Door County
Door County Cherries
Look at these gorgeous rubies! In the years we’ve lived here, I’ve forgotten how much I like cherries (vishnya, in Russian). You see, we had a cherry tree in the yard when I was little, but it had to be cut down (don’t remember the reason). But we always bought both kinds of cherries (sweet and sour) at the market after letting go of the tree, but not really since we moved here. Strangely enough, we had a cherry tree in our first house here too. But that tree also had to be cut down; it was pretty sick. It’s safe to say that I haven’t had sour cherries, directly from the tree in more than 25 years. So it was definitely a treat...
Read MoreLeaving Door County
I can’t believe I haven’t written about the last day of our mini-vacation. This morning, like the others before, we had a wonderful breakfast in our room. But today we were leaving, so we packed up our stuff and checked out by 10 AM. But it was too nice a day to leave yet, and I had a few stops to make. The first stop of the day was to the oilerie, where I bought some garlic olive oil. I really like this store because you can try the olive oils and the vinegars. I’ve been to this store last year, and even wrote a little review of it. The other “must” stop for the day was at the K. Allen Gallery. It’s a small gallery and has some...
Read MoreIt’s Independence Day
And right now, there’s a band playing not too far, so I can hear it sitting on my bed in my hotel room. The band is trying to play a Jimmi Hendrix song and earlier attempted a Rolling Stones song. The weather is absolutely stunning today. It’s warm, sunny, wispy clouds roll along the vast expanse of sky, a gentle breeze keeps things cool. We ate breakfast in the room again. Honestly, we’re eating better than at any restaurant. Great food, comfortable, nobody hurrying us up, etc. Of course, it helps that we are a close family. After breakfast we drove around some art galleries and antique shops. First, we went to K. Allen gallery to see if they got...
Read MoreGorgeous Day
Today, the weather didn’t disappoint. The sun was out, a gentle breeze reminded us that we’re in Wisconsin and that even in July we should wear jackets up here. Which, dad did. I had my fleece and grandma had her thick cardigan. But it’s gorgeous. We had breakfast in our room. See, we have 2 little fridges full of food and then some, so it’s a shame to waste it. Additionally, we came here with full intention of not eating out at least for breakfast. It turns out that each of us has packed a loaf of bread, cheese, and a sausage of some kind, in addition to hard boiled eggs, yogurt, and cottage cheese and cream. So we had breakfast...
Read MoreFish Creek, WI
We’re in Door County, WI, or “up north” as most Wisconsinites refer to anything “north” of where they are currently. We actually made pretty good time, 2.5 hours. No traffic or construction to deal with so the drive was rather nice.It was wonderful to see grandma so excited. She’s never been here before so to see her reaction to all the clean greenery was great.Our hotel is nice and we have lots of room, he beds are nice and big, the fridge keeps cold, and we have a table an chairs. We played cards for a few hours and laughed our butts off. It was nice. Reminds me when I was little and the three of us (dad, grandma, and I) went...
Read MoreI still haven’t packed…
Or marinated the chicken. I am a terrible procrastinator. But that’s my nature on such things, I suppose. Yes, we’re planning another trip, but this time it’s within driving distance. I am taking a half-day of vacation tomorrow, so we can head up north at a decent time. Since I don’t want us to go out to restaurants all the time, I’m marinating the chicken and bringing my electric grill. NOTE TO SELF: DON’T FORGET THE GRILL! But I’m charging the camera batteries as we speak. Priorities. I’ll post the recipe for the chicken a bit later, but for now, I gotta go clean and marinate it. Share this:
