Mother's Day

I did my "Stand for Peace" on Sunday.  I hope you thought about peace and whatever that may mean for you and the world on that special day.  After wards I headed off to Milwaukee.  Paul and Laura invited me to come up and spend the afternoon with them.  They took me to this wonderful Irish Pub and Restauraunt named Brocach (that is Gaelic for Badger Den...we do live in the Badger state you know).  It is the second restauraunt of it's kind, the first being in Madison.  This place is an artist's must see!  Someone had a great deal of talent and skill in the art of painting walls to create a beautiful ambience.  Lots of texture, color, murals and shimmering gold paint!   I am going back just to study the walls!  See samples below.  Yes, I took pictures of the walls to share with you! 

 

I asked our waiter about the techniques that were used...he didn't know but reported that the painter was a person flown in from Canada who did her Doctorate thesis on Designing Irish Pubs.  It sounds like there was some fun research involved in that process.

I would love to do this to some of my upstairs hallway!  The old Irish posters were shellacked to the wall!  Think of the money I'd save on picture frames!  I think I may have to print some photographs up in sepia tones and try a few of them like this...

 

 

This is one of the two way cool bars.  Actually it is the smoke free bar in the upstairs.  (I like that idea).  We started out by ordering homemade beer cheese dip, pretzel breadsticks and julienne vegetables.  Next came this.....

 

All three of us opted for the haddock "fish and chips" (with a wonderful beer batter) and curried coleslaw!  It had to be the best fish I have had since my childhood.   I also ordered a bloody mary which had Guinness in it .  It adds a foamy rich flavor to the usual bloody mary. 

It is a wonderful place to dine and I am told they have wonderful entertainment there as well.  So...GO!