Sat 23 Feb

Had a very nice overnight in Green Bay. Wine tasting was fun as always at Captain's Walk, and the fish and chips at St. Brendan's is still an amazing dish. We found out that the indoor farmer's market at the nearby convention center was happening this weekend, so we walked down there after our yummy St. Brendan's breakfast. We took a side trip on the way home to check out Kerrigan's Winery in Kaukauna. It turns out to be a family-run fruit wine place, but the people were very nice. We tasted quite a few wines at no charge and brought home a catawba wine that is light and tolerable as well as a bottle of their own Irish cream (which is considerably less expensive than Bailey's). We stopped at the mall in Appleton where I found a pair of Underarmour white compression shorts (on sale) which were exactly what I wanted to go with my rashguard for snorkeling. This should be the solution to keep from getting sunburned on the butt when I snorkel. BTW, we are planning a trip to St. Maarten in May where we shall have opportunities for said snorkeling. It seems like we get the urge to go there about once every 5 years, and this is the year. I found a good deal on a VRBO rental of a condo unit in the Princess Heights luxury hotel above Dawn Beach. Cheap Caribbean no longer offers the good deal we got when we went before, and the hotel we had stayed at in the past is now owned by a different corporation so I wouldn't have been sure it was still as good anyway. I got fairly good flight prices through Priceline. We will be there May 7-13. Had a yummy light supper tonight of goodies from the Farmer's Market along with my Christmas wine and chevre from Michael. Watched a movie lent to me by one of my clients based on the shooting of Amish girls in a Pennsylvania schoolhouse several years ago. A real tearjerker. Food: 8:15 am Omelet w/cheese, peppers, ham, tomato, 2 cranberry scones, 8 oz OJ, coffee Various samples at Farmer's Market Numerous wine tastings 2:30 pm 3 slices 10" Thai chicken wood-fired pizza, pint blueberry ale 5:00 pm Salted caramel square 6:30 pm 1 oz smoked salmon, 3 crackers w/honey chevre, 3 crackers w/sweet tomato chevre, 1 oz butterkase, 6 dilly beans, slice limpa bread, 5 oz riesling