Before I arrived Friday night [after a very speedy trip from Milwaukee, hehe], they went to Olbrich Gardens. My aunts are very good at gardening and love flowers...and my Mom is trying very hard to join their Green Thumb Club. I'd say her black thumb is halfway on its way to being green :) We relaxed in our hotel rooms [yay adjoining rooms!] with the Brewers game and beers...and trying to get the damn widget out of the Guinness bottle, and calling Uncle Mark at home to see if he could get it out! Lynn: "Put it in a paper bag, and smash it in the basement. You have a hammer!"
On Saturday, we got up early, grabbed continental breakfast [I still think my Cheerios tasted like sausage, but at least there was coffee], and headed to the Farmer's Market. Half of the group didn't grasp Farmer's Market walking pace and speedwalked around the Capitol. The other half of us had a lovely time sampling goat cheese, pesto, fresh strawberries, etc. Then we headed down State Street, hit up the Irish Pub for drinks before noon [5 o'clock somewhere], and lots of interesting people watching. We had lunch on the rooftop of Monona Terrace, where we also saw 2 weddings...one of which had like 7 couples, yikes! The view of the lake was beautiful. After lunch, we headed to the Zoo, where the animals were very...frisky. Summer lovin'!!!! Following the Zoo, we returned to the hotel for swimming/napping/reading and showers before going to dinner at the Great Dane. Hooray big beers! Then we went to hear Fedora at the Hody Bar, and got a song dedicated to Grandma :)
On Sunday morning, we packed up and said our goodbyes. Mom and I went shopping and to Parade of Homes. I picked out some birthday presentsl--I mean, what birthday presents?!! hehe. I got back to Milwaukee around 8 pm to a very happy to see me kittycat.
Unfortunately, I have no pictures of the weekend because my camera batteries died, and the replacement batteries Mom gave me were also dead, but I didn't know that at the time and thought my camera was completely toast. Of course when I got home and tried fresh batteries in it, it worked. Grr. Oh well. I'll have to get copies from people!
Off to work!
peace and love,
m
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