Monday evening Travalon and I went to the Mallards playoff
game, as we generally do whenever they make it to the playoffs. Once again they
were playing the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, but instead of a close game, we were
treated to the spectacle of our poor Mallards losing by a dozen runs. Their
defensive playing stunk – practically every time the Spiders got on base, they
scored a run. So a terrible ending to an otherwise great season, but at least
it was a beautiful evening.
Yesterday Travalon and I went to Liliana’s for their
watermelon dinner. (Travalon did not have the special menu; he had the seafood
pasta that is one of his favorite things on the menu.) The salad with
watermelon, arugula, feta, and pine nuts was delicious, and the main course of
shrimp tacos with watermelon salsa was also very tasty, but the “dessert” was
just a slice of watermelon with whipped cream on it. I was a little puzzled,
since the menu had promised grilled watermelon with a cream puff, but the
waitress said they must have given up on that. I can’t explain the missing
cream puff, but Travalon and I were greatly amused at the thought of the chefs
trying to grill watermelon and realizing it just dissolved into juice – at least,
that’s why we assumed they gave up on grilling the watermelon. So we went to
Next Door Brewery and had a slice of beer pie for real dessert, along with a
pint of Unicorn Beer – it has glitter in it! They have a board there where you
can buy a friend a beer, and we thought of who we could buy one for. Travalon
suggested the Daughter of Denni, and I realized that would be perfect because
the day before had been both her birthday and International Lefthanders’ Day…
and she is left-handed. So we paid for a future beer for her, and the bartender
wrote her name on the board, along with “Happy Lefthander Bday.” Perfect! I let
her know it was there, so hopefully she gets a chance to redeem it.
Famous Hat
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