Sat 9 Feb

Very nice day yesterday. We had lunch at Tokyo Steak House with Bill and Paddy, Elaine and David Wrone. Bill and Paddy insisted on picking up the tab for all. Discussion was lively and a wide variety of topics. Delightful time. Bob and I then drove down to Madison with the heater making the car comfy against the extreme cold. We went directly to the Alliant Center for the Garden Expo and wandered around for a couple of hours, looking at booths with live rosemary, primroses and succulents, gardening tools, info on parks and arboretums and other commercial products. We talked to a young Polish man who put expensive cream on our eyes and my frown lines that appeared to diminish the lines almost immediately. Unfortunately he wanted $200 (initially $250) for the set of creams. No sale. Then we watched a cookware demo from a man who wanted to sell us a $300 pot to cook our vegetables so as to retain nutrients. He insisted that we were destroying our veggies by microwaving them. Sorry, also no sale. Next stop, Costco where I had no sooner said to Bob what a shame that they never seem to have those good cinnamon rolls, then there they were on the last table in the bakery section. Am enjoying one as I write. We tried to go to Lombardino's but would have had to wait up to an hour for a place to sit and it was already 7:30. Tried La Brioche but it was dark, so we ate at Sa Bai Thong in the same complex and enjoyed pad thai with leftovers to take home. Food: 8:55 am Costco cinnamon roll, 101 g blackberries, coffee 11:00 am Many samples at Farmshed 12:55 pm Cherry danish