And then with the open concept, it's like, yeah, you're cooking, but then it's like, now we all smell like what we're cooking. Yeah, that's true. As opposed to having different rooms. I'm trying to think, what else would you add on? Oh, accent walls. I think some people are kind of regretting some of the accent walls that they've done. It's funny, my sister just got them. She is a new homeowner. And so she just sent us some pictures yesterday. She literally moved in last week. She had some accent walls. So she's not sure if she's going to regret it or not. But you've got to live with it and like it. You like it when you do it. You like it. And I feel like... Out of everything you do, you go through ebbs and flows, and you've kind of even redesigned your own home, you know? It's like things that you may have decorated 10 years ago, now it's time to, you know, except for your apartment, that couch has got to go. Why don't you buy that, you know? Go to Steinhafel's where I was this morning, and you see 130,000 square feet of furniture, and you regret everything that's in your house. My wife and I thought it was a good idea to buy a white shag rug for our new home, and put it in there, and two years Two years later, Charles was born. Not a good idea. How do you stay away from white for any furniture if you're a parent of a youngster? That's funny, man. All right. Speaking of home, home ownership comes with plenty of costs. We know that too well. The new report from Harvard says, you know, a third of homeowners spend more than a third of their income on housing, including routine maintenance and major replacements in their home. I feel targeted. Right? The furnace situation this week. Harvard says spending on homes between 2019 and 2023 Jump from $65 billion to $105 billion. Some factors contributing to the increase include the rise of the average age of the home and lower-income homeowners becoming more likely to live in houses that need more upkeep. Yeah, that's true. We moved into a home that was flipped, and we knew when I say flipped, it was basically cosmetic, right? We didn't see it until afterwards. In other words, new friends. Furnace, new air conditioning, new roof, new, what else did we get? There was some plumbing issues, too. I mean, it was just like one after the other. This is, home ownership's no joke. Yeah. Oh, not at all. That's why I said the other day, I kind of like the idea of having an apartment or condo again because you don't have to do that type of work anymore, you know? There are these tenants who live where I live, and husband and wife, Sent the last kid to college and like, we're tired of home repairs. We're tired of cutting the lawn. We wanted to move back into like, yeah, downsize and make us like live in a space where we didn't need all that we had. That's what they were saying. They took your same mentality. I know that feeling. All right, folks. Well, we can't all have love at first sight. We know that. But the argument for making that second date is still ahead. All right. More of a dating story, if you will. So falling for some... We're talking about falling for someone you're not initially attracted to. Okay, so if you're not feeling the spark on your first date, there may still be a reason for another one. A study done by the Kinsey Institute and Match says the missing spark on date number one does not mean the relationship is dead on arrival. Researchers surveyed 5,000 single people and found that engaging conversations, shared values, and common interests often reshape how we view a potential partner. over time, which, you know, can quietly turn into an underwhelming first impression, which can, I'm sorry, which can quietly turn an underwhelming first impression into a lasting romance. The study says sometimes ambiguity goes a long way here, kind of paving the road to learning more about a person over time, instead of trying to rush into something you're not even sure you want. So I don't, I'm really not ambiguous on date one. No, but I think that there's something to be said for seeing someone that is not necessarily your typical person that you would normally go for, which is an okay thing, but then getting to know them, because sometimes it's their personality, and it should be, that makes you think that they're funny, they're sweet, they're nice, or draws you to them even more, you know? Yeah, I agree. I don't want a beautiful fool, you know? You can't just be pretty with no... I don't know. Knowledge about the world. Substance. There has to be something there. Also, looks can be kind of deceptive upon first meeting, too. You know, you can be all done up. There's that. But also over time, you age and you have to be in love with that individual for the person they are, not for what they look like. And I think that's where it crumbles when it's initially, oh, I'm attracted to this person by looks and looks only. That's superficial. Agreed. All right. How about this? So sneaking snacks into the movies is a longstanding tradition, but if you're doing it on a date night, you may want to consider the optics of it. Yo, tell me why I hung out with this woman, right? And we went to the movies. And before we went to the movies, she said I gave her the egg because I went to the store to get movie snacks. She said, why are you going in there to get snacks when there's already snacks at the movies? I said, baby, because it's cheaper in here. She was like, if you penny-pinching on f***ing movie snacks, then I may not be the woman for you. I mean, okay, look, I think she may have a point here. On a first date, I mean, I'm not saying you're trying to be someone you're not and impress somebody with, I don't know, what looks like you have millions, but I also think, like, come on, it's a first date at a movie theater, just buy the popcorn. My thing with this one is that he went in for snacks for himself. Right? Like he was buying the snacks. I don't think he was buying the snacks for them. I think he was buying the snacks that he liked at the store for himself, and that's a bigger part of it than buying snacks for her. At the movie, you know, like I would probably go hungry then if that's the case, like don't buy the snacks, right? Go hungry for her while you're there. So you have to find the one thing, you know, just I have to agree with the woman. Yeah, I do. So he says he thought her reaction was crazy. And of course, as part of sneaking snacks into the movie is giving a broke vibe. I agree with you, but I do agree with you. I feel like if you're gonna do it then let's do it Yeah, then if we're not you can't afford it, then that's fine. We don't have to go to the movies that right Yeah, you know What about this? What about what about pulling out you're going out to a dinner you pull out a gift card Okay, or say I want to go to this restaurant because you got a $50 gift card and you pull it out and then you You pay for I'm not above bringing a big purse to the movies. I'm not above the gift card. For me, it's the first date for me. That's what it is. It's the first date because I feel like just be who you are, and we don't have to do that. Right, right. Then you don't feel like you have anything to prove. There's no pressure. Yeah, I agree. Yeah, my boy, you messed up on the first date with that. All right, well, this might matter as well because apparently what you eat on that date also does matter. Busy Phillips was recently on Delicious Snacks. podcast where she was asked what her man-repellent date night food would be on a date. The question is a reference to the movie White Chicks, which she starred in alongside Marlon Wayans and Sean Wayans. Her answer, ribs. Uh... I mean, I wouldn't eat ribs on a first date. Is it because it's messy? Well, it's messy. The food's all in your teeth. You can't really communicate well on a first date with a stack of ribs in front of you. But what if the ribs, like, fall off the bone and you can use your fork? I like a good short rib. Yeah. Well, see, now that you can use a fork at night, you know. I mean, unless it's, like, one of her favorite restaurants or something that you're, like, I'm going to bring you to. But I don't know if I'd bring someone for ribs on the first date. I think burnt ends would maybe be the more difficult one because you've really got to get at it. If you want to get the meat off of that, something's coming out of your mouth. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's just a little too messy. That's the fourth person. Tacos are fine. That's fine. It's a little less messy. You want to have conversation. You don't want to be sitting there. They're like, you know. Not with the distractions. The other thing is you don't want to go somewhere that you're not really aware of what kind of food it is. You don't want to go to a Chinese restaurant or you don't want to go get sushi, try to use chopsticks for the first time and you impress somebody and everything's falling off the chopsticks. You don't want to order. Before your date, so to speak. You know, like you're sitting with sauce on your cheek and stuff like that. All over and onto the side. There's no need for that. You don't want somebody to be like this and lick their finger. Oh, no. Did Trigger do that to you? Somebody did that to you. Oh, you may not want to get into that one. We're just going to move on here. That might be a commercial break conversation. Grandma used to do that all the time. She'd lick her finger. Yes, a family member, not somebody outside the family. Not a rando. It wasn't like she'd wipe it off. She'd just rub it in a little bit to get it off, too. That was your family member. Was it? All right, we'll just leave it at that. I'm glad. . In the meantime, do you know someone getting married soon? . . Yeah, well, kind of sounds expensive. That was the most common answer when people over 22 years old were asked to describe modern weddings in a single word. Nearly 70% of people polled said they think weddings feel more like a production than a personal celebration. In fact, nearly half of those surveyed said they'd rather take the money allotted for a wedding and put it toward a savings, investment, or a down payment on a new house. I think that's a great idea. I see more people starting to do that, as well as they're getting married later in life, not like the early 20s where you think you want a big wedding, go big, you know, whatever. I think a lot of people now, down payment on a home or maybe using that money for a reception or like the honeymoon, but not so much the wedding itself. Yeah. I feel like transparency is also probably appreciated when the gift, you know the gift is going towards something bigger for their future. Oh, yeah. You know, I'm more willing to then give monetarily than I would be. If they say they want to go on a nice $25,000 honeymoon, well, that's good for you, but is that the future, or is that for one week of your time? Like, going into a house, I like that. I'm being real and honest about it, yeah. Yeah, that's just me, though. Yeah, no, that's fair. All right. Creating room in your closet. Creating. Sorry. There we go. Creating room in your closet. I'm going to be speaking all morning. Ooh. We're working through this. We told that. Voice is going to go eventually. Tip to create a capsule wardrobe. What is that? Derek is going to find out. I'm out of this one. We're going to create some. We're going to create some. room Timeless interchangeable and attainable. We have the vintage reseller Lauren Sturridge here with some tips to create a capsule wardrobe. Good morning. How are you? Great. Thanks for having me. Looking fabulous. So for folks that don't know, what is a capsule wardrobe? So a capsule wardrobe, basically what it is, it's a compilation of just key pieces in your closet that everyone should have, you know, just really good key quality pieces that you can use to interchange and make multiple outfits. So just either quality items that are just, you know, very simple and then you can kind of mix and match with you know other statement pieces in your wardrobe but really just to hone in on quality and less to create more outfits as trends continue to move. Yeah I agree because also that's going to last you that long time too when you get good quality pieces like this. Let's start with this jacket. I love this color. Yes. Beautiful for fall. So this is all my, I have a very large wardrobe, but this is all, these are all pieces of mine to, you know, to kind of preface everything as thrifted and secondhand. But I really like to focus on good quality fabric. So that is a really great like wool kind of really nice kind of cashmere vintage. Trench, and it's a really nice color just to go with everything, but you could put that over a dress. You could wear it with, you know, jeans and a t-shirt, you know, and tennis shoes. I mean, you can really kind of intermix, but you really want something that is very minimal looking that can be mixed with other things and very neutral tone. And I like the lines on this too, because this is something that's classic and that can go for decades. Very, very timeless. And this is a good material too. It's good and thick. I love this. You can't go wrong too with a white Button down. White button downs honestly are just my go-to. I always grab ones that are either oversized so that way I can put them, you know, tuck them into something, tuck them into a skirt, wear them over leggings, wear them with denim, you know, or anything. Like today I have a button up underneath a dress. You could kind of do whatever you want with those, but it's really the point of just having a classic plain. You know, dress it up, dress it down, put a cami underneath it. You can do a lot with that. There's so many different avenues. You could wear it open. It could be kind of like a jacket, kind of a good pair of denim. I am such a stickler about a good pair of denim. Now, vintage denim is very different than classic denim that you see today. So a lot of the times I gravitate towards vintage denim because it is 100% cotton. And so 100% cotton lasts, it wears with your body, and it is very sustainable. So a good pair of black denim, a good pair of just classic denim. You could even do that with, you know, different types of trousers, you know, so just making sure that you have those staple pieces that are interchangeable that you can wear constantly and create different looks with. So that's kind of what we really hone in on. And I feel like every lady has to own a piece of animal print, just one piece of animal print, right? Yes, animal print is a neutral. I always have said it. So, you know, that is really great to wear with just black. You could wear that with black. You could wear that with a white t-shirt or something, and you could dress that up again or dress it down. And we're in a whole body suit. way of life now. A lot of us are really into bodysuits and so I'll kind of go and make sure that we focus on a good bodysuit. This is Skims, this is a little bit more of an investment piece, you know. A little, but it's a good quality and it lasts you and it goes with so many different things. I like the free flowing cut of this too. I feel like this is a mess. The trousers have come back though. The trousers have come back. You can do a lot with these. All right. What else do we have here? Cardigans. I have a really great, I have a really great piece of cashmere. So, you know, part of the capsule wardrobe is really also focusing on quality and more luxury pieces. So investment pieces. So whether or not they're more expensive, again, all of this is secondhand. So it can be done. You can absolutely find these at the thrift store. store, second-hand stores, but that is a vintage cashmere sweater, and you can kind of intermix that, and it lasts forever. So those are really great to mix as well. Oh, look at this. This is perfect for the holiday. Yep, so a vintage black skirt, perfect with like a sequins top. If you've a work party, you could wear that to work. You could wear that with a blazer over it. You could wear that with a really colorful red satin top. You could do a pop of color with some shoes, but the point of these pieces is really just to be able to create a multitude of looks, to be able to intermix, but just to have I have that one piece that you can switch in and out with. And I'm looking at each one of these pieces as we go along. And some of them, like you said, we can even mix and match together. Yeah. Depending on the event. Oh, this is beautiful. Just a little black dress. I stand by it. Everyone needs a little black dress in their closet. You can layer it. You can put something over it. I mean, it really can be. You know, work appropriate, it can be date night appropriate, you know, girls night appropriate, whatever you want to do. But again, the holidays are coming up. Do a cute little sequined sweater or something over it. Just really great to have these pieces to be able to mix. Oh, this is fabulous. Look at the back of the embellishments on this one. I'm here for it. It's a spin on a classic black blazer that is a vintage blazer, but it has some chainmail on it, which I thought was really fun and funky. And it kind of just gives it a little extra, but definitely a really fun vintage vibe. I did show, I think, yeah, the bodysuit. We have the bodysuit. Oh, I love the cable knit, too. Yep. H&M, just, you know, H&M, very affordable. It doesn't necessarily have to be super expensive, but very affordable H&M. But it goes with everything. Jeans, could wear that with a skirt, could wear that over a dress. A lot of trend now that we see is layering a sweater over a dress and maybe having it belted. Thank you. You know, back to the trousers, a good pair of white. Oh, these are good. Yeah, very, very nice. Good elastic waist, too, with that, too. I love that. High-waisted, very comfortable, very versatile. Dress it up, dress it down. And you can capsule wardrobe seasonally as well. So a good pair of shorts, a good pair of white shorts, a good pair of, you know, things like that. Let's get into the leather jacket, though. This is beautiful. Yeah, so this is a vintage leather. We're obviously into the fall, so this color is beautiful for that. You can wear this with jeans, wear this with dress pants, trousers, a great layering piece as well. So I love this color. It's so rich. All right, get into the bags for me, too. I'm here for a good bag. Yes, okay. So, you know, again, capsule wardrobing could be quality. It could be, you know. You know, whatever you want to do with it, but for me, I love my little Louis Vuitton vintage little pochette here. This goes with everything. It's a good neutral. So, I mean, this was something that I got from a secondhand store years ago. I've kept it in really great condition. And again, it's a luxury item for sure, but it's something that you can continuously wear over and over again and mix it with different outfits. Same thing with like belts and accessories. Having a good leather belt, having, for me, I love wearing chain belts. So just having a good, you know, chain to wrap over a skirt or a dress. I mean, this would totally make this dress pop if you wanted to or just anything, but good classic leather, good metals. I grabbed another bag yesterday. This is beautiful. This gives me like Junie and Berg vibes. Yes, it has a really cool clasp. It's very classic, but again, you could mix it with a statement piece, and it has that cool hardware to where it's still on trend. Really quickly, before we go, you talked about good leather. Let's go to the shoes before we head out. Yes, you absolutely have to have a good pair of boots, whether it's a pair of tan boots, suede boots. You know, a good pair of leather boots, you know, definitely a good pair of like loafers. Also part of capsule wardrobing is a good pair of sneakers, just a classic pair of white sneakers to lounge around in and have that athleisure vibe. You can definitely make sure that you incorporate that into your capsule wardrobing. The whole point is really just to be able to create multiple looks. folks follow you because you give great tips online when it comes to like influencing for wardrobe. Yes, I have had a platform called the pretty broke blonde for years and years. It's so fun. So it's on Instagram and Facebook and I really just love to do looks for less and it's really fun for me. So thank you so much. Great looks. I love this. Adorable. We'll be right back. Thank you. And also give some tips to maybe online. Alright, so every year the Milwaukee Admirals put on a post-game concert series after a few games. Now that lineup is out. So it all starts on February 12th with the UW Badger Band. Then on February 13th, get this, Bret Michaels is taking the stage. So he's going to rock out a show there. And on February 27th... It'll be country musician Dustin Lynch's turn. And May Day Parade will round it all out when Emo Night takes over the Panther Arena on March 27th. It's not unmixed. It sure is. I love that they're giving, you know, a little concert with the game. Yeah, that was a good time. That's cool. Hey, how about this? The Middleton Library has unveiled a new policy when it comes to pet chewing up your books. So in lieu of payment for the item that was destroyed, the library would like to offer you the option of submitting a photo of the beloved culprit. This so-called book annihilator is Gidget. That's his name. The library says she delighted in tearing through the Magic Tree House book. Her owner says when she is not. Shredding books. She is trying to see how many socks she can fit in her mouth and strategically placing them throughout the yard. Oh, man. That's cute. It's like my dog ate my homework. I can't turn it in. Where's the proof? Right. There it is. That's hilarious. All right, Brian. You got it? Oh, that's all you. You got it? All right. All right. So this is one of my favorite events, but they're in need, right? So before Easter, down at Racine, at the museum, They have peep art. And if you've never experienced it, it is some of the most creative art you will see using the peeps. Yes, that is the candy peeps. So if you have what it takes to create art using peeps, Easter may be a ways off. Yeah, right now the Racine Art Museum is putting out a call for artists to put together its famous Peeps exhibition. So it's your opportunity to get paid for your Peeps art proposals need to be submitted by Sunday. As you can see, I mean, there's tough competition here. Dude. But if you're inspired by this little marshmallow type candy and you can incorporate it into something that will stick around more than a week, I guess. And they really don't just kind of fade away. No, they'll rock hard. Everything from jewelry that's made to pumpkins that's a glass. Oh, that's cool. Pumpkin that was made into a peep. I love the creativity that they have there. Prince has my vote. The Prince peep. That was cool. The Prince peep was awesome. Over the course, I mean, I've been to this event probably five times. Oh, really? Yeah, and they do a great job because they're not just from Wisconsin, too. Submissions are brought in from all over. Oh, really? I think they had one two years ago. I haven't been there for a couple of years, but they had one international submission. This woman's from Milwaukee. Yeah, presumably. Presumably. Is that our vote? Yeah. Do you like that one? Good job, Julie. Yeah. Julie did her thing. Those might be from last year, I would guess. Yeah. But yeah, I always wanted to do one. I don't know if this is the year. What would you make? I would make one out of Lego. Okay, make a Lego peep. Yeah, and then make a, you know, like maybe it's a peep monster or something like that. Oh, I could see that. The head comes off and then there's little peeps popping out of the head. I love that. You really thought about that. I could see that. No, no, I didn't. I just had some medicine. Thanks, Jason. When you're on prescriptions. You're having fever dreams about fever. I've got cold sweats coming. Guys, I've got ideas. We made it, guys. We made it. We made it. We'll see you Monday. One day.