Zeno's Bar & Grill

That is what we saw on our weekend jaunt to Madison, Wisconsin and nearby Mt. Horeb. Madison, which is both the capital of Wisconsin and home of the University of Wisconsin, has a huge farmer’s market on Saturday mornings with such fantastic organic produce, cheese, and meats that I almost felt like I was on the West Coast again. While I perused the kohlrabi, the kids checked out the cows that were decked out to look like the characters from The Wizard of Oz. Not real cows. Madison is host to the current Cow Parade. The one on the upper left was our favorite – Pasture Bedtime. After checking out the capital building (beautiful) we headed over to Mt. Horeb. California can boast of having Little Denmark, (Solvang, think of the huge windmill in the movie Sideways), but Wisconsin has Little Norway. And what is Norway famous for? Trolls! There were carved wooden trolls all over town. Not only that, we were lucky enough to be there for the National Mustard Festival! It attracted such notables as the Weinermobile, Frenches the Mustard Man, and The Duchess of Mustard. In all seriousness, Wisconsin is really a beautiful state – you betcha!

--Kelly