Social Activities
Denise Kremel
Payment Options for all events (unless otherwise noted):

1. Online Registration with Credit Card payment
2. In person with completed Event Coupon and credit card or check
3. By mail, send completed Event Coupon with check to Event Leader

Please sign up online for all events.
Log-in with your email and Vagabond password to sign up and pay with your credit card.

 

Vagabonds Milwaukee Gold Coast Tour Monday, May 18
$135 per person
 Start the day with a tour of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum overlooking Lake Michigan. The museum, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by David Adler in 1923, features fine and decorative arts dating back to the 15th through 18th centuries. A beautiful experience.

The drive continues with viewing other Milwaukee mansions.

Lunch is included at Sobelmans on St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee.

At registration, you have a choice of:
1) Classic Fish Fry: four pieces of beer-battered cod with coleslaw, macaroni salad, rye bread and tartar sauce.
2) Famous Burger Melt: hamburger with cheddar cheese topped with fried onions on marble rye bread served with fries and a pickle.
3) Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich: grilled chicken with ham and Swiss cheese served with fries and a pickle.

All entrees include a non-alcoholic beverage.

Cash bar to enjoy a Sobelman’s famous Bloody Mary or other alcoholic beverages.

After lunch, we’re off to the Milwaukee Boat Line for a sightseeing tour. Explore Milwaukee’s past and present from our rivers, harbors and Lake Michigan during a 90-minute tour. Enjoy a unique perspective of Milwaukee’s history and architecture. Live narration is provided by experienced and entertaining tour guides and the captain. The boat will have indoor and outdoor seating.

We depart at 9:45 a.m. from State Fair Park & Ride, 77th Street & Adler Avenue, NE corner of the fairgrounds. Estimated return at 4:40 p.m. $135 includes gratuities for lunch, driver and guide, but not the cash bar. This day trip is open to Vagabonds and a guest (limit of 50 people).

ySIGN UP ONLINE (preferably) DEADLINE to sign up is APRIL 10 – Make your lunch choice at sign-up. Questions: Contact Mary Beth Braun at (262) 443-7291 or marybbraun4@gmail.com.

 

 

Spring Style Show  •  May 14
Golden Mast Inn, Okauchee Lake
The Oconomowoc Hospital Auxiliary will again host a Spring Style Show at the beautiful Golden Mast Inn on Okauchee Lake on Thursday, May 14.

Schedule: 11 a.m. – Social hour and Shopping Gift Box Boutique Noon – Luncheon 1 p.m. – Style Show.

yFive boutiques will be modeling. Tickets are $67.50. Last day to sign up is April 23. Call Lavonne Grenlie at (262) 542-2004.

 

Brewers game • 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 30
Take the shuttle!
This year’s Vagabond outing to watch the Milwaukee Brewers will be at 6:40 p.m. June 30 against Cincinnati. Our seats will be in Loge Infield Box Section 214. We will meet beforehand at McGinn’s Sports Bar, 5901 W. Bluemound Road. Buy a drink or an entrée to get a ticket for the McGinn’s shuttle. Come early to get a table and enjoy dinner with your Vagabond friends.

yTickets are $33.50 and will be handed out at McGinn’s by 5:30 p.m.

Sign up by June 14, online or at a general meeting. If you want to make your own arrangements, call event leader Sue Bednarczyk at (262) 781-7329 to pick up your tickets.

 

fish fry  •   April 3
Maxim’s, Brookfield
Our next fish fry will be Friday, April 3, at Maxim’s Family Restaurant, 18025 W. Capitol Drive, Brookfield.

The two-piece dinner – beer-battered or breaded cod -- will be $17.50, and the three-piece will be $21. Meet at the bar at 4:30 and dine at 5:30. Call Nancy Drolshagen at (414) 491-3147 with questions.

yThe host of the event will be Jane Taylor. For reservations, go to VagabondSkiClub.com. Kindly call to cancel if you are unable to attend.

 

Over the Hump, Wednesday, April 15

Kegel’s Inn, West Allis
Our next Over the Hump gathering will be Wednesday, April 15, at Kegel’s Inn, 5901 W. National Ave., West Allis.

Show up between 4 and 7 p.m. Meet us in the beer tent! Carrie Zimmer is hosting this event..

 

Scrabble, 1–4 p.m. Tuesday, April 7 and 21
New Berlin Ale House
 We need more Scrabble players! We play Scrabble on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 1-4 p.m. at New Berlin Ale House.

The fee is $1 per person for the server tip along with a purchase of one beverage, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Food is also available for purchase.

This month’s games are April 7 and 21. Non-members are welcome. Call Lynn Kozlowski at (414) 539-8114.

 

Sheepshead, 6–9 pm Tuesdays, April 14 and 28
 rNew Berlin Ale House

We play Sheepshead from 6-9 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at New Berlin Ale House. The next games are April 14 and 28. Non-members, members and all levels of play are welcome.

Fee: at least one food/beverage order (plus tip) plus $1 per person; bring more money, and you may win or lose. Questions: Jae Hartnell, (608) 712-7440.

 

Festival City Symphony •  2 pm April 18
Bradley Symphony Center
yThe Festival City Symphony closes its Saturday Classics season April 18 with “Faith, Persistence and Celebration.” The program will feature Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, along with works by Adolphus Hailstork and Wisconsin composer Autumn Maria Reed.

The concert will begin at 2 p.m. at the Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. Order tickets at FestivalCitySymphony.org. The suggested donation for seniors is $8. An informational, onstage presentation, “Unlocking the Score,” starts at 1:30 pm.

 

New Orleans road trip  •  Nov. 1–9
Travel aboard a fully escorted, round-trip motorcoach tour between Milwaukee and New Orleans, offering something for everyone along the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast.

Highlights:
• St. Louis: The Arch and overnight at Drury Inn & Suites.
• Memphis: Tour Elvis Home and Collection at Graceland with overnight at the Guest House at Graceland.
• Vicksburg: Civil War history at Vicksburg National Military Park and Cemetery.
• Biloxi: Two nights at Beau Rivage Casino Hotel on the Gulf Coast.
• Travel across Lake Pontchartrain to New Orleans for three nights at the Drury Inn Plaza, enjoying Bourbon Street, the French Quarter, Garden District, Mardi Gras World and the Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise.
• On the way back to Milwaukee, we stay in Memphis for another night and a chance to see Beale Street.

Price: $2,400 for double occupancy, $3,275 for single. (Please note that single doesn’t mean you get your own row on the bus.) Registration starts April 1. Call Pam Cole at (414) 750-6011.