If you're looking for a warm way to pass a cold and snowy weekend, GreyHouse Creative Market, 6228 W. State St., in Wauwatosa, is a cocktail lounge, but it’s more than that.
Located just east of Tosa Village in a renovated industrial building – near Big Head Brewing Co. – GreyHouse is a cafe, cocktail lounge, retail shop and DIY workshop venue offering more than 100 different projects you can create while you sip a latte or old fashioned.
According to its website, GreyHouse Creative Market, "is here to make your DIY design dreams come true. Whether you are attending one of our workshops, customizing home decor in our boutique, or gathering with friends in our bar or cafe, GreyHouse wants to inspire your most creative self!
"The GreyHouse Cafe proudly serves Kickapoo coffee and is open 7 days a week. When you need something stronger, stroll into the market bar and check our creative craft cocktails and bar projects. For that special night out, celebration, group outing, book a spot in our workshop and join us in one of our DIY socials or book a private one for your special event! GreyHouse Market can also be the perfect place for weddings and receptions."
GreyHouse offers workshop walk-ins Tuesdays-Thursdays, in addition to a variety of open workshops and more specific workshops such as ones for beaded necklace-making and scarf-knitting.
Call GreyHouse at (414) 339-9996 or check it out online at greyhousecreativemarket.com.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
