weekend getaway: wisconsin

Last weekend Karl and I took a road trip to the Milwaukee area to visit our friends Serena and Steve. They took us to the cute town of Cedarburg where we enjoyed a wine tasting at the amazing Cedar Creek Winery (several bottles of Riesling, Pino Grigio, and Cranberry Blush came home with us!) and poked around in several cute shops, including a packed-full-of-treasures antique store and Downtown Dough, a sweet (pun definitely intended) store with the most cookie cutters, cake pans, sprinkles, and cupcake liners I've ever seen in my life!

{just one of the many walls of cookie cutters at Downtown Dough}

 {beautiful antiques and vintage glassware}

{I'm so in love with aqua glass these days}

{$58 for this set of 4 pyrex bowls...I have these exact ones from my Grandma Claire's kitchen!}

 {my Mamaw Betty had fruit just like this in her kitchen!}

We poked in a few other shops and found fun bottle cap furniture, ruler mirrors and ruler/scrabble tile trays. These are definitely now on my DIY to-do list!

{funky bottle cap lamp}

{a great new use for bright and colorful wooden rulers}

{"You always measure up!"}

We enjoyed a hearty (and not very good for our hearts) lunch at the Milwaukee Brat House and then played the role of secret agents at the Safe House, a spy-themed restaurant/nightclub tucked into an inconspicuous alley way in Downtown Milwaukee. In order to get inside the club you have to first find the secret door, then whisper the password or, if you don't know it, do any number of funny dances/antics to be let in. The best/worst part? A hidden camera broadcasts all your funny moves to the party goers inside! If your bunny impersonation or disco, salsa, and Russian dancing skills are entertaining, you'll likely walk in to a round of applause. The Safe House is equally neat on the inside and filled with secret doors, mysterious staircases, and all sorts of spy memorabilia. Definitely worth the trip!