whelp - saturday was interesting. the family decided to go up to madison for an afternoon of shopping and enjoying the city. our usually fav food spot is around capital square...but they're in the middle of a move and sadly weren't open at their new location yet. so, we decided to try this place called brocach. dad and mel had checked it out one time after a teacher lobby deal at the capital last year (it's right across the street)...so we headed over. i have to admit..it WAS awkward to be going with the fam to a pub. it's an irish pub with a lot of authentic food and a lot to drink. the food was great (different...but great)...but dessert got "interesting." here's the deal...
(a note to put things in context...my parents are WAY against alcohol...gave it up years ago...don't even talk about it...) so, i took a phone call after dinner, assuming as usually we would skip dessert and head on out shortly. but, when i got back to the table, they were in the middle of ordering. we got two desserts to share...dad ordered this irish cream cake thing and mel ordered the sorbet (cabernet - yep - wine). i guess i sort of gave my parents a weird look - they weren't exactly paying attention to mel's ordering - and slowly they got the picture. the waitress brought the desserts and everyone dug in...it was then REAL obvious - gotta love that aftertaste
...it came out that mel thought it would be grape sorbet...she was wrong. i guess my parents didn't know much what to do...mom started making jokes and seriously started to hog the thing, dad made comments about mom and "how she gets" when she drinks, etc...what a mess. it was good...but the convos were getting ridiculous. you think that's weird..just wait.
so, after dinner we went for a "walk" around the concourse area: the capital, monona terrace (this building with great architecture, lookout points, and collections of Frank Lloyd Wright stuff... pics below)...and then...we found "them"...the cows (see next post :)
the pub - simple outside, beautiful inside...perfect
view of capital square from monona terrace
inner hallway
crazy cool flowers on the roof
view of lake 0ff monona terrace rooftop
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