Sunday, April 10, 2011

Good Morning, Good Breakfast, Good Fortune

So we wake up to a glorious morning here on Madison's east side. Warm enough to open the windows and let in some fresh air (the flavor and hazy hue of beach resort air) while savoring Sunday's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel over coffee. That done and the cupboards all but bare, we decide to light out for breakfast at Daisy Cupcakery, one of those small, independent, locally owned restaurants that boost and exemplify the quality of life in the greater Schenk/Atwood/Olbrich neighborhood. On the stroll over, we pass a truck with a vanity plate that reflects the tenor of our times here in Wisconsin....

Daisy Cupcakery is, of course, renowned for its spectacular array of delicious cupcakes....

...but I also dig its funky decor, including this Daisy Cupcakery party mannequin....

....and this display of bottles....

And then there is Daisy's scrumptious chorizo & avocado omelette, which puts the yum back into wholesome goodness...

...and overwhelmed my virtuous intention to order Daisy's home-made granola with yogurt and fresh seasonal fruit. No, really.

The kicker, this morning, was stumbling across an old Nordic Track cross-country ski simulator that had been hauled out to the terrace by one of our neighbors....

Michana tried it out and it worked fine, so in the interests of sustainability and providing a useful inanimate object with a good loving home, we carried it back to the home gym.

The result of all this is aggregate happiness, which is good because I now have some real work to do, and a happy writer is a more productive writer.