Pretty much right after breakfast, Bob got started smoking some chickens and pork ribs for a lovely Father’s Day barbecue. Here’s the chef at work!
More photos of the food and the guests, after the jump.
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Sunday Barbecue with Bob’s Smoked Chicken and Pork
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Wine Tasting at Indian Island Winery
Saturday, June 19th, 2010For our Saturday evening activity, we headed out to Indian Island, a new winery that just completed construction on its tasting room and grounds. (Are you sensing a pattern here? Brewery, pizza, farmers market, winery? Well certainly Bob and Ann planned activities to suit their audience!) We had a bunch of fun:
Lunch at Westwood
Saturday, June 19th, 2010And now, the Weber-Wendt families pose on the docks of Lake Washington after a meal of fried fish and burgers:
Want to see our lunch? Photos after the jump.
A Trip to the Mankato Farmers Market, Wherein Greg Orders a Bag o Donuts
Saturday, June 19th, 2010I put this little video together about our Saturday morning breakfast order at the Mankato Farmers Market. Hope you enjoy.
Photos of the market, after the jump.
Mankato Historic Pub Crawl: Red Sky
Friday, June 18th, 2010For our fourth and final stop on the Mankato Historic Pub Crawl, we hit Red Sky Lounge. It is by far the hippest spot on the tour, but alas, we learned the least about its history. Instead, we heard more about what bars it had been over the years, and how the current owners came to take it over and what they’d done to renovate. Still, worth a look.
Historic Mankato Pub Crawl: Pub 500
Friday, June 18th, 2010The third spot on the pub crawl was a spot called Pub 500. For a long time, it was a gas station, conveniently located near a tire store (that’s still in business). Today, it’s a pub and restaurant, owned by the same people who own the Happy Chef chain of restaurants. Betcha didn’t know the Happy Chef was based in Mankato, Minn., didya?
Historic Mankato Pub Crawl: A Walking Tour with a Twist
Friday, June 18th, 2010Here’s one way to learn about this history of your town: take a walking tour — and have cocktails at the same time!
OK, it was more like pints, rather than cocktails, but we learned a lot and had fun too. Our first stop. Rounders in Mankato, after the jump.
Schell’s: The (Second) Oldest U.S. Brewery
Friday, June 18th, 2010Schell’s Brewery in New Ulm, Minn. was established in 1860, making it the second oldest brewery in the US. (The first is Yuengling.) We went for a tour and a tasting on a beautiful Friday afternoon.
Jake’s Stadium Pizza: A Last Visit
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Jake’s Stadium Pizza — one of Greg’s favorites because of its thin, crackery crust and fun toppings, such as Canadian bacon — is moving to make way for a CVS. We were there on its last weekend in the old location.
A Drive through the Prairie
Thursday, June 17th, 2010After lunch, we took the car out to the prairie for some sightseeing and nostalgic visits to places like “the home place,” where Greg’s dad grew up. When the wind whistles the tall grass and it sways back and forth like waves along the fields, you start to understand such references as “for amber waves of grain.” Even though these are green.
Salads with Doris
Thursday, June 17th, 2010We arrived in Minnesota around lunchtime on a Thursday. Doris had salads ready and waiting for us.
