Wisconsin State Fair is one of my favorite summer activities in Milwaukee. Chickens, ducks, cows, sheep, rabbits, pigs, and cream puffs!!! I’ve been totally fed up with staring at frozen chicken thigh, breast, beef, pork in supermarket. I want to see something LIVE!!!

If everybody passing by on the street smiles at you, there are two possible explanations: you are in trouble ( XYZ PDQ! ) or you are in the U.S. Oops! I came up with another cause — you are PRINCE/SS CHARMING!!! It was the initial thought on my first day in Milwaukee.

Walking along the Wisconsin Ave as the maiden voyage, I was rather surprised to find EVERYBODY SMILED AT ME!!! Having made sure I was dressing perfectly, I relaxed and started to ponder the reason. I knew most people here are quite easy-going — they’d like to give you a hand whenever possible (no wonder Americans don’t hesitate to ask the so-called “silly questions” — there are always people patient enough to answer them). But I never expected they would smile and say hi to every stranger on the street. How come?

Later on I figured it out. They don’t smile at every stranger but me. Hehe… Guess what? Because I stared at everybody walking towards and forced them to greet reciprocally. *^^*