Today we got up before the sun to get in our third and final round of golf. The foursome was the same as Friday: Patrick Toney, Erik Hietpas, Dad and myself. The teams were the same, and Erik and I were determined that we would win this one for the Gipper. We got off to another roaring start, but just… Read more »
Dinner: The Seasons, Appleton, WI Review — I am about to say something that will vastly conflict with some of my past Appleton food reviews. This was by far the best meal (Jean’s home cooking aside!) I have ever experienced in Appleton. Now, to be fair to Tom’s and Prime Quarter, this was the closest we have come to fine… Read more »
Today my mother had planned a wedding shower for a friend of the family, so it was made clear to us that we needed to evacuate the house immediately. I wish you could have seen the transformation of this house from a stamping-and-child nightmare to an immaculately clean house ready to serve lunch to 15 women! Aidan and Zach, my… Read more »
Dinner: Prime Quarter, Appleton, WI Review — Tonight we ate at my other favorite Appleton restaurant, the Prime Quarter. As alluded to by Patrick in today’s journal, this is a restaurant like none I have ever seen, whereby you are seated and then told to head up to the deli cases to pick out your steak. Then, not only do… Read more »
Today we saw a part of the day we don’t normally see, 6:00 a.m. Yes, both Emily and I woke up at 6:00 a.m. For those of you who know Emily, you know there are not many things that will actually get her out of bed at 6:00 a.m. I guess making cards is now one of those things. She… Read more »
Today was day 1 of the card making extravaganza that converts the Hayes residence into a madhouse of women with stamps and eyelet tools in the quest to make the perfect gift card. This has been a Langlois’ (my mother’s sisters) tradition for a few years now, and how happy am I that they were able to show Emily something… Read more »
Lunch: The Summertime Restaurant, Fish Creek, WI Review — After a few hours of shopping, we were ready to refuel. We had exhausted a few towns’ worth of shops and by lunchtime, were in the town of Fish Creek. And so we decided upon the Summertime, which was centrally located in the shopping district, meaning no precious seconds would be… Read more »
I have one word to describe today, and I think many of you have already guessed it: shopping! I thought we saw a lot of useless stuff yesterday; oh, that didn’t even compare to the crap we saw today. (Those of you getting souvenirs from Door County, I didn’t mean that stuff.) As Emily went into every shop throughout the… Read more »
Lunch: Fred and Fuzzy’s, Sister Bay, WI Review — We chose this restaurant looking for something close by our Inn, as the 10 AM cheese curds we got from the Tom’s Drive-In were starting to wear off. We were told by the front desk staff that this place was “very casual but right on the water.” Good enough for us!… Read more »
Today we woke up early and prepared for our trip to Door County. We packed our small suitcase, cooler and took the lovely gift basket my sister equipped us with and hit the open road. Door County is about a 2 hour drive from Appleton and is in what we like to call the thumb of the state (if Wisconsin… Read more »