Celebratory Dinner

Last week I accepted a new job, hurray!  DRS came home that night and surprised me with dinner reservations to celebrate!  He chose to take me and my parents to Maxie's Southern Comfort in Milwaukee.  It is a southern inspired restaurant that just won Best Restaurant in Milwaukee via On Milwaukee.  We definitely have missed fried chicken, bbq and grits since our move back to Wisconsin, so I knew dinner was going to be a treat!

Warm cornbread was brought to our table along with our menus.  Yum!  We decided on fried green tomatoes, wings and oysters for our appetizers.  For dinner DRS had fried chicken, my mom had chicken fried chicken, my dad had chicken fried steak and I had shrimp and grits.  It was all delicious and made us long for North Carolina.  If you like southern food as much as I do, Maxie's is a must!     

    

Tis the Season

It is officially candy corn season!

October 1st, DRS came home with a surprise for me.....a box of gourmet candy corn to celebrate the season!  What a sweet guy!!!  I love candy corn season, but it is more than just the love of the candy.  It means that fall is in the air.  I love the crisp, cool air, making fall inspired meals, wearing sweaters and boots, apple cider, pumpkins, the color change....I could go on forever.  Fall is also a special time for DRS and me.  We got both engaged and married in the fall!

I hope that both fall and candy corn season doesn't end too soon.  I miss them both so much after they are gone!  Until then, I will eat as much candy corn as my stomach can handle and enjoy the fall weather to the best of my ability!

Happy Candy Corn Season to you!!!

Badger Meter Brewer's Tailgate

My dad has worked at Badger Meter for as long as I can remember.  My grandfather also worked there until he retired a few (many) years ago.  When we were younger, Badger Meter would hold it's company picnic at the Milwaukee Zoo.  It was always a really fun day!  We would have lunch, snacks and then walk around and spend the afternoon with the animals.  I remember having grilled corn on the cob and all you could eat cotton candy.  And let me tell you, I would have my share of cotton candy!  This year, Badger Meter had it's company picnic at the Brewers game.  My dad, mom, sister, brother-in-law, husband and me headed to Miller Park this past Saturday for an afternoon of tailgating and baseball.  We had a great time cheering the team on to a victory!  No cotton candy though.....sad.

Miller Park

DRS and me

My sister and her peanut earring, silly girl!