This weekend…

…I will be here.

It’s ok. Those feelings of jealousy are perfectly natural.

weekend recap | mostly football

Before going back to school, Tyler spent his falls coaching high school football. Which meant that I spent my falls as a high school football spectator (at least on Fridays). And though I don’t miss freezing my butt off on metal bleachers, I do miss the amazing group of friends we made in the coaches, their wives and their families. So on Friday we drove to Verona to watch the Homecoming game and catch up with one of our favorite groups of people. And I must say, this group has the cutest fricken children ever. It almost makes me want my own (but not). The Wildcats killed it, shutting out Madison East, and our Nutella cake/brownies were a hit at the post-game get together.

Friday night lights. Go Wildcats!

On Saturday we met up with Ashley and Josh at Ian’s for a slice of mac n’ cheese pizza before heading to the Badger game. They won (thank god). Afterward Tyler’s fam took us out to dinner at Quivey’s Grove to celebrate his upcoming birthday. If you haven’t been to Quivey’s and are in the Madison area, I cannot recommend it enough. Especially the Friday fish fry and brandy old fashioneds. Yum sauce indeed.

Ian’s. A Madison classic.

A sea of red – one of my favorite sights.

I also finished one of my book club books. And even though I know you’re all waiting with baited breath for my first review, I will be holding off on posting it until after the club meets. Wouldn’t want to ruin anything for my fellow readers!

Have a great week!

weekend recap | fall activities

This weekend was the perfect example of why fall is my favorite season – beautiful weather, leaves changing color, and delicious treats!

On Saturday, Tyler and I drove out to the Elegant Farmer in Mukwonago, where we fought our way through the throngs of children to sample apple pie a la mode, apple cider donuts, pumpkin soup, hot buttered apple cider, chocolate almond pumpkin bread, salsa, cheese, sausage, and mustard. I was too busy jockeying for position at the sample table to get any pictures of the food, but here are some other scenes from the day (Tyler’s childhood summer camp is right down the road from the Elegant Farmer, so we stopped and took a stroll down memory lane).

prost! | estabrook park

Germany is one of the many, many places on my travel list.

Who doesn’t want to drink beer and eat sausage all day? (That is what you do there, right?)

Lucky for me, given the lack of Bavarian travel plans in my near future, Milwaukee is a hot bed for all things German – including a new beer garden!

This past weekend, my family packed a picnic of cheese and sausage and headed over to Estabrook Park. There was polka music, liters of beer, kids playing, dogs lounging, and beautiful weather. It was the perfect Labor Day weekend activity – relaxing and jolly.

If you are in the area and have some time, I highly recommend checking this place out.