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📍Butterbird | Madison

Butterbird is known for their fried chicken, and oooooo we loved it! They have lots of chicken options but also other goodies and soft serve for dessert. The vibe is fun and you can visit the photo booth before you leave!

Be sure to stop by their happy hour too!

Enjoy Butterbird for dinner or brunch.
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📍The Harvey House | Madison

The Harvey House checked all our boxes for a superb Supper Club!

Atmosphere ✅
Service ✅
Drinks ✅✅
The FOOD ✅✅✅✅✅

Needless to say, we were absolutely dazzled by the Harvey House.
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📍Indigo Ridge Lavender Farm | Black Earth

Be sure to keep this lavender farm on your radar for next summer! Today was the last day to pick and cut your own lavender and we did so while overlooking the bluffs of the Wisconsin River. Sitting in a field of lavender was such a calming and joyful experience.

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📍Augustiner Beer Garden | München, Bavaria

This one takes a bit of planning to get to from Wisconsin, but if you are in Bavaria Augustiner Keller is a MUST. Incredible atmosphere, the BEST beer, and wonderful food. Spend an evening or two under the chestnut trees.

Prost! 🍻

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If you are looking for a Madison area adventure, be sure to go see the lupine field at Gov. Dodge State Park!

We added a stop at for some delicious pizza to enjoy at the park! We ordered Asparagus pizza and sausage pizza!

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📍The Wedge | Madison, WI

If you are thinking of some weekend plans, be sure to add to your itinerary!!!

This new spot features artisan Wisconsin Cheese, local brews and delicious cocktails! 🧀🍻

(The Wedge is in the former One Barrel location if you are searching online for the address!)

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A Wisconsin cheese and beer hangout spot? Yes, please! We can’t wait for this to open up!

The Wedge to open in former One Barrel Brewing Co. space Local chef Jacob Guyette plans Wisconsin cheese and beer bar for Atwood Avenue.

📍 Miggy’s Bakes | Middleton, WI

Happy National Dessert day!
Miggy’s Bakes is a bright, fun and delicious place to grab a dessert on this dreary fall day. There are cakes, cookies, brownies, bars, edible cookie dough and so much more!

Next time you are looking for something sweet stop by Miggy’s Bakes!
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📍 Baraboo Date Night

Grab your person, your friend, a family member, or just go solo on this lovely Baraboo date night.

To start, dinner at ! This restaurant is in the back of a Hispanic grocery store (so you know it’s going to be amazing). We enjoyed incredible food with kind service.

Next stop: after dinner drinks and dessert at one of our favorite places, ! Before we went in, Jeremy made sure we, “smelled the Rickhouse”. We split a cocktail and a flight of spirits, followed by the finale of bread pudding.

We always love exploring Baraboo, and this was a great evening to relax and enjoy incredible food and drinks.

Cheers! 🥃
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📍 A cheesey day in Paoli, WI

Paoli has been on our radar for a while, and it sure delivered. We had so much fun, and we can’t wait to go back and make it a weekend trip!

We started our day hiking the Ice Age Trail - Montrose Segment. This segment takes you through the tops of farm fields with some gorgeous views.

Then we refueled at for lunch! A historic creamery turned Cafe, Inn, and Restaurant. They are also still creating butter for Landmark Creamery!

Our next spot, visiting . We took home the Pecora Nocciola. The creamery focuses on a unique cheese blend of sheep and cows milk. It also has sandwiches!

Then to end our lovely day, we visited . A restored mill filled with local shops, food and drinks. We grabbed a drink, found a spot along the sugar river and danced to the band!

In this splendid little town, almost everything we did was in a few blocks. Which makes it a great place to unwind and relax.

Make sure your next adventure is Paoli, WI
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📍 Lake City Books | Madison, WI

There is something whimsical about a bookstore in a fun location! Lake City Books is tucked away in a sweet little spot right off the Square. Not only does the store have a great selection of books, it has local authors and creations by local artists! We purchased a variety of books, some for the kiddo and some for us! We even found our next date night craft!

Lake City Books is pet and people friendly! We enjoyed our time exploring the shelves. Next time you’re in the area, be sure to stop in and support this lovely bookstore!
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📍 La Marimba Nicaraguan Cuisine | Hillsboro, WI

We had such a great time at La Marimba. Between the music, the kind staff and the incredible food, we highly recommend! We enjoyed tostones with fried cheese, chancho con yuca and churrasco .

Hillsboro is a great little town, so next time you are in the area be sure to visit!

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📍Miijim | Madeline Island, WI

We had one of the best meals of our lives at Miijim! This new restaurant on Madeline Island or Mooningwanekaaning as named by the Ojibwe people, features a seasonal menu focused on the treasures of the Chequamegon bay. The restaurant serves modern Ojibwe dishes with a French influence created by Chef Bryce Stevenson who is a native of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

We enjoyed mushrooms, bison, potatoes, trout and squash bread.

Make sure to set up a reservation at Miijim for your next great food experience!

Cheers!

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📍Copper Crow Distillery | Red Cliff

If you are in the Bayfield area, be sure to head north to Red Cliff and visit the country’s first Indigenous-owned distillery! The distillery was created by members of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. We enjoyed a flight of spirits and a cocktail - everything was wonderful! One of the most interesting things we tasted was a Gin made from whey (like curd and whey—whey🧀)! What a great sustainable way to make spirits!

Cheers!

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📍Adventure Club Brewing | Bayfield, WI

This brewery is perfect for people who like to adventure or who just like good beer! The space is filled with hammocks, frisbe golf, and it is attached to an adventure store. So the name matches up quite nicely.

We enjoyed the Brown Fedora, realizing later where the name came from. 😊

If you see the big old wolf greeting you, you know you are in the right place!

Cheers! 🍻

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📍New Life Lavender and Cherry Farm | Baraboo, WI

New Life Lavender farm is 40 acres of beautiful flowers for you to enjoy and smell! Just outside of Baraboo, this is a farm filled with beauty for you to enjoy. You can walk the grounds, or take the tour! Following our excursion around the farm, we enjoyed a lavender lemonade and purchased some lavender tea from the farm shop. The lavender will only be in bloom for a few more weeks, so be sure to stop by!

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A wonderful weekend in Franklin, TN.

If the busy, bachelorette party scene of Nashville isn’t your jam, we recommend a trip to Franklin, TN. Just 20 minutes south of Nashville, we found some really great places with live music and great food and drinks!

🔹Biscuit Love
This started out as a food truck and then became a successful restaurant in Nashville. This is a less busy location. Our meals were absolutely delicious and the biscuits lived up to the name - we were in love!

🔹Shopping and Exploring Downtown

🔹Leiper's Fork Distillery Fork Distillery
Not technically in Franklin, but just outside is a beautiful and historic distillery! We enjoyed the drinks and the atmosphere so much, we actually went twice during our stay!

🔹Wines in the Fork
Another Leiper’s Fork destination. Here you can buy a bottle of wine, grab a chair and sit in the creek. This was a magical experience and a great way to cool off from the heat.

🔹Franklin Farmer’s Market
We love a good market, and this one delivered! The vendors were so kind and we took home some local goodies!

🔹Five Daughters Bakery
I had the best donut of my life here!

🔹Puckett's
We had some amazing barbecue and tasted some great TN Whiskeys. This is also a great place to listen to live music!

We found many of our favorite Nashville things in the charming town of Franklin. So if you are looking for a little more laid-back Tennessee trip, check out Franklin! It was beautiful and we had a great time.
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We recently visited Louisville, KY for a long weekend. We were blown away by the food and drinks found in this city. So here is our great day in Louisville! P.S - make sure you pronounce it as “Luuavill” 😉

🔸Breakfast at The Cafe
This was a classic and delicious breakfast that prepped us for our big day! Our AirBnb was in this neighborhood so it was perfect!

🔸Louisville Slugger Museum ⚾️
This museum is impressive! There is a lot of history to see and even hold. We are big baseball fans, so this was of course a perfect stop.

🔸Bourbon tasting at Barrels and Billets.
This is a new distillery who is associated with the Slugger Museum. We split a flight of bourbons and cocktails.

🔸Lunch at SARAP, which is located in the Village Market.
This little stop is a Filipino eatery, and wow did we enjoy our lunch plus, the service was great!

🔸Maker’s Mark Distillery Tour
The highlight of our day. We almost felt like we were entering Disney World as we stepped onto the property. The grounds are beautiful and our tour guide was fantastic. On the tour we learned a lot about an amazing woman named Margie Samuels - be sure to look her up. At the end of the tour we purchased some bottles and even dipped the famous red wax on them. There are a lot of distilleries in the Bourbon belt, but Maker’s Mark needs to be on your list.

🔸Dinner at the Mayan Cafe
We never had food quite like this before, and it made us so excited to taste some delicious Mexican indigenous cuisine made with local ingredients. Our dinner was fabulous and of course, we paired it with more bourbon.

If you are looking for a city with a booming food scene, be sure to add Louisville to your adventure list!

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📍1895 Rebel BBQ | Wonewoc, WI

This little town along the Baraboo river is home to a great place to get some delicious BBQ! The food is all fresh and made in house. You must be sure to save room for desserts because those are also fantastic!

Take the trip to Wonewoc if you are in the area because who doesn’t love great BBQ paired with a flight of bbq sauce?

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📍Kuckuk Farms | Wautoma, WI

The Peonies are in bloom! These are such beautiful flowers, and at Kuckuk farms you can come and view the flowers, have a picnic lunch and take home a bouquet. We had a magical morning in the gardens with these stunning blooms.
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📍Graze | Madison

Graze focuses on local and seasonal dishes paired with a James Beard Award winning Chef! Needless to say, it was incredible. It was tough picking what to order though because we wanted everything! This just means we will need to return!

Everything was excellent and the staff were kind and inviting!

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A perfect morning in the Driftless Region | 📍Governor Dodge State Park & 📍The General Store

We took an early morning hike at Governor Dodge State Park! We started at Stephens’ Falls and then continued on the Lost Canyon Trail. Following our hike, we ventured to the General Store in Spring Green. We had a delicious breakfast made with love and dill cheese curds! It was a perfect morning!
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📍LaClare Creamery | Malone, WI

This Creamery and Kitchen needs to be on your Wisconsin bucket list! It is one of the only domestically produced goat cheese creameries in the country and the milk is all sourced within 15 miles. A local Wisconsin treasure!

We stocked up on lots of cheese and tried some goat milk ice cream 🍨
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Day trip! | 📍Sheboygan, WI

Take a day trip to the Malibu of the Midwest! We didn’t surf, but we did enjoy the natural beauty and the delicious foods and drinks.

🔹Morning hike at Kohler-Andrae State Park 🥾
🔹 Lunch at Field to Fork Cafe 🍽️
🔹 Dessert at 3 Sheep’s Brewing 🍻

Sláinte!
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📍 Lewis Station Winery | Lake Mills, WI

Nestled between Madison and Milwaukee, Lewis Station Winery is a great place to meet in the middle! We enjoyed a variety of tasty wines and a delicious spread of food for lunch. This is a great spot in a beautiful town.

Sláinte! 🍷
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📍A lovely adventure in Mount Horeb, WI

We started our day with a hike at Donald County Park. This Dane County park is beautiful and filled with lots to see! We enjoyed following the trail around Donald Rock - a large rock formation that can be seen from quite a far distance. Historically, people would take so many pictures or paint paintings of it, it actually got the name “Picture Rock”.

After our trek through the snow we enjoyed a variety of ciders at Brix Cidery. They focus on local ingredients and the vibe is cozy and welcoming.

If you’re looking for a fun day excursion, make your way to Mount Horeb!

Cheers! 🍻
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📍Short Stack Eatery | Madison, WI

A delicious and exciting breakfast awaits you at Short Stack! Enjoy a variety of savory or sweet dishes OR take a chance and try the blind! A mystery dish that could change at any time. Short Stack works with local ingredients to create some excellent breakfast.

And as Leslie Knope would say, “Why would anyone ever eat anything besides breakfast food?”
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📍Delta Beer Lab | Madison, WI

An inviting place with pizza, games and great beer! We loved visiting Delta Beer Lab on a cozy afternoon. Cheers! 🍻
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📍Clasen’s European Bakery | Middleton, WI

A taste of Europe right in Middleton! This bakery creates delicious breads, rolls, pretzels, desserts, and so much more - all from scratch! We wanted to buy everything.
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📍“Boozy Brunch” at Tumbled Rock

Brunch at Tumbled Rock Brewery and Kitchen is what brunch is all about! We had chilaquiles, birria hash and lemon ricotta fritters. 🤤