since i’m up to my elbows, my double-income-no-kids friends (or the DINKS, which is how i will henceforth refer to them) have offered to post on my behalf about their recent trip to Wisconsin.
it all began when they called me from their car on friday night to say they felt like driving to milwaukee from kansas city and were in fact doing just that. since they have no children and weekends are only to frolic, this hair-brained idea presented no problem. LUCKY. anyway, i’m happy to say it turned out to be very enjoyable, if a wee bit chilly. (don’t tell them, but i checked the temps online and chortled.)
here is some valuable information should you be planning a visit:
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Top 15 Things We Learned On Our Trip to Wisconsin, by the Fabulous Fains®
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15. sub zero temperatures hurt. really, really bad.
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14. nobody, and i mean nobody does pork like Iowa (Maid-Rite™).
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13. our acura gets great gas mileage.
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12. when the wife gets her 9-5 job with all weekends off that will not be good for the mileage on our acura.
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11. no matter how good it tastes, you can eat too much cheese.
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10. wisconsin brews a lot of beer.
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9. you need beer to live in wisconsin- see #15.
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8. milwaukee should be called chicago lite. because it rocks, but not quite as hard as chicago rocks. but better than a lot of other towns.
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7. bar dice is our new favorite game- it involves the bartender buying the patron a shot.
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6. sub zero temperatures hurt. no this is not because i am running out of ideas. it is because they really, really hurt.
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5. Zoey’s Pizza in Marion, Iowa won’t open early on Sunday no matter how good a salesman you are and no matter how much you beg and no matter how many times you mention you are a good friend of the local guy now living in kansas city who painted the pizza mural on the side of the building.
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4. spotted cow is the best name ever for a wisconsin beer, and is quite possibly the tastiest beer in wisconsin.
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3. seat warmers save marriages.
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2. the thermometer inside my car does give negative temperatures.
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and the #1 thing we learned on our road trip is…
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we are just as young, DINKy and cute as ever even when our ears are freezing off.
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awwww.
hope you enjoy a delightful rest-of-this-tuesday.
i’m having pizza and spotted cow for dinner.
love,
me
Tell the dinks to try Totally Naked next time. As good or better than Spotted Cow.
Comment by eatfruit January 22, 2008 @ 2:45 pmAmanda, 20 miles south of Milwaukee
So cute - oh to be young and child-less again (if only for a weekend!)
Comment by Amber January 22, 2008 @ 2:45 pmThis probably didn’t come up, since it is winter, but my favorite thing to say when I lived in Wisconsin (downwind of a farm…) was “Welcome to Wisconsin, smell our dairy-air!”
Comment by betz January 22, 2008 @ 3:31 pmwisconsin comes out in force!
amanda- we were lucky enough to stop by the New Glarus Brewery and sample the organic Totally Nude. Great Ale! Also, let me be clear on my view of Milwaukee- we were blown away by the downtown scene. we immediately emailed all of our Marquette friends with scorn for not telling us of the wonder north of chicago
Amber- we are hoping to remove the DINK status sometime in the future so we are trying to enjoy every moment before the more profound moments start.
Betz- wisconsin’s got back… i mean we loved your dairy-air.
Comment by the DINK's January 22, 2008 @ 7:03 pmYou had me at DINK. Being from the East Coast I know nothing about the middle part of America. Thanks for the lesson!
Comment by Shannon January 23, 2008 @ 7:14 amHooray for my home state and all the beer in it! Only they should have come to Madison, it’s much more fun here than Milwaukee.
Yeah, I could do without this cold weather, though.
Comment by Tracy January 23, 2008 @ 7:37 amTracy, we should have given Madison some love. We actually spent all afternoon in Madison before heading over to Chicago Lite™. This was our Madison experience: Strolling down State Street stopping in every single shop and pub along the way for 2 reasons- 1) the shops and pubs were so unique and fantastic and 2) we couldn’t stay outside for more than 10 seconds without losing parts of our souls to the cold. BTDub- State Street Brats was fantastic- the red brat with pork and beef- ingenius! Also Monona Terrace was beatiful even if Michael Feldman wasn’t taping “What Do You Know.”
Comment by The DINKs January 23, 2008 @ 5:39 pmAwww sounds like they had a great weekend. And they are right, no one does pork like Iowa! Go Maidrite! (I miss Maidrite, there are none of those in Dixie…)
Comment by Patty January 23, 2008 @ 6:54 pmNext time you head up here, you know, when it’s not -2 degrees, look me up, we can go to The Great Dane and I’ll show you some REAL good beer!
Comment by pricklypearbloom January 24, 2008 @ 10:36 amToo funny! I know these things all too well!
Comment by Paula January 24, 2008 @ 6:36 pmnot all DINKs are equal—the Fains are the BOMB! But one day they’ll have a chubby cheeked, slobbery little baby with the biggest curliest head of hair –and they’ll gladly trade “make the baby smile” with “bar dice”. And I can’t wait!
Comment by Julie January 24, 2008 @ 10:02 pmWe had a keg of Spotted Cow at our wedding reception! Next to Guinness, I believe it’s my favorite beer.
Comment by Kathy Jordan January 25, 2008 @ 8:14 am