wanderingways

   The weather was crazy unseasonable, we packed shorts and made the mad after work dash across the state towards UWL. It was parent's weekend, and we essentially hurried, sped, and hustled just enough to get to the field for the final pictures of the alumni game.  It was all good thought, Grace was chomping hunger so we texted Merrick to meet us after work and headed for the Distillery for some nosh.  With our fill of brussel sprouts and a to go bottle of watermelon gin we headed for the exits and dropped some frozen chicken off at Merrick's apartment. We made plans for breakfast in the morning and then Amy and I headed back to our Hotel bar for some cocktails and the some unexpected entertainment.  The Queen of all country bars was talking loud enough for all to hear as she sent back her "I'll try a fancy cocktail - an old fashion" after a single sip in exchange for a Busch in a bottle.  All this while she was trying to set her daughter up with the bar te...

  Amy likes a birthday month, and with such an early birthday she tends to get it.  While not officially her day, we did start to honor her additional trip around the sun on Friday night.  Waking from our now required Friday post work naps and after a brief discussion of options we headed back to one of her favorite restaurants, a' Bravo.  Sadly, it is clearly on its way out, without major changes, but we gladly headed to Plae Bistro for desert and another drink at the bar. We ended the night with a little couch and movie time. Birthday ended up having a bit of a theme.  We stumbled on a great band, Clay Street Unit, over the summer and their merch became available again so Amy scored a new shirt and album to this we added concert tickets for January (The Last Revel) and eventually made our way to the French Clay house to make some coffee mugs...so from Clay Music to Music and Clay.  We did spend a beautiful fall morning walking around the Farmers Market an...