I got off the plane and Tracy picked me up in her bumper-sticked car. I got grilled cheese at Milwaukee’s famous Alterra and we went to her house where I finally met Miss Moe, who I’ve been following on Twitter.

Other events of the weekend:

Snow angels, Rock Band on the Wii, Boggle, Scrabble, random hugging, lots of dancing, a private group tour of Lakefront Brewery, co-cooking, lunch at Hooligan’s which was sponsored by Seesmic (thank you, Seesmic!), writing on the basement wall, lots of drinking (of course!), football in the snow, sing-a-longs, hookah smoking, epic amounts of photography, and serious conversations about firewire cables. There were also a zillion things that happened that made everyone bond, and that’s such a good feeling.

This city is so cool; everyone is so friendly! There was a table of old ladies at a diner we went to, and when they saw that we were a large group with no where to sit, they moved to a smaller table so we could have theirs. That would NEVER happen in New York! They were excited when I told them where I lived, and told me proudly, “We’re Obama supporters!”, which made all of us deeply happy.

Oh Milwaukee. If you weren’t so cold I would move to you.

(sidenote: I made a last minute decision to go to SXSW, and others did, too. If you’re planning to attend, get in touch. We’ll hang, and it will be awesome.)