July 4th Weekend

The holiday continues as as I'm writing - cars have taken over our neighborhood to watch the parade, lexie (the dog) is watching people push strollers and I'm avoiding the heat inside. What happened this weekend?

Friday: The July 4th weekend not only celebrates our Independence but the birthday of two lovely ladies each blessed with the name Sara/h. A rendezvous at Leff's Luckytown brought together our group of friends with much less shots as last year.

Saturday: I dragged Mike to a new Milwaukee festival, Tour de Fat. A touring circus-like event hosted by Colorado microbrew, New Belgium. It was not so much as seeing how cool your bike is but how crazy you're dressed while wearing your bike. Entertainment was at a maximum. The bicycle teacup was just one of the contorted bicycles fest goers could try to master. For those in other parts of the nation be sure to check this event out. Newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat-2010-schedule.

Since we were in Bayview, we were dying to check out HoneyPie cafe. Using local produce and meats this delicious new diner brought a whole new meaning to comfort food. Mmming at ever bite in my mac and cheese and Mike's gravy saturated turkey you weren't sure whether to vacuum it in or save it for leftovers.

Gone for a couple hours we came home to this. The city started removing a tree on our front yard. Pretty messy but the guys cleaned it all up. Napping was out of the question do the men outside and the man inside sawing logs.

It's not over yet: Summerfest

I don't like big crowds, the Counting Crows or big crowds but here we were at Summerfest for the biggest night of the 10 day music fest, at a stage with the Counting Crows. Nonetheless meeting up with our various groups of friends, wearing my princess unicorn shirt and feather earrings we all had a blast.

Sunday: A relaxing lazy day spent window shopping, air conditioned movie theater playing Knight and Day, and a little bit to eat at Mike's favorite: Kopps.