I hope my readers had a good weekend, despite the cold
temperatures and on-again, off-again rain. Thursday evening Travalon and I went
on a Betty Lou luau cruise, and the weather started off threatening, but by the
end it was a beautiful evening. The food was really good, and the music was
wonderful, if more Caribbean than Hawaiian for the most part. Alas, I did not
win either the hula contest or the best Hawaiian costume contest. The prize?
Another Betty Lou cruise! It was a two-hour cruise, which is not enough time to
see the whole Lake Mendota, so we had to cut off a whole section of lake that
included the ginormous houses of Bishop’s Bay. Ah well, Travalon and I have
seen those while cruising in our own little boat, the Megan Jaye.
Friday evening Travalon and I went to a free concert just
off the Capital Square. It was Dark Star Orchestra, the premier Grateful Dead
tribute band, and I was expecting to see more people wearing tie-dye. I did, of
course, and even wore the tie-dyed hat I got at the Baraboo Art Fair last
weekend for good measure. The band was really good, and they played forever. We
ended up leaving before they were done because we were so tired from dancing to
them all night.
Saturday morning Travalon had to work, so I met Rich and the Rosary
Ladies for coffee and the rosary, and then when Travalon got home, he, Jilly
Moose, Luxuli, and I went to Spring Green for their art fair. We spent a good
deal of time there, so it was later than we expected when we got to the Nature
Conservancy land out there with the cacti on it. A sudden storm blew up, so we
couldn’t hike and ended up just driving back to town. The Rosary Ladies,
Travalon, and Prairie Man had dinner at the Hubbard Avenue Diner, and I
embarrassed myself when trying to show off to our Latina server: I tried to say
something in Spanish, but she just stared at me, and then I realized it was
half in Irish! Oops! It had gotten very cold by then, so Travalon, OK Cap,
Cali, and I really had to bundle up to watch the Shake the Lake fireworks from
the East Side Club.
Yesterday I skipped 9 am Mass to go to Oconomowoc with
Travalon for his nephews’ family birthday party. They are twins and just turned
twelve, so Travalon said they are past the toy stage. One loves old coins, so
Travalon got him a couple of really cool old ones, and the other loves fishing,
so Travalon got him some lures. They both really liked their presents. They had
just gone to the Shedd Aquarium, so we had that to talk about. After the party,
Travalon and I took his mom out to lunch, then we hiked briefly at Lapham Peak,
but I was not dressed right and wanted to go home to change. I hadn’t been
hungry when we had gone to lunch, so we ended up going to this incredible
burger place called Wegl’s in Jefferson, then we went on an epic quest for paw
print stickers and finally found them at the University Bookstore. We had to go
to 5 pm Mass, and who should we see there but Jilly Moose! Afterwards the three
of us had a bite to eat at Bellitalia, where we saw a rainbow, then she and I
went for a rosary walk while Travalon fished at Tenney Park, where we saw a
beautiful sunset. On the way home Travalon and I stopped at the co-op, and
outside of that we saw a bizarre cloud. I took pictures of all of it and will
post them at some point.
Famous Hat
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