Summer Camping Trip :: Amnicon Falls & Madeline Island

We headed up to Minneapolis for a fun time shooting and attending our friends Jim & Heather's wedding and were even able to slip in some fun times with cousin Jess out in the city. After that we headed north bound to camp on Madeline Island, one of Wisconsin's Apostle Islands off the shore of Bayfield (where we got married at).

Below are a few pictures from our stop at Amnicon Falls State Park as well as from the Madeline Island shoreline that Matt took! Check out his other Fornear Photo pictures!

Enjoy!

Lonny Magzine

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Pittsburgh :: Final Look

This is a little small for on here but this is a great panoramic picture taken by Fornear Photo of the whole city, for this and other Pittsburgh pictures please check out Fornear Photo!!!

Pittsburgh :: Church Brew Works

The Church Brew Works was a our second brewery stop in Pittsburgh and all I can say is WOW! This place is amazing in terms of both ambiance as well as beer! For $15 you get a 5oz sample of all 8 beers they have on draft at the moment~ I deal you can't beat! Plus the beer was pretty amazing! Great variety and really unique flavors, if you are a beer lover in Pittsburgh you need to check this place out!!! Sadly the only regret is that we didn't get to try their food as they had quite a large menu (we were still stuffed from Primanti Bros) but other than that, what a place!

Pittsburgh :: Penn Brewery

Penn Brewery was the first of two breweries we planned on visiting while in Pittsburgh. Everything was very pleasant at this German-esk brewery but was pretty run of the mill.

Sadly the beer was quite a disappointment (not very flavorful in our opinions) however there were two beers that stood out as they reminded me a great deal of two beers I am quite familiar with from a certain other German-esk brewery in Wisconsin that I happen to work for... hummm. Maybe it was the brewing style but the resemblance was very eerie to me! Any who, below are the photos from Penn Brewery!

Pittsburgh :: Primanti Bros

After seeing Primanti Bros on the Travel Channel many years ago this was the only place (in terms of a restaurant) that I made a special request for us to visit NO MATTER WHAT while in Steel City and it didn't disappoint!

After a day in Pittsburgh I quickly realized that Primanti Bros is sort of like the Pittsburgh version of Portillos in Chicago. Thankfully we were able to go to the original in the Strip District, I had a cheese combo and Matt had a pastrami and swiss and we washed them down with one of the local PA beers from Yuengling.... so good!

Getting Caught Up

With Summer here and all that comes with that I have to get a bit caught up on the blog. Thanks to Fornear Photo we are getting to travel a bit this summer and share our time with some great people! We are excited about all of the new opportunities we have upon us as well as trying to live life a bit. Stay tuned for more from our Pittsburgh, PA trip.

Thank you all!

Pittsburgh :: Peace, Love & Little Donuts

If you come to Pittsburgh you need to go to this place in the Strip District! People were so nice and gave us free donuts just for being from out of town!

Brews Day Review

New micro-brews we found here in PA.... Yumm! This was a great way to relax in the hotel after a 10hr drive from Wisconsin to Pittsburgh and to unwind after being swindled out of almost $30 on the I-80/90 tollway... ugh. Anyway!

Our two favorites we found were the Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter and Stoudt's Smooth Hopperator. The Duck-Rabbit was a our favorite but the Stoudt's was a close second!

Yummo Healthy Breakfast

Something simple, easy and healthy! My husband and I have been on a smoothie kick on the weekends (thanks to my favorite kitchen tool, the immersion blender)! This dandy was a Very Vanilla Soy, blue berry and strawberry one.

WI Day Trip :: Mt.Hore & Cave of the Mounds

Not the best picture but for the Memoridal Day weekend since we did not go out of town we took a small day trip to Mt Horeb and Blue Mounds WI. While there we went to the Grump Troll Brewery (good beer but a bit on the expensive side for the food) and then went to The Cave of the Mounds. This place is really cool! Great place to visit but it was a touch crowded but we really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it! For much better pictures check out the Fornear Photo Facebook page!