Archive for October, 2011
This fall, Tanya and I have gone on a theatre spree! Last night we went to Door Shakespeare, and laughed our butts off! (You’ll get the reference if you see the show). There are few opportunities left to catch this show, but if you can get there – go. It is very funny. You don’t need to know anything about William Shakespeare’s 37 plays to get the humor and the actors are wonderfully crazy. Bernie – you should have come!
A few weeks ago, Bernie and Desiree joined us at AFT’s Guys on Ice. As the show started I realized that Desiree, who is from China, had no idea what ice fishing was! Tanya had a vague idea, but Desiree none. I gave her an abbreviated description (the show had started and I was trying to be quiet) – so she also had a vague idea of the premise for the show. On our way home, we were talking about the jokes and asked Tanya and Desiree if they “got” them. Some – but they said they laughed when everyone else in the audience laughed. When in Rome…
Tanya, Bernie and I also saw Gods of Carnage at Peninsula Players in early September. Also a good show. Unfortunately, early September seems like months ago and by the end of the season my memory is suspect, but – great acting, the theatre is amazing and we all enjoyed the show.
I don’t know if we can get to AFT’s Spitfire Grill before their run ends this weekend, but I hope so. Door County is full of theatre options this fall – and we’ve really enjoyed the experiences. But Bernie, you really should have come to Shakespeare with us!
Regan and her roommates at The Bean in Chicago
Pumpkin Patch weekend in Egg Harbor. So many people!!! I think the village was at the breaking point!
Here are 3 fun things that happened at Main Street Market Saturday. A little girl in line for our bathroom, couldn’t hold it and peed on the floor. Someone puked all over our patio; Dave and Corey hosed it down and cleaned it off. A van in our parking lot parked so close to another car – 4 inches – the occupants could not open the door! The woman climbed in through the passenger side, then was so incensed she called the deputies. Someone backed her car out without hitting the offending vehicle; who knows when those people showed up!
Anyway, someone asked me if Regan was going to miss being home for Pumpkin Patch – the first one she’s ever missed! She sent me this picture of her and her roommates at The Bean in downtown Chicago. The three of them took the train into the city from Lake Forest College. Needless to say, she had a lovely day!
The U-W marching band is assembling outside the store right now. They are going to march down Main Street, out the back (highway) door and into the street to the park. This will be a better day!
Our Pumpkin Patch Display
Main Street Market’s Pumpkin Patch Display for 2011 – Pumpkin Patch – A sweet retreat!
Jeanne Leesman is the artist for most of the award-winning PP displays at The Landmark Resort. This year, she masterminded our display. Tootsie Pops, Kisses, Buttercream Pumpkins, M & M’s and Starlights; they look good enough to eat, don’t they!
Steve and His Woodpile
What a weekend! Fortunately, the Main Street Market did not lose power during last Thursday night’s ferocious storm. I don’t know how or why, but the majority of the Village of Egg Harbor had juice throughout the siege. Thank goodness! We sold a lot of coffee and water Friday morning, then people backed off the coffee a bit as they realized that with no power, there is also no water. No water means no toilets – a concept that is not readily obvious to most people who live in cities! We ran out of D batteries and water Saturday afternoon; we let people fill their water jugs from our faucets outside – good enough for flushing.
Somehow, our house did not lose power either. Our neighbors to the north, south, east and west were all dark – Daisy Patch Rd. was an oasis of light. We did lose some very large trees in the woods on the northeast side of our yard. Very large – two uprooted which broke at least two more when they fell. So when Steve left the store Friday and Saturday he got out his chainsaw and cut logs from the felled trees. Sam was home and the two of them played lumberjack – and ended up with some very sore muscles.
The logs in the picture are from two of the trees. Sunday afternoon Steve and I walked through the woods and found even more trees under the branches of the biggest trees that fell. We have enough firewood for a very long time.
