  Somethin' Tells Me It's All Happening At The Zoo still chillin' in madison. the weather has been perfect, and i'm really just happy to spend time with james and my family, in a city that's not toledo. not only is it not toledo, it's a city that has feminist bookstores, restaurants that aren't just the olive garden and friday's, and a giant farmers' market on saturday mornings. excellent foods, political tables, funny-looking people, and this week only, cows. the dairy farmers' council has an annual event called "cows on the concourse", in which they bring out about 10 cows, some live bands and really good ice cream, and everyone gets to pet the cows and eat good ice cream for cheap. we wash our hands in between, FYI. james and i are renting bikes to ride around the lakes today.
the city of madison is on an isthmus, and is almost completely surrounded by four lakes. there are bike paths everywhere, so we are going to take advantage of the gorgeous day and get some exercise in the process (saw "super size me" last night--that's a whole other blog post for the future...). ugh. back to toledo tomorrow. reality calls. 
