{image1} With the big, bright yellow, orange and blue TLC trucks spotted in Downtown and Bay View the last couple of days, many Milwaukeeans were curious as to what exactly The Learning Channel was doing in Brew City.
According to TLC's publicist Brian Eley, the hit makeover show "While You Were Out" answered the call of Milwaukee's Julie Woodall of EDI Marketing, Inc. in Bay View.
Eley says that Woodall, who has worked at EDI for 12 years, wanted to surprise her boss and friend with a brand new office design.
"The current office was basically a hodgepodge of antiques, artifacts and several paintings done by her boss's brother," says Eley. When Woodall called TLC for help, she was looking to recreate the space with a more professional and modern look.
"While You Were Out" designer Chayse Dacoda and carpenters Leslie Segrete and Jason Cameron have been in town since Wednesday secretly planning the aesthetic changes to the Bay View office.
This is the first time that TLC has filmed the show in Milwaukee. Stay tuned to OMC to find out when the show will air.
OnMilwaukee.com staff writer Julie Lawrence grew up in Wauwatosa and has lived her whole life in the Milwaukee area.
As any “word nerd” can attest, you never know when inspiration will strike, so from a very early age Julie has rarely been seen sans pen and little notebook. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee it seemed only natural that she major in journalism. When OnMilwaukee.com offered her an avenue to combine her writing and the city she knows and loves in late 2004, she knew it was meant to be. Around the office, she answers to a plethora of nicknames, including “Lar,” (short for “Larry,” which is short for “Lawrence”) as well as the mysteriously-sourced “Bill Murray.”
