Pasta and Potstickers

Hello to everyone! Sorry we haven't posted in a while, it's been a busy couple of weeks! I thought I'd give you a quick update on what we're up to lately.

The most beautiful smelling flowers I've ever recieved.

My Mom and Dad brought them up for my birthday a couple of weeks ago along with a wonderful gift basket filled with local and organic products from The Driftless Market in Platteville. The ginger cookies were awesome! We went to Samba for dinner which is a great brazilian restaurant that everyone should try at least once. It's a little expensive but worth it, and I heard their Sunday brunch is fantastic.

We went to the Brewers vs Pirates game last Monday - great

seats. (Thanks Nicole and Greg!) For the longest time I was looking at the scoreboard thinking "What is a cut? Is that similar to a foul?" I finally figured it out. Turns out there were

some lights out on the scoreboard. It was supposed to be "out".

Genius potstickers. Karl, I'm sure, will explain more later. We

made them with Lange Farm pork, ramps, red pepper and green

onion.They were wonderful. That same night we also made some grilled beef burgers with the same mix-ins. Wonderful.

Also, the same evening, I did some crazy clean dish stacking. Have you ever played Jenga? It's exactly the same

except you use dishes instead of wooden blocks. I do the stacking and Karl does the pulling off the pile. This was one of my best piles so far. It's one of my hidden talents.

Karl made a wonderful pasta sauce two nights ago. Lots of vegetables and homemade tomato sauce. It had that great fresh taste you get with a lot of vegetables.

Last night, after Karl, Jane, and I stopped by the International Breakdancing competition at the Monona Terrace we went over to Natt Spil for drinks and apps. Delicious.