About Food and Kids

For those of you bringing kids, here's some details for you:

• While our reception doesn't have enough seating for everyone to sit down at once, we do have a room set aside on the main floor with tables for familes, so look for that when you get there.  It seats 40 which should be enough for all those with children to sit down with them and get them fed. :)  
• The kids food that will be in that room will be pizza, veggies and fruit, with fruit juice and soda for drinks.  You are welcome to bring in any additional food for your children if you desire.
• If anybody is traveling with children but would prefer to find a babysitter rather than bring them to the reception, we can assist you in locating one.  Just let us know.
• When we get a chance we'll post the menu for the adults so you guys have some idea what you are in for with this "hearty hors doeuvres" reception :)- our goal is that, although we don't have room for a seated dinner, that everybody will be well fed and not require any separate meal.

Our Wedding Party

Bethany Kavanagh

Matron of Honor

Bethany and Anya grew up on 46th street together in Milwaukee, and have been friends for 22 years!   Bethany is a special education teacher and is married to Anya's cousin, Jim.  They live in West Milwaukee with their baby girl, Rosie.

Joe Monarski

Best Man

Joe has known Mike for about 12 years after Mike started fencing at Durendal Fencing Club in Madison. Joe is an educator in the Madison area. He lives in Oregon with his wife Jen and son Alex.

Maple Buescher

Flower Girl

Maple is the daughter of Anya's cousin and godfather, Michael.  

Xavier Asetamy

Ring Bearer

Xavier is Anya's nephew, Winston and Christina's oldest son.

Deann Crawford

Usher

Deann and Anya have been friends since high school, when they sat near each other in Spanish at Rufus King High School and shared rides home from school along with Anya's brother, Winston.  Deann lives in Milwaukee where she works for the Milwaukee Zoological Society.

Megan McDonald

Usher

Megan and Anya have been friends since the 3rd grade when they were in Mr. Finnegan's class together.  Megan lives in Milwaukee, where she works for the organization New Leaders for New Schools.  She is currently planning a 6 month trip around the world.

John Schuppel

Usher

John is a friend of Mike's. They have known each other since high school. John lives in Madison with his wife Deanna and two sons Oliver and Augustus.

Chris Miller

Usher

Chris is a friend of Mike's. Chris and Mike also went to high school together. Chris lives in Madison with his wife Jessie and daughter Isabel.

Doug Neitzel

Usher

Doug is a friend of Mike's from the early days at the UW Madison. Doug recently bought a house in Mt Horeb.

Our Talented Family Members

We are getting considerable help with this wedding from several talented members of the family and wanted to acknowledge a few of them.

Karen and Stefan- Mike's sister and brother-in-law are designing, printing, and sending out our wedding invitations for us, as well as our other wedding stationary needs.  We can't wait for you to see the beautiful job they did for us. Stefan is the designer for Words by Design, (http://www.wordsbydesigncreative.com), a full service writing, web and graphic design company.

Christina-  Anya's sister-in-law is baking our wedding cake.  Those on Anya's side of the family who have sampled her work in the past know that she is more than up to the task!  She even did a tasting for us in Madison with two mini wedding cakes in different flavors with different patterns of icing.  

Jennifer- Anya's cousin is making the bride's wedding veil, long-distance from Valparaiso, Indiana.  It means a lot to have a family member making this special wedding day accessory.

Dan and Sue- Mike's mother is helping create the wedding floral centerpieces, and planning to make the ring bearer pillow from pieces of her wedding dress.  She and Dan are also planning to host the rehearsal dinner from their home and do much of the cooking themselves; if you've ever had a meal at their house you know it will be great!  

Please Send Us Your Photos!

We'd like to collect fun pictures of us with our friends and family over the years to put into a slideshow to show above the bar. If you have a photo (or several!) to contribute, the easiest way to get it to us is to scan it and email it our way (you can email Anya at anyamilhans@gmail.com or Mike at mycleanow@gmail.com). Otherwise, getting a "hard copy" to us personally or to one of our parents works too.

We also wanted to use wedding photos from our family and friends for decorations. If you are willing, please send us a copy of a photo from your wedding, along with the year of the wedding (we'll put this on the back for a guessing game).

Wedding Day Schedule and Reception Details

Here's the tentative plan for the day of the wedding:

4:30pm - Ceremony at First Unitarian Society
5:30pm-11:30pm - Reception at The Brink Lounge

Our reception is in a space that is too small for a sit down meal, so we opted for a cocktail reception. However we still have enough food planned to take the place of dinner. There will be two large buffet tables of cheeses, breads, veggies, dips, and a variety of fun "small plates" throughout the evening such as beef tenderloin canapes, handheld salads in edible cups, fruit skewers and shot glasses of soup!

We will also have some kid friendly foods in the "family room" with more tables for feeding the young ones. And we plan to have a few tables reserved out near the dance floor for our grandparents so they do not have to stand.

Maps / Hotels / Directions

Update: More Directions and Maps

CEREMONY

Link to FUS website with directions and parking info

RECEPTION

Directions and Parking info for The Brink Lounge:

 

The Brink Lounge is located on the corner of East Washington Ave. and South Blount Street.

The street address is 701 East Washington Ave., Suite 105.

Parking is available on site in the parking lot located behind the building (but this is almost always full).

Additional parking is located off of East Main Street and Railroad Street in the Good Neighbor parking lot.

Directions to Additional Parking

Turn right onto E. Main Street from S. Blount Street.

Go .5 blocks west towards the capital and turn left into the Good Neighbor parking lot

Turn right onto Railroad Street from S. Blount Street.

Go .5 blocks west towards the capital and turn right into the Good Neighbor parking lot.

Street parking is available along E. Main Street

REHEARSAL DINNER

Directions from the Comfort Suites Hotel

Directions from the GrandStay Suites Hotel

Directions from the Concourse Hotel

DAY AFTER BRUNCH

Directions from the Comfort Suites Hotel

Directions from the GrandStay Suites Hotel

Directions from the Concourse Hotel

Our Wedding Google Map:
We put together a google map that has markers showing where all the hotels are and where the wedding events are taking place. Click on a marker to see more information and to get directions.
Click here for map.

We will also post some more maps and directions closer to the wedding, once we get those created and scanned in.

Hotels With Room Blocks for Fri 6/19 and Sat 6/20:
(see map above for locations in relation to wedding events):

GrandStay Residential Suites - 5317 High Crossing Blvd
Approx. 13 minutes from reception site; close to 94 for those coming from Milwaukee; Kurt's clan are staying here so I'm upgrading it to first on the list :)
We don't currently have a wedding rate here (we are trying), but the AAA rate is $90 for a one-bedroom and $80 for a studio; AARP rate similar
Kari and Michael found this suite hotel. The one-bedrooms have a separate bedroom and a sofa bed in the living room, very nice for keeping the kids separate. They also have studio suites where the bedroom isn't separate. All rooms have kitchenettes.

Call 608.241.2500 or 877.388.STAY for reservations.

Comfort Suites Madison West Hotel - 1253 John Q. Hammons Drive

Lienau Family Reunion is taking place here after the wedding. Approx. 20 minutes from reception.

$99/night Free parking

Rooms held until end of May Call 1-877-424-6423 for reservations (ask for Milhans/Lienau Wedding Rooms; for the nights of the reunion you should contact Karen to make arrangements)

The Madison Concourse Hotel - 1 West Dayton Street Approx.

4 minutes from the reception (and steps away from fun things to do on Saturday before the wedding)

$139/night Parking $7/day

Rooms held until May 22nd, 2009

Call 1-800-356-8293 for reservations (ask for the Milhans/Lienau Wedding Rooms)

Holiday Inn Express Madison - 722 John Nolen Drive
Approx. 8 minutes from reception; right off the freeway (called "The Beltline" here) $104.18/night for 2 double beds $119.07/night for King bed Free parking

Rooms held until May 19, 2009 Call 1-888-HOLIDAY for reservations (ask for the Milhans/Lienau Wedding Rooms)

If you find another hotel in Madison where you would like to stay instead, by all means let us know. It is not difficult to get a block and that could get you a lower rate.

Lienau Reunion

We'll try to keep this post up to date with information about the Lienau Family Reunion. Here's the tentative schedule.

Day 1

When: Sunday, June 21st

Brunch at Villas park

Canoeing, kayaking, swimming at Villas

Zoo visit (also at Villas)

Other park games

Dinner back at hotel

Day 2

When: Monday, June 22nd

Activities in Madison

Lunch at hotel for those at hotel

Family Dinner catered at hotel

Day 3

When: Tuesday, June 23rd

Morning activities in Madison

Lunch, dinner and games at Karen and Stefan's

Campfire at Karen and Stefan's

Day 4

When: Wednesday, June 24th

Activities depending on people's departure times

Departure