We were invited to Marina's birthday party this year. Since we haven't been to one of her parties in a long time we thought we would go this year. Originally Marina wanted a waterpark birthday. After finally deciding on a weekend we were the only ones that could go. She had her official party the previous  weekend and was going to spend this weekend with us.  Water park, water park! After passing this place for many years we finally made the stop at Fannie's Supper Club in Neilsville.     Love when the Supper Club decor is on point and the food is great. I say this a lot, but a top 10 Wisconsin Fish Fry. This place was your prototypical Midwest supper club.    I want to stay at the neighboring motel which is equally Wisconsin mid-century sophisticated.  

Out of the shadows of Duluth Blake showed up for a venture back to the Valley of the Fox. Apparently his car broke and my dad picked it up from him to fix it. Blake needed a ride to the wedding so he took a bus down to Minneapolis and rode with us. Before heading home we decided to check out the North Loop Salvation Army. If you haven't been there, the combo of old school Salvation Army and a massive as-is store make this the best thrift store in the Twin Cities. Because of that you have to come early and often. Because of this store we really have no reason to go to Target where most of the stuff comes from They even had a white-electric version of our stove. Whenever Blake and Brooke are together they play Draw Something. Brooke's addiction is becoming akin to my ravenous appetite for news reading. Blake's a better drawer than me so I usually cheat and have him draw for me.  We were all hungry so we stopped at the Norkse Nook . No, not th...