Smith family photos

For our anniversary, which happened to be August 6th, we went to a nice fondue restaurant called The Melting Pot. Neither of us had had fancy fondue, and it was a fun experience. There were four courses - cheese first, to dip bread, fruit, and vegetables. We chose what they called a "Wisconsin Trio" for our cheese. This is the official description: "Fontina, Butterkäse and Buttermilk Bleu cheeses with white wine, fresh scallions and a hint of sherry." It was on the sharp side, and very good. Then came the salad course. Rachel had a strawberry almond salad, and I had a chef salad.

They brought out the main course next, which was a variety of raw meat that we cooked in the broth. The last course was the dessert, a flambeed chocolate fondue that we dipped all manner of sweet things in. There was a tray with strawberries, bananas, cheesecake, angel food cake, and several marshmallows that were coated with coconut, I think. It was all very good, and very nice for our first anniversary.



This last Saturday, we went to see one of our favorite bands, Nickel Creek. We'd previously seen two of their concerts in prior years, but it's been more than 2 years since they were here last.