What an interesting day that Lorie and Melanie had today. Melanie had to attend a family gathering today, so Lorie and her daughter tagged along. They traveled through Madison, and made a quick stop. First, they ran to a Mexican Bakery. Good for Lorie. Bad for Melanie's diet. They got four HUGE donuts for only $3.85. This bakery just received rave reviews in the Sunday newspaper, and the store was crazy busy. We haven't eaten any of them yet, but I'm sure they'll be delicious. After that, we ran to a local grocery store to pick up our food for Passover. If we don't get the Passover food early, then there's nothing left, and we're stuck eating Matzo Ball Soup for a whole week! Matzo Ball Soup is delicious, but not for 7 days in a row! At Copps Grocery store, they had a variety of insanely large fruit. This was not fruit for sale, but fruit as decorations. Of course, Lorie's daughter insisted that she take lots of pictures.
Finally, on our way out of town, we ran into the most famous car of all. Well, it's not THE most famous-- maybe the second most famous. Madison is known for its Oscar Meyer food processing plant. I know, I know... not very vegetarian, however, this is definitely part of Madison culture. Most everyone I know remembers the Wiener mobile. As I child, Melanie and Lorie remember seeing the wiener mobile at the State Fair in Milwaukee. Some kids remember the wiener mobile whistles that they'd pass out. Few ever saw the wiener mobile outside the gates of a fair.... but Madison residents see the famous vehicle quite often! Today, we got to see a spin off of the larger wiener mobile..... we saw the Lil' Link. Isn't she cute?
Lorie also wants to mention that we are now the proud owners of a new Torah Commentary. It's a Women's Commentary, and we're very, very excited about it!
During our Torah studies, we often ponder how the interpretations would differ if a woman had written out a scholarly interpretation. Now we have a brand new resource. We're one of the first owners of the book as Melanie ordered through the Temple's Sisterhood. We can't wait to crack it open!
