MILWAUKEE — There’s a certain feeling of wanderlust I think we can all relate to after going on vacation. It happens when you visit an awesome new city or a tropical location and you think, 'I could live here.' I just visited Paris, and I could see myself living in Paris.
Although, I’m not planning on doing that anytime soon. However, there are some that do act on those desires. Introducing one of Milwaukee's newest neighbors.
After a visit to our city, they decided to quit their jobs, sell their home, and move here. “If you told me 8 months ago that I’d be packing up and moving to Milwaukee, I would have called you a liar," Dan Totleben said. But here he is.
Dan Totleben and his family moved to Milwaukee in mid-March from Indiana. It all started last year because of an audition. “Well, Zack was my dream role," Elias Totleben, Dan's son said.
Elias did in fact get the role of Zack, one of the main roles, in the musical School of Rock at the in the Third Ward. Skylight paid for the family's stay at the Plaza Hotel from October to January. During that time, they fell in love with the city.
“We loved the music scene, the art scene, the culture, the diversity, and everything just felt like we were coming home," Carissa Totleben, Elias' mom said. So the Indiana family had some serious thinking to do. “It’s going to be hard to go back to actual home because this really does feel like home.
Something was calling us. Something made sense," Carissa said. In January t.
