It’s no secret that I have a lot of love for the city of Milwaukee and have debatably overdone it with wearing multiple local apparel items at one time (a Milwaukee branded hat, a t-shirt, and even a hoodie… a walking promotional billboard for the city). [Read more…] about 10 Apparel Companies to Get Your Milwaukee Gear From
Blog
50 Milwaukee Foodie Influencers on Instagram
A foodie can be a variety of things, anything from someone who enjoys cooking a variety of food from home to traveling the world to try what’s authentic to that area to the social media influencer that knows how to capture the perfect picture (or video) to make their followers hungry. The commonality is the perceived love for food. [Read more…] about 50 Milwaukee Foodie Influencers on Instagram
10 Places for Wings in Milwaukee (with Dude Foods)
I have wanted to do a collaboration with Nick of DudeFoods.com for a while now, we met a few years back at one of my HashtagMKE events. It became clear very quickly that Nick knows a lot about food (and content creation)! We were recently chatting about how I wanted to update a few of my lists on TikTok and landed on putting together a list of places for wings in Milwaukee.
[Read more…] about 10 Places for Wings in Milwaukee (with Dude Foods)
10 Bars to Grab a Mocktail in Milwaukee (with Erik Kennedy)
What exactly is a mocktail? It’s a casual way to refer to a non-alcoholic cocktail. It’s also an inclusive way to offer a beverage option to those that are not drinking. This could be for a number of reasons, such as they’re the designated driver or they just don’t drink alcohol. Or perhaps they’re trying to save some money (mocktails are quite affordable!). [Read more…] about 10 Bars to Grab a Mocktail in Milwaukee (with Erik Kennedy)
10 Places to Get Asian Food in Milwaukee with Alexa Alfaro
Back in May during Milwaukee’s first-ever Asian Restaurant Week (May 16-22, 2021) put together by ElevAsian, I expressed on a TikTok that I didn’t realize Indian cuisine was considered Asian food. I know, I know, cringe. I get it! Asia is a HUGE continent with so much culture spanning across many countries and regions. But up until that video, when I thought of where to go for Asian food, my tendency was to think of Chinese, Korean, or Japanese restaurants first.
[Read more…] about 10 Places to Get Asian Food in Milwaukee with Alexa Alfaro
10 Milwaukee Dive Bars to Pull Up a Stool at (with Dives of Wisconsin)
I recently connected with Scott Small, one of the founders of Dives of Wisconsin (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook), and collaborated on a TikTok to feature 5 dive bars in Milwaukee. TikToks are intended to be short and sweet, so there isn’t much room to expand (while maintaining interest) so I invited Scott to also help me create a more complete list of dive bars. The first 5 are my picks and the last 5 are his.
[Read more…] about 10 Milwaukee Dive Bars to Pull Up a Stool at (with Dives of Wisconsin)
150 Million GIF Views and Counting (How to Make GIFs)
Did you know you can get verified on GIPHY of all places? If you’re able to get approved for either an Artist account or a Brand account, the GIFs you upload will be searchable worldwide!
On May 30, 2018, I managed to get approved for an Artist account and have gone from the 8 GIFs I originally submitted to 259 uploads amassing 160.2M views. [Read more…] about 150 Million GIF Views and Counting (How to Make GIFs)