Weekends in April, relax and enjoy
April is almost over. Finally the warm weather seems to have taken hold and better weather ahead. We have taken some time to enjoy life. We went to Milwaukee for a surprise birthday party for my cousin Diane. Mom even came along. It was at Diane’s daughters house, which happens to be my Mom and Dad’s old house, which was good incentive to get Mom out! The surprise seemed to have worked. A good time was had by all, and we made it back Saturday night and still were able to work on some Spring projects! The dock got started and the boat lift moved into place.
And this last weekend Chris and I used a gift certificate we had purchased last fall at St Pius’s auction to spend a weekend in Milwaukee at the Hyatt. We enjoyed living downtown so much, I tell everyone if I told Chris we were moving to downtown Milwaukee tomorrow she would start packing no questions asked. So we had just a very relaxing weekend. We got down early Saturday so we could have lunch at Real Chili, I had been waiting for that for some time. And we were not disapointed, it has not changed a bit (maybe the price has gone up) and my craving was filled. And we walked around downtown, stopping to see Mike Zimmer in his bar, and stopping at Rock Bottom for a couple of beers and free pretzels. All the while catching some of the NFL draft. We walked a number of the skywalks, which even cross the river in a couple of spots. And went through Grand Avenue. It was a nice walk.
By the time we made it back to the Hyatt our room was more than ready and we checked in. We had champagne and truffles brought to the room and after relaxing a little went up to the Polaris for a great dinner. The steaks were great (and the lobster ravioli not bad either). That about did in our Saturday. Sunday we had a wonderful brunch at the Hyatt, and then walked to the cathedral for mass. They have remodeled since we lived there and the new pastor seemed wonderful. After church we started working our way back to the Hyatt,with a stop at Flannery’s for bloody mary’s, since we used to stop in there when we lived downtown.
So just a lot of fun, the day turned out to have better weather than forecast, how much better can it get? Enjoy
Sounds like a great couple of weekends. Now that the weather is improving in WI I might start to miss being there. Up until now I just sit down here and smile knowing I haven’t had to scrape a windshield, pick up a shovel, or even put on a jacket. Come to think of it, I better get outside and smoke one of those Habeneros Cigars before the humidity gets so bad it won’t stay lit.
Well you can look at the weather this weekend and smile again. I asked your parents if they found their winter jackets! Enjoy the cigar. I ‘ll be back in a week to restock and to take everything in off the porch for hurricane season. Hopefully you won’t see that side of Florida! More pictures in Albums.
Randy