a lovely little venue
Sugarland, in a stadium venue in Milwaukee. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush (and band) played and rocked and danced and generally made merry on a gorgeous stage.
Andrew Bird, perhaps the best whistler I've ever heard, lulled me into half-sleep with mad violin skillz and cerebral lyrics at the Overture Center in Madison.
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers and Carbonleaf jammed, rocked, ballad-ed in the intimate Majestic in Madison.
We survived...
On little sleep (staying with G's friend C! who hosted us and several others for a UW football weekend, which made for some interesting late night conversations).
On caffeine.
On adrenaline.
On lazy Sunday afternoons column writing (check out the full story of our Madison Farmers' Market meanderings at Corner Table for Two) and football watching, er, listening to.
We traveled from one concert to the next, alert and awake until sometime after midnight Sunday night/Monday morning as we wended our way home, two and one half hours, on dimly lit highways. We took turns driving, keeping one another awake until the miles disappeared just as the raindrops gathered into a shower.
Between the concert going, we explored Madison.
I've waxed poetic about Ann Arbor before, a city with a certain urban liberal hippiness that I adore. In many ways, Madison reminds me of Ann Arbor, except it's not quite as urban. It's less...snooty. And more easygoing.
We spent several hours promenading around the Capitol Square Farmers' Market, observing the varieties of human behavior—a man carrying a tiny dog in a special backpack, a man decked out in prison orange playing Bach on a piccolo—and purchasing novel vegetables—edamame and cranberry beans.
We spent time—and money—in foodie shops, including Fromagination, a cheese and gourmet foodstuffs store, and Barriques, a "wine cave" featuring a wall of 100 wines under $10.
We ate. Oh, we ate well. Couscous and hummus dishes at Kabul, an Afghan restaurant on State Street.
vegetarian couscous
Roasted veggie and montchevre omelets at the Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery. (and cupcakes—mocha chocolate, raspberry lime—to take home).
roasted CSA veggie and montchevre omelet
Summer rolls and red curries at Sa-Bai Thong.
spicy jungle curry
And we drank.
Some wine (thanks, C!).
A fabulous glass of fresh squeezed orange juice.
Lots of lattes and au laits.
what am *I* doing with a latte?!?
***Monday I walked around work on a Madison high, sharing my experiences with anyone who would listen.
Tuesday I crashed.
Tonight I'm wishing for my next trip to Madison to happen...soon.
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