#MilwaukeeAbides Lebowskifest Begins

Lebowskifest-- Milewaukee begins today with "a liquid lunch" of White Russians at the Pabst Theater downtown, which will be followed by a free showing of The Big Lebowski in Cathedral Square, and music by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down tonight, as well as a Lebowski-Oke Karaoke party at the Newsroom Pub (across from Pabst Theater).

The fans showed up dressed like characters from the movie, which was funny. and fun to see folks very much into the spirit of the thing. And there was a little live music, which was done by the time I got there at 1:30pm.
The White Russian at Pabst Theater was very nice, smooth, creamy and well balanced with both the Mexican and the Russian part.  It was outstanding, really.

The photo here shows the remaining festivities, including Bowling night on Saturday at AMF Lanes on 7505 Oklahoma Avenue, in MKE.  That'll last until 2am, and will be followed by a "Hangover brunch" at some very nice places, run by the Lowlander restaurant Group places, including Benlux in the Third Ward.

For ongoing detail, I'll be looking to #MilwaukeeAbides on teh twitter...