Madison

Well, just want to say thanks to my creative husband who thought up the title of this post for me...  

Today we decided to go explore and drive to Madison which is only about an hour and a half away from Milwaukee.  We asked Kate where we should go (since she went to college there) and she pointed us in the right direction with great suggestions.

Getting there is half the fun, right?

We started the day off on State Street at Capital Square...

We were pleasantly surprised to see that it was beautiful even after a long winter!  It was 45 degrees out and for the locals that meant enjoying the warmth outside.  We even saw people jogging in shorts!

Kate suggested going to the Farmer's Market at the square.  It is still inside at this time of year, but in only two weeks it will move back to outside around the Capital building and we plan on returning to see it!  The market had interesting winter vegetables (I bought some of the purple potatoes to make for dinner) and we even found a bison bone for Stanley!  Spoiled puppy!

I bought some Swedish Sea Salt Soap from State Street.

Say that three times fast!

After shopping, we followed Kate's advice and went to the historic Quivey's Grove for lunch.  It is a restaurant built on a livery farm from 1855.  The building was amazing with old distressed (I'm assuming from the horses hooves) wood floors and large sagging beams holding the roof up.  They serve local vegetables, breads and cheeses as you can see from Jason's gruyere croquettes.  Yummy!

It was quite a fun day in Madison.  It seemed to have such a great indescribable quality to the city...

 We are excited to go back soon!

Current Location:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin