Fall Fun

We had so much fun with Nancy and Jason over the weekend! They got in Friday night and we decided to go to the Essenhaus, which is this really good German restaurant. I can tell my cravings must be kicking in, since I actually wanted German food--not something I'm known for!

Saturday we went to Old World Wisconsin, which is this really neat place near Milwaukee that recreates life as it was in the nineteenth century in Wisconsin. They actually brought all these authentic cabins, barns and farmhouses from across the state and then put them together in this 576-acre park. They have separate villages for all the prominent immigrant groups, so we saw the German area, the Norwegian, Polish, Danish, Finnish, etc. (Hint: the German area was the nicest; we saw some tiny one-room cabin that the Norwegians lived in, and both Nancy and I said right away, "Uh-uh. No way would we be able to live here; we're heading back to the German part.") I was so happy the weather was nice; people had predicted that it would be so cold and icky, but it was actually sunny and beautiful (albeit a bit chilly, but since we had sweatshirts and jackets, we were fine).

Saturday night we went to Ginza of Tokyo, which is this excellent Japanese restaurant near our house. Soooo yummy; I love their hibachi chicken and shrimp. This morning we went to our new favorite breakfast/brunch spot, Marigold Kitchen (Dan and I really like to support non-chain, local restaurants), and it was sooooo good. Then we just hung out at our house for a little bit before they had to go to the airport. I got a few pictures, although not as many as I'd like to, and I'll post them tomorrow. All in all, it was a great weekend!