Northwestern Mutual's annual meeting was this week so we have been on the cocktail and dinner circuit since last Friday. The weather cooperated this year since it wasn't blazing hot and humid nor pouring down rain so it wasn't as bad being in a suit and tie for the week. It is a pretty standard set of events from year to year, but even so we had a nice time at the Summerfest grounds for the garden party along with the talks on Monday at the actual meeting and the closing concert on Tuesday - which was the Zac Brown band this year. A nice highlight this year was having one of the cocktail hours/dinner on top of the new Northwestern Mutual tower which has a balcony on the 32nd floor overlooking the city. It is always fun to see cities from up on high. If you look really close you can see our house in the picture below (not really, but it is fun to pretend).
The garden is chugging along especially since we ignored it for almost three weeks while traveling. Fortunately, we planted a lot of beans this year and they seem to be the most forgiving vegetable to plant. We harvested both yellow and green wax beans this week and have enough to enjoy fresh as well as freeze some for the upcoming winter. Our squash and cucumbers are also starting to produce so we will be frying the squash up for dinner this weekend. We still haven't figured a great use for cucumbers beyond cutting one or two onto salads and making pickles. I certainly don't like cold cucumber salads or soups and making fried cucumber doesn't seem particularly appealing. At least Jo's assistant likes to juice them so we always have a good way of taking care of the excess.
Northwestern Mutual's annual meeting was this week so we have been on the cocktail and dinner circuit since last Friday. The weather cooperated this year since it wasn't blazing hot and humid nor pouring down rain so it wasn't as bad being in a suit and tie for the week. It is a pretty standard set of events from year to year, but even so we had a nice time at the Summerfest grounds for the garden party along with the talks on Monday at the actual meeting and the closing concert on Tuesday - which was the Zac Brown band this year. A nice highlight this year was having one of the cocktail hours/dinner on top of the new Northwestern Mutual tower which has a balcony on the 32nd floor overlooking the city. It is always fun to see cities from up on high. If you look really close you can see our house in the picture below (not really, but it is fun to pretend).
The garden is chugging along especially since we ignored it for almost three weeks while traveling. Fortunately, we planted a lot of beans this year and they seem to be the most forgiving vegetable to plant. We harvested both yellow and green wax beans this week and have enough to enjoy fresh as well as freeze some for the upcoming winter. Our squash and cucumbers are also starting to produce so we will be frying the squash up for dinner this weekend. We still haven't figured a great use for cucumbers beyond cutting one or two onto salads and making pickles. I certainly don't like cold cucumber salads or soups and making fried cucumber doesn't seem particularly appealing. At least Jo's assistant likes to juice them so we always have a good way of taking care of the excess.
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