the onion grille, hastings minnesota the onion grille’s “Onion Burger” with sweet potato fries the onion grille’s lamb gyro the onion grille’s BLT I tried the Canaletto Pinot Grigio and the Alexis Bailly Seyval Blanc… both were lovely! the old hastings bridge in front of the new one… chai latte On Saturday we drove to…
I’m back! Wow! what a fun weekend we had with the girls. Now I’m cleaning the house after the flurry of activity. On Saturday morning my brother Phillip dropped my darling daughter Andie off at our place for the weekend. He was spending the weekend with my other brother, Terry, who only lives a…
This past weekend we visited a new Red Wing establishment, the Red Wing Brewery. I love the feel of the place, very cozy, yet open and airy with lots of natural light. They offer a great lunch menu that’s always evolving. When we visited, Jeff and I shared a turkey sandwich with provolone served on…
There’s a little whole foods grocery store/co-op in Minneapolis called The Wedge. They have an awesome bakery, juice bar and lunch counter in the back of the store, and when we’re in the area we like to go there to enjoy a quick lunch before we do our shopping. They serve an amazing butternut squash…
fried duck eggs, steak and hash woods woman hash, potatoes, organic scrambled eggs, veggies and a bacon bratwurst link cinnamon swirl french toast with real butter, maple syrup, a bacon bratwurst link & apples I am so excited to tell you about the new location of one of our favorite restaurants.We’ve enjoyed their beautiful fare…
seeing the sun rise over glittering Lake Superior with a warm cup of tea in one hand and my camera in the other…feeling beach rocks underfoot and the excitement of the changing season as geese fly overhead… hearing seagulls call and beautiful live music over brunch at Pizza Luce (yes, we ate there three days…
day two of our autumn adventure included: big orange pumpkins, gnarly tree branches, blueberry panckes with real maple syrup, poached eggs done just-so, black coffee and applewood smoked bacon, antiquing at a sweet place recommended to me by a photographer friend of mine, coffee bean fudge, Peace Tea for 3, chocolate rocks, mean waiters and…
a beautiful first day of our autumn adventure. tea for two from Dunn Brothers… lunch at Pizza Luce in Duluth (pizza shown here: The Classic with extra garlic), and finally settling into our suite on lake superior’s north shore…sipping wine…sitting fireside…relaxing and reconnecting. XO, ~Melissa
~ ~ ~ what came home with me ~ ~ ~ The beginning of our week-long anniversary celebration started with a day trip on Wisconsin’s Great River Road. When we crossed the bridge that leads from Minnesota to Wisconsin, the sky was dappled grey, and the sun kept trying to peek out from behind the…
feeling ~ happy to have the time to make a special tea lunch for the people I love hearing ~ The new album by Mumford & Sons (Babel)…completely wonderful, mesmerizing music. …and the sound of steamboat calliopes serenading us from their port in Levee Park downtown Red Wing. seeing ~ leaves turning shades of lemony…