The Map

This map shows key locations for the wedding, along with suggested places to visit. Click here to view the full-scale map, where you can explore Milwaukee using the icons on the map.

Legend

• Sun icon: Firefly Restaurant - the ceremony and reception venue
• Red bed icons: Hotels
• Blue transport icons: Airport and train station
• Push-pins: Interesting place to visit
• Green horse & rider: Milwaukee Co. Zoo (sorry, it was the only icon that had an animal in it!)
• Coffee cup icons: Caffeine emporia

Click the tool in the upper-left corner of the map to navigate or zoom in on an area of interest, or click the map icons to view more details.

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Parking

Free public parking is available in a city lot across the street from Firefly Restaurant. Additional free parking is available in another city lot at the end of the block, across the train tracks.



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Wedding Venue

Our ceremony and reception will be held at Firefly, a lovely restaurant and lounge in Wauwatosa.

Firefly is located at 7754 Harwood Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI 53213. It is approximately 5 miles (15 minutes) from downtown Milwaukee.

Wedding Hotel Block

Hotel InterContinental - Milwaukee
A block of rooms has been reserved for our out-of-town guests at the Hotel InterContinental - Milwaukee. This newly renovated hotel is located in the heart of downtown Milwaukee and is just a 15-minute drive away from the wedding site. The hotel has a restaurant and a bar on site. Call the hotel at (414) 276-8686 *before 11:59PM on October 9* and ask for a room in the Marsh wedding block to qualify for the discounted rate of $134 per night. All guest rooms are non-smoking.

The InterContinental is located at 139 E Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

Fun Fact: Urban Sense, our wedding florist, does all the flowers in the public areas of the InterContinental!

Other Hotel Options

There are many other hotels in the metro Milwaukee area that are within a short drive from our wedding venue. Here are just a few...

Downtown Milwaukee

• Hilton Milwaukee City Center: 509 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
  With Paradise Landing indoor waterpark
• Hotel Metro: 411 E. Mason St., Milwaukee
  Lovely art deco hotel in the heart of downtown

Wauwatosa

• Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West: 2303 N. Mayfair Rd., Wauwatosa

By Air

Milwaukee is served by General Mitchell International Airport, with daily flights on local favorite Midwest Airlines (gotta love those cookies!), Northwest, United, US Airways, Delta, Continental, Frontier, American Eagle, AirTran, and Air Canada.

Check out this colorful map of cities served by direct flights to and from Milwaukee!


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Fun Fact: The following text appears on the Mitchell Airport web site: "When even one small pebble hits the water, everything is forever changed. The water level rises and the ripples of energy go out endlessly onto the shores and beyond." How cool is that?!

By Car

Use the Get Directions link on our custom Google Map to find exact directions from where you are to any of the wedding-related locations (ceremony/reception venue, hotels, coffee shops, museums, etc.) where you want to be.

• From Detroit and Chicago: Milwaukee is approximately 90 miles north of Chicago. Use I-94 West.
  Tip: Bring change for the tolls!
• From Madison and points west: Milwaukee is approximately 70 miles east of Madison. Use I-94 East.

By Rail

Amtrak serves Milwaukee via the following routes:

• From Detroit: Wolverine connects Pontiac, Birmingham, Royal Oak, and Detroit with Chicago.
• From Chicago: Hiawatha (just a 90 minute trip!)
• From Seattle and Minneapolis: Empire Builder (a slightly longer trip)

A large number of routes from around the country come into Chicago, where you can connect on the Hiawatha to Milwaukee. Visit the Amtrak web site for a complete listing of routes, schedules, and fares.

By Sea

Ahoy, Matey! You are quite the adventurer! If you wish to reach Milwaukee by water for our wedding weekend, you must provide your own boat. Sadly, the annual season for the Lake Express Ferry, linking Milwaukee with Muskegon across Lake Michigan, ends October 31, 2007.

About Wauwatosa

Wauwatosa, the first suburb west of Milwaukee, is where we live and where our wedding will take place. It is a lovely community known for its 1920s bungalows, tree-lined streets, excellent schools, numerous parks, and quaint downtown Village filled with shops and restaurants. Wauwatosa's neighborhoods still have a somewhat urban feel, with homes in walking distance of local businesses, but with a much lower crime rate than Milwaukee proper.

Fun Fact: "Wauwatosa" is a Potawotami word meaning "firefly" and Firefly is the name of our ceremony and reception venue!

Here is a map of Wauwatosa from 1892, looking east towards Milwaukee and Lake Michigan. Our house was built in 1905 on part of the piece of land represented by the inverted triangle in the lower center foreground of the map, above the word "THE" in the map's title.