- I am on East
Silver Spring Drive
in a suburb of Milwaukee I love.
This is Whitefish Bay.
(whimsical instrumental music)
(birdsong)
(waves crashing)
Okay, this is kind
of unbelievable.
Look at the bike path
John Gurda is on today.
John, is that a bike path?
[Gurda] It could use
some development.
- It could.
Tell me that this is
gotta be Whitefish Bay.
- This is the actual bay, John.
And it forms a nice
scallop in the shoreline
of Lake Michigan.
- Yeah.
- [Gurda] And it used to
be filled with whitefish,
so the name makes sense.
Early on, Milwaukeeans
came out here
for both the scenery
and the fish.
Back in 1872, right over here,
a toll road called the
Lake Turnpike opened,
and now it's Lake Drive.
And it was busy all
during the summer months
and the main
attraction was the path
to Whitefish Bay
Resort that opened
just a few blocks north
of here back in 1889,
and they sold beer,
they had live music,
they had a small Ferris wheel,
and their specialty was
plank dinners of whitefish
fresh from the bay.
So they would go through
600 pounds in a good week.
Some people from Milwaukee
came out here by land,
they took their own
carriages or the streetcar.
You could also
get here by water.
There was a small line
of excursion steamers,
including one called
the Bloomer Girl
that sailed from downtown
to a dock right here,
right at the foot of the bluff,
and the round-trip
fare was a quarter,
but bikes were free.
So I would've been covered.
- You would have been covered.
- That's right,
comin' up this hill.
- How long did it last?
- The resort closed in 1917.
- Oh, geez.
- And the land was subdivided
and covered with mansions,
and that was the start
of Whitefish Bay's
first residential boom.
The village actually
goes back to 1892,
but that was premature.
It wasn't until
the 'teens and 20s
that Whitefish Bay became
part of this corridor
of affluence that goes
back to Prospect Avenue,
Lake Drive, Shorewood,
Whitefish Bay,
and then on into
Fox Point, Bayside,
and eventually Mequon.
And the attraction
was pretty clear here.
You've got a lakefront setting
within 15 minutes of
downtown Milwaukee.
So one promoter back in
1892 said the great line.
He said, "One sweet,
cool breath off the lake
"is worth the price of a lot
"and the scenery is
absolutely free."
So people flocked out here.
The population jumped
from fewer than a thousand
in 1920 to more
than 5,000 in 1930.
- [McGivern] Who were the
people that lived here?
- [Gurda] Pretty much business
leaders, professionals,
a handful of beer barons,
the Uihlein mansion
just up the drive here is still
one of the biggest houses
in Milwaukee County.
So that first wave
was pretty much
along the lake bluff.
The west side took
awhile to catch up.
Not until after World War II,
and that was better
roads, more cars.
So people moved out
here by the thousands
and that was more kind of
a middle-income settlement.
Nice houses, but not
quite the mansions
here on Lake Drive.
The other thing that
happened after World War II
was Silver Spring emerged
as Whitefish Bay's
downtown and you
had landmarks like
Winkie's variety
store, Sendik's Foods,
the Fox Bay Theater, all
date from that period.
So they're all still there.
- [McGivern] And that's
after World War II.
- [Gurda] After
World War II, yep.
- [McGivern] Yeah. Population?
- [Gurda] About 14,000 and
it's kind of an older crew
where the median age
is just under 40.
- [McGivern] Is that right?
And the boundaries?
- [Gurda] On Whitefish
Bay and bordered
by Glendale on the west,
Fox Point on the north,
and Shorewood on the south.
- [McGivern] It's a beautiful
suburb of Milwaukee.
- [Gurda] It's still
a fine place to live.
- [McGivern] It sure is.
And are you going to
go back down the trail?
- I don't think so.
- 'Cause I want to sit
on those handlebars
for that one, come on.
- You wouldn't
come back up, John.
- Thanks John.
- See ya.
- See you next time.
Whitefish Bay, if
you're at the lake
coming west on Silver Spring,
you're gonna go past
Winkie's, then the Fox Bay,
then St. Monica's church.
Then you'll go past
Dominican High School
where my brother Timmy went,
and then you'll end
up at Bayshore Mall,
but that's not Whitefish Bay.
That's Glendale,
which is why we're
not covering it.
Whitefish Bay,
East Silver Spring.
So I decided I'm gonna
do Sendik's Express.
Do you know what that is?
You go over to the
http://www.sendiks.com
and you can order the food
and they will bring
it to the car.
I love this.
I need some olive oil.
- [Female] Sendkik's
extra virgin olive oil.
- [John] Hickory smoked bacon.
- [Employee] Smoked bacon.
- [John] Avocado.
I love the fact
that your customer
can have a great
shopping experience
without even coming
into the store.
You are a personal shopper.
- I am.
At Sendik's.
Tell me how it works.
- So people just place
their order online,
they go to our website.
Then we just carefully
handpick their items,
pack it carefully
and then they come
to one of our designated
parking places outside.
Give us a text and we come
out with their groceries.
Time is very valuable right now.
A lot of people don't have that.
We have working
mothers and people
who have fresh
surgeries who's not able
to walk as well in the store.
- Yeah.
- So it does make
a lot of things
convenient for them.
- I love your job.
And 15 years you've been here.
- 15 years, and you
know you develop
a lot of relations
with these customers.
You know what they like,
and then it became more
than just a job to me.
It's actually a
second home for me,
and you know we family
and so you wanna make sure
that you want the best
for your family
and that's what we plan to
do with these customers.
- Yeah.
Let's first talk about
history of this place.
- [Female] Sure.
- Because this is
what I heard about it.
That it opened in 1932.
- Correct.
- And that it's the
longest operating business
in Whitefish Bay.
- In Whitefish Bay, yep.
- And you bought
it 11 years ago?
- Correct.
I merged Regina's
Cheesecake with Bay Bakery,
so there's more
wholesale, more retail,
walk-in traffic.
- A lot of people know
you for your wedding cakes
as well.
- Sure, we have everything.
French pastries, cake
pops, nonpareils.
We have the donuts,
the cut-out cookies.
We do it all.
- [John] Did you make this?
- [Employee] Yes.
- [John] You did good.
- [Megan] Everything
is made from scratch.
- [John] So if you
wanted a treat,
what would you have from here?
- [Megan] Oh, the cheesecake.
- Oh really?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- And the recipe
- That's my favorite.
- Is that recipe from...
- It's original from the
original owner of Regina's.
And the Bay Bakery
items from long ago,
those were not changed as well.
It's important to
keep tradition.
- [John] Yeah.
- [Megan] Yeah.
- [John] So if I were to take
a slice of that cheesecake,
can you tell me what am
I getting calorie-wise?
Do you know any that like...
- [Megan] Oh, no.
- [John] No? (laughs)
Good, thank you.
An intimate apparel store
in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.
What do you sell her?
- I sell foundations
from size 30 to 46H.
This is a G.
- And do you do the
fitting here, as well?
- Yes.
- 'Cause isn't that
the most important--
- I'm a fit specialist, yes.
- Very good.
- So.
- I might work with
you maybe 20 minutes
and we'll find something
that will work for you.
- And are people surprised
when you fit them correctly
and they're like, I had
no idea that was my size.
- Your clothes looks
good, you look smaller,
and everything fits right.
- You sell foundations?
- Yes.
- You also sell loungewear,
or sleepwear?
- Yes.
- Loungewear,
sleepwear, and robes.
- How did this happen?
- (Laughs) I don't know.
I moved here from
Ethiopia and, you know,
I needed a bra.
- So Meseret, you're
telling me that
you could not find
a bra in Milwaukee?
- I didn't.
- The name Minoan came from...
- Oh, Minoan are the
first civilization
that did, you know, they did
it with bone and leather.
- So they had foundations.
- Yes, they did.
They knew they needed
something to help,
lift their...
- How many stylists?
- [Male] We have four
stylists full time,
as well as Michael, the
owner, to manicurists
and a facialist.
They are all employees,
which is a bit unusual
in this day and age.
- It sure is.
- But we are a
small family here,
and it's a nice group.
- It's sizable, the salon
and the boutique together.
Are there other
businesses like this?
- I think this is
something that just
kind of evolved.
Michael would bring
back a couple of items.
It started as a small group
of handbags that he did
more or less as a
favor to clients.
Oh, you're going to New
York, bring this back for me.
And it just evolved from there
and got larger and larger.
Jewelry, clothing.
- [John] It's everything.
Price wise, is there
reasonable stuff?
- [Vito] Price wise, that
is our claim to fame.
- Oh, it is?
- I mean, we try to
be very affordable,
as low as $15 for
a pair of earrings
to $69 for the most
expensive necklace.
- Okay Vito, I did a show
called Shear Madness.
- Yes, I heard about that.
- So I think that I
could be of help to you.
- Okay.
- Would you hire me?
To camera.
- Absolutely, in a moment.
- He's full of crap (laughs)
How often are you doing this?
Is it every day?
- [Male] Yep, five days a week.
We collect around
15,000 pounds a day.
Some people just bring it out.
- [John] And some don't?
- Yep.
- And they don't have to?
- No, it is a backyard service.
We actually go to a
lot of the back yards
and lift a can into my can,
and then dump into the truck.
- Do you get to
know these people?
- Yes, I do see the same people
almost every week.
People actually come
out and greet us
every single week.
- They do?
- Yep, I know 'em by name.
They know me by name.
- So you're a
sanitation engineer?
- Yes.
- That's what you do.
- Yep, or garbage man.
- How many households of garbage
are in this truck right now?
- Almost 220.
- 220.
- Yep.
- Are you surprised at
what people throw away?
- Yes I am.
My latest find was a pair
of Ray-Ban sunglasses
- Those were mine.
- I looked 'em up,
they were $229.
- But usually it's pretty
much garbage, isn't it?
- Yes.
- Excellent, see
here, he's hiring.
I wanted to introduce
you to somebody
who works on the show.
She does all the
content on the show,
so you never see her,
but she lives in
this neighborhood
and she lives in this house,
but she didn't really
wanna talk to us.
- [Homeowner] Hey,
no solicitation!
- That's Dee, okay,
at least wave.
Oh, that's her. (laughs)
I am so thrilled
to be in the home
of someone you recognize.
This is part of our Milwaukee
Public Television family.
Alamelu, how are you?
I'm fine, namaste, welcome.
- And to you, too, thank you.
And thank you for
inviting us to your house.
- Oh, I'm so thrilled.
- Talk about living in this
community of Whitefish Bay,
can you do that?
- Oh, I love Whitefish Bay.
- You should.
- Right, ever since
my husband became
an assistant professor at UWM
we have been living
in this home.
The neighbors are wonderful
and of course we
have two children
and they were born
and raised here.
- Can we talk about your book?
Grab your book for a second.
- Sure.
- It went through
several printings, John,
and my coauthor, oh, I got
to mention my coauthor.
- Oh, you might as well.
- Yeah.
(laughs)
- My coauthor is Dr.
Patricia Marquardt.
She's my next-door neighbor.
When I was cooking,
she and her husband
would smell the
aroma and Pat said,
"Alamelu, I want
to learn cooking."
It was nice, here
in Whitefish Bay.
That's one of the
reason I did not move.
- [John] There's
some spice in there.
- Yes.
- But it's not hot spice.
- Okay.
- It's spicy, it's nice.
- Yes.
- I got the curry
powder from Penzeys
in Whitefish Bay.
They have very
good curry powder.
- [John] Residents?
- [Female] Born and raised here.
- Is that right?
- Yep.
- [John] Born and
raised in the village?
- [Female] Yep.
- [John] Has it changed much?
What's the best about it?
- [Female] I think it's
actually pretty much
stayed the same.
There's always been
that sense of community,
people are willing
to help each other.
I mean, people
have changed in it,
but people have grew
up here, they left,
and they came back.
I just think that the
community has a lot of offer
and it's just continued
to get more energetic.
- [John] Yeah, and your son,
this is the only
home he's known.
- [Male] Correct.
- [John] Which is so
great, I love that.
Do you work in Whitefish Bay?
- I do, I actually
I'm the president
of the Business
Improvement District.
- Oh, you are?
This is what I've heard
about this community.
I've heard that there's
100 actual business sites
and 350 businesses in this
community of Whitefish Bay?
- [Jeff] I think
that sounds correct.
And there's so much
opportunity to shop
right here in this community,
and people from outside
should look at Whitefish Bay
as a shopping district, as well.
- [John] Yeah.
- [Katie] And it's
easy to get to.
I mean you can walk,
you can ride your bike.
You could even take the bus.
- [John] Thanks for
taking the time with us.
If this is what
Whitefish Bay is,
it's a great, great village.
- She is Whitefish Bay.
(all laugh)
- [John] So this
is the busy corner?
- [Female] Yeah,
there's usually timing
for when all the cars come.
- [John] When all
the kids get out.
And do the parents pick
them up right here, too?
- [Male] Yeah,
it's a nice stream.
- [John] Is there a head cadet?
- [Female] Not really.
- No, Kathleen, you are today.
- Say yes, I'm the head cadet.
- I'm the head cadet.
- That's good.
- [Male] There we go.
- And how long have
you been a cadet?
- [Kathleen] It's all clear.
I've been a cadet since the
beginning of sixth grade.
- [John] So for two full years.
Do you just volunteer
to be a cadet?
- [Male] Yes, it is a volunteer.
You know, we have wonderful kids
that like to serve the
rest of the school.
And it is a really busy
corner, it's a safety thing,
and it's huge for us
and we really appreciate
how hard they work.
They have to be here early,
you have to be here at 7:30.
- [John] I love the
fact that you told me
you have 200 kids
in this school.
If anybody was interested
in parochial education
in Whitefish Bay, is there room?
- [Male] Absolutely, come
take a tour tomorrow.
- And there you go.
I love these Whitefish
Bay neighborhoods
and guess who lives here?
Ted!
(whimsical music)
(laughs) Ted Perry.
- John McGivern.
- How are you?
- [Ted] What a pleasant and
totally unplanned surprise.
How are you?
- How are you?
- What's going on?
Welcome to the happy village.
- You live in Whitefish Bay.
- I do, I do.
You've been to my
hometown of Baraboo.
- We have.
- I have two hometowns.
I have one, Mahomet, Illinois,
which is a suburb of Chicago,
where I lived before
my family moved
to Baraboo.
And I think Whitefish Bay
is the perfect
combination of both.
A suburb that really does,
and I know you've
heard this a lot,
really does feel
like a small town.
- Yeah.
You've got a family of five
and you chose to live
in Whitefish Bay.
- [Male] A lot of
people's experience
with Whitefish Bay is
driving up and down
Lake Drive.
- [John] Right.
- [Male] And there
are some beautiful,
magnificent homes.
But the reality is, the
majority of the neighborhood
is pretty normal.
They're not big, magnificent
houses lining every block,
but it's just families
who have chosen
to live here.
- [Female] Everything's
so walkable,
and it's a phenomenal
feeling, I mean.
- [Male] Ready?
- [Female] I mean, how
can you beat the lake?
Having something like
this in our backyard
and you have access to
it every single day.
It's amazing.
- [John] You are Lake
Michigan swimmers.
- [Male] We are, indeed.
Typically mid-May
we'll start swimming
in the lake,
and then we'll go until
usually the end of October.
- [John] How long have
you been doing it, Sandie?
- I've been doing
it about 10 years.
You know, all of us work.
We come down here at
6 a.m. in the morning
and it's like a little vacation.
A lot of mornings
it's just beautiful.
Crystal-clear water,
smooth, calm lake.
You get 30, 40 minutes
in, maybe an hour,
then you come out and
you're ready for the day.
The biggest
misperception of the lake
is that it's polluted and dirty.
Nothing could be
further from the truth.
Here in Lake Michigan, you
can be in 20-feet water
and you can see the
sandy bottom below you.
It's like the Caribbean.
- [John] People are
laughing at you right now,
you realize that.
You're like, "It's
the Caribbean!"
- [Sandie] It is.
- You did not just say that.
- It is, though, honest.
- [Sandie] A lot of days, when
you have really flat water
and really clear water
and you're swimming
in 20 feet of water,
you have this feeling
that you're not in water.
That you're actually flying.
We've had people who are
national champion swimmers,
former Navy SEALs, but
we also have people who
when they come down
here the first time,
they got tough time going
over a hundred yards.
A lot of 'em have
become real regulars.
(all exclaiming)
- [Male] Cramp!
- [John] Growing up on the
east side of Milwaukee,
we always prayed that
my mom would get us
in the Rambler station
wagon and come up
to Whitefish Bay to
come to Winkie's.
We should put our crew
in these, shouldn't we?
Can you describe the store,
this department-type store?
- [Employee] Well, it
started in 1964 here
as a variety store, or a
five and dime, actually
and it evolved over the
years into more of a
gift and a neighborhood
store for everyone.
The first floor here is
more gift and Hallmark
and the candy department,
and the lower level is more
of the toys and housewares.
- [Female] We have
school supplies.
- [Tom] Art supplies, as well.
- [Female] Yes, classic toys.
Just a little bit of everything.
People say, "Don't ever
stop selling this."
- [John] Oilcloth, Lord,
this brings me back.
Look at this.
There's something
about this place
that holds tight to your heart
if you knew this growing up.
- [Female] Oh, for sure.
And then we hear the
story over and over
and over again.
They came here as a child
and they're bringing
their children here,
or their grandchildren here.
And it is definitely a
story that many people
have and like to share
when they come in.
- I've gotta pick this up.
It's a coloring
book for all ages,
and it's Whitefish Bay.
You're not gonna find this
anywhere but at Winkie's.
(drumline music)
(whistle)
- [John] Whitefish Bay?
- Home of the Blue Dukes?
- Blue Dukes, good.
- And we're talking
Whitefish Bay baseball.
- Great, for a
couple of reasons.
A lot of success here at
baseball in Whitefish Bay.
Guys like Kevin James,
Charlie Marks, and David Casey
all play at a really high level.
70 kids tried out for this
team for Jay Wojcinski
who runs the program.
Nine-year head coach
- One, two, three, Dukes.
- [Mike] And when you talk
to the North Shore Conference
they're in the conversation
to win it every year.
Really strong youth
program, Junior Dukes,
all of that.
It's a good program.
Second reason I
wanted to be here,
we are here at Craig Counsell
Field at Cahill Park.
And this park is like no
other in high school baseball.
- [John] That's cool.
- [Mike] They call
it the Wrigley Field
of high school baseball parks.
- Do they?
- Because it's so unique.
- [Mike] Other teams
wanna come here and play,
do a great job when
the grills get goin',
the baseball starts playin',
neighbors from all over
come out and watch it.
- [John] It's a great
place, right in the middle
of the town.
Right in the middle
of the neighborhood.
- Yeah, it's an awesome place.
- Home of the Blue Dukes.
- Home of the Blue Dukes.
- And we're going for
the Blue Dukes tonight.
- Good to see you.
- Thanks Mike.
- Thanks John.
- I've been to a
lot of Main Streets
in Wisconsin, and you
know what I've noticed
about Main Street Whitefish Bay?
A lot of benches.
One, two, three,
four, five benches.
I guess Whitefish Bay
wants you to come,
sit, and stay awhile.
Let's talk about what
people come here for.
Why do people show
up in City Market?
- [Male] Well, they show
up because it's fresh.
It's 100% homemade every day.
- [Waiter] Did you
have the Santa Fe?
- Please.
- [Male] We work 24 hours a day.
Scratch bread making,
scratch salad dressing.
Homemade tortilla strips,
scratch pies, salads,
and fruit salads
and orange juice.
- [Female] We have a
little bit of everything.
There's a kid's menu.
There's really nice,
fresh salads, sandwiches.
Hot sandwiches,
specialty sandwiches.
A little bit for everybody.
Lot of vegetarian and a
couple of vegan items,
as well.
- [Jeff] There have been
some tricks we've played.
We turned some of
our items into vegan,
but we didn't tell people.
- Yes.
- [John] You didn't tell people.
- [Annette] No.
- Because we don't
want 'em to say,
"I don't want a vegan
chocolate muffin."
Our vegan chocolate
muffin was better
than our normal
chocolate muffin.
- [John] There's three
stores now that are open
that are your stores.
- [Annette] Right.
I was waiting to get
into Whitefish Bay
because there's a pulse here.
- [John] There is, and
you're in a great corner.
You open these doors every
morning at what time?
- [Jeff] 6:30.
- At 6:30.
- Yeah.
- [Jeff] People who come at 6:30
or the people who
come at 9:30 or 10.
You have some of the retired
crowd that comes in here.
They'll actually play Scrabble.
- [Annette] Yeah.
- At the back table.
- [Annette] We have
a big enough space.
- Is lined up playing
Scrabble, different groups.
- [John] They should.
- We could not do Whitefish Bay
without doing Pandl's.
So this business
opened what year?
- [Female] In 1915.
When you think of a restaurant
being 100 years old,
in same location,
in the same family.
That's really different.
- Amazing.
- [John] Yes, it is.
You've been around this
business for how long?
- Since '51.
- And what's your favorite
thing on the menu?
- Probably the whitefish.
- The whitefish.
What do people come here to eat?
- I think mostly the whitefish
and wiener schnitzel
and the German pancakes.
I think those are
probably the top three.
- [John M.] It's beautiful.
- [John P.] Yeah, and then
you just serve it right away
because it starts to
collapse almost immediately.
- [John M.] Do you put
butter on it first?
- Butter is first, a
little maple syrup.
- And then this entire
cup of powdered sugar?
- The whole thing.
- Okay (laughs)
And have those three items
been on the menu for awhile?
- [John P.] As long
as I can remember.
- Is that right.
- Yeah, the nice thing
about the whitefish
is that it's not fishy,
and the way we serve
it it has no skin.
- And it tastes great.
And is it neighborhood people?
- Well, it's neighborhood,
but people drive a lot farther
than they used to.
People will come 20,
30, 40, 50 miles.
- It's kind of a sin (mumbles)
It's delicious.
Isn't it funny how
something that you've known
your whole life and now
people are like, it's iconic.
This is something
Milwaukee loves.
- [Elaine] Well than you.
- [John] When did you open this?
- [Male] We opened
it in April of 2000.
- [John] It's been here
forever though, hasn't it?
- [Male] 1951, it
opened in February.
When the business was built
it was the first business open.
- [John] Talk about the concept
and talk about what happens.
- [Brian] The concept is a
restaurant movie theater.
This isn't your normal
sit-down-and-eat restaurant.
The way we have to
do it is different.
We have to take all the
orders at the same time
from everybody.
So 85% of our food is hand food.
- [John] Oh, that's good.
- We do wraps,
chicken caesar wraps,
burgers, a lot of
different appetizers.
- [John] And it's
full-service bar.
- [Brian] Full-service bar.
But everything can be ordered
in the theater,
too, from waitstaff.
We still get first-time
customers all the time,
and then they go,
oh, it's more roomy
and the sight lines are great
and you're really right,
that it wasn't
disturbing and all.
- [John] Film wise
it's all first run.
- [Brian] All first run, all
state-of-the-art digital.
We were the first
independent theater
in the state of
Wisconsin to go digital.
- [John] Who's your audience?
Is it mostly
Whitefish Bay people?
- [Brian] Well, no, we draw
from a pretty wide range
and we have people,
regular customers.
They don't come as often,
to come all the way from Racine.
- [John] Sure.
Hey, do you wanna hear a little
Around the Corner with
John McGivern secret?
You know, Around the
Corner is produced
by Milwaukee Public
Television in Milwaukee.
So my favorite communities
are all of those
that we shoot that are 20
minutes from my front door.
So Whitefish Bay, I love it.
Float Life, this is your
instrument of floating.
- [Male] This is our
Evolution Float Pod.
What it actually
enables you to do
is you can step in.
There's about 10 inches
of water in there
and almost 1,000
pounds of Epsom salts.
And what we add on top
of it at Float Life
is a sensory
deprivation experience
and what you end up
getting is complete removal
from all the
different stimulation
that's always around us
every day of our life,
so you're not getting
hit with cell phones,
you're not getting hit
with advertisements,
you're not getting hit
with any of those things
that build up a lot of
anxiety throughout the day.
- [John] And you thought
that Whitefish Bay
would be a great
place to operate this.
- [Tyler] There's definitely
a market for it here
and there's a desire
everywhere for people
to get rid of some
of those stresses.
- [John] What's it feel like,
and how long does it
take to feel like that?
- Just a few minutes for me.
I think that once I'm in
for a couple of minutes
and everything kind of goes away
from the outside world.
And it's dark, and it's
quiet, and it's warm.
And I just hear
my heart beating.
I walk out and I feel
so much more relaxed
and at peace both
physically and mentally.
And I absolutely
put so many things
into a different
perspective for me.
- [John] Wow.
And it's the hour in here.
- [Megan] Absolutely.
- [John] Yeah.
If you walked in
and looked around,
you would say, "Oh,
it's a travel store
"for anything you
need to travel."
There's luggage here,
there's attache cases.
But there's also a collection
of gifts that you have.
- [Female] Indeed, and
everything to outfit
the world traveler.
You have your passport, your ID.
So if you need a plug
to plug into Botswana,
I'll have it.
Actually we have plugs
for every country
in the world and two planets.
So a lot of people
still thinkin'
they can just use
their old plugs,
but with all the
electronics we have now,
you have to have
a surge protector.
The reason why this
store is so great,
he had to think almost
everybody that's coming in here,
and they're going somewhere.
- [John] Take a look at this.
This is amazing.
Three pair of
pants, nine shirts.
- [Jo Ann] And so
they're very excited,
and this actually starts
he beginning of their trip.
- [John] And it fits
right into your carry on.
Shut it up.
- [Jo Ann] So I want to
make this the first part
of your trip as
fun as their trip.
And we have clothes.
So we have underwear
that you wear.
- That was the last thing
I thought you'd say.
(laughs)
- Underwear.
- We have underwear!
And what kind of underwear?
- They literally dry in hours.
- This is what's going
to happen if somebody
comes to visit.
I didn't know I needed this.
(laughter)
I don't think that the
heartbeat of this community
has ever changed.
It's about neighborhoods,
it's about family.
I love Whitefish Bay.
You have 30 seconds to tell us
why Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
is the best place in the world
to live, work, and play.
And Village President,
you can start now.
- Thank you.
Whitefish Bay is
great, I love it here.
The sense of community
is just phenomenal.
Kids walk everywhere,
we have Sendik's,
we have Silver Spring.
You walk to coffee,
groceries, the beaches.
We have two beaches
and kids bike there,
walk there, play there.
The schools are phenomenal.
The sense of
education is really important
to the residents here.
But speaking of the residents,
we have hundreds and
hundreds of volunteers.
- [John] Julie, you're
done, that's it,
that's all we need,
Julie, thank you.
That is such a good show.
Have you every seen that show?
(laughter)
- Don't come too close.
- This isn't your
show, Alamelu, okay.
Just so you know.
(laughter)
You're not calling
the shots today.
- [Male] Really.
We're on right now.
(laughter)
- [Ted] Okay, you
gonna get that?
No no, you know what,
like every other one
from the last three
years, I'll get it.
- I have no idea,
I've been talking bras
all morning.
- [Male] Is Mork here?
- [Male] My
generation will laugh.
- [Narrator] This episode is
made possible through funding
provided by the Greater
Milwaukee Foundation's
Ernest C. And Florence
M. Schocke Fund.
The Greater
Milwaukee Foundation,
inspiring philanthropy,
serving donors,
and strengthening communities
now and for the future.
- [Announcer] The We
Energies Foundation
is proud to support
Milwaukee Public Television.
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