as we enter

Listen, my friends. Bullet points are just going to have to suffice for now, because I am hella busy. You hear that? HELLA. (Also, I’ll probably write this up in my travel journal soon.) 1) Camping on Friday night was so great. I was worried with the wind and cold, but our site was protected and we had a gigantic ...

fall?

We made our second trip to the state fair last night! I tried the veggie (vegi?) fries and made my usual trip to the corn fritters stand. Then I spent about an hour wanting to die. How people go to the fair and have a food marathon, I have no idea. Regardless, it was delicious! We visited the livestock barns. ...

busybusybusy

We’re back from Milwaukee! With many photos and even more beer! We had a fantastic time there over the weekend. Friday night, we got in around 10pm, checked into the hotel, and headed to Bryant’s for some classic cocktails. Saturday, we toured the three places I lived in Milwaukee from the ages of 0-2 years old (it’s part of my ...

progress report on 101 things in 1001 days (august 2010)

I finished two things in  August 2010: 1) Learn to pickle something, like green beans I pickled jalapenos from the garden using Michael Symon’s recipe, and also pickled and canned escabeche! 2) Turn the area by the back fence/arbor into a garden with wildflowers Dug out a big area, edged it, put down landscape fabric, a drip hose, and mulch. ...