{"id":6021,"date":"2016-04-17T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T01:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=6021"},"modified":"2016-04-17T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T01:58:33","slug":"spring-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=6021","title":{"rendered":"Spring Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drftlssappetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-rss nolightbox\" data-provider=\"rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/driftlessappetite\/ynOY\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=6024\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6024\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6024\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ1.png\" alt=\"DBQ1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ1.png 1200w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ1-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weekend was pretty relaxing for us. \u00a0We spent most of today just reading or walking around town. \u00a0On Saturday, we made a trip out to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minesofspain.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mines of Spain<\/a> in Dubuque to do some light hiking (it still amazes me how many wonderful parks there are near us, particularly along the Mississippi). \u00a0While it&#8217;s nice to have a break, there&#8217;s so much going on this spring that we&#8217;re looking forward to, it was probably our last quiet weekend for awhile. Here&#8217;s some of the things we&#8217;re looking forward to over the next few weeks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grilledcheesewisconsin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wisconsin Grilled Cheese Championship<\/a> (April 23rd, Dodgeville) &#8211;\u00a0This is the 5th year for the event, and my 4th year judging. \u00a0It&#8217;s always been a lot of fun and there will be live music, food, beer, and maybe a little cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Leslie&#8217;s concert at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tequilapoint1\" target=\"_blank\">Tequila Point<\/a> (April 23rd, Mineral Point) &#8211; Come here Leslie sing a mix of Jazz, Americana, and 1980&#8217;s thrash metal.<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon Tea at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cornishcorner.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mineral Point Collection<\/a> (April 24th, Mineral Point) &#8211; Join proprietors Catherine and Tekie for a chance to tastes some of the wonderful imported English treats available in the store.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enosfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enos Farms<\/a> brunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readinutopia.com\/kitchen\" target=\"_blank\">Arcadia<\/a> (April 24th, Spring Green) &#8211; Last brunch of the season, but Enos Farms will still be making lunch at Arcadia Mon-Sat.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mineralpointoperahouse.org\/performers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts<\/a> (April 30th, Mineral Point) &#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mineralpointoperahouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mineral Point Opera House<\/a> 2016 season is packed with great concerts, such as this. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t been to a show yet, give it a try!<\/li>\n<li>Spring Green Library book reading (May 7th, Spring Green) &#8211;\u00a0Friends of Driftless Appetite JM and Nicole will be reading \u00a0from their book Madison Food: A History of Capital Cuisine.<\/li>\n<li>Mineral Point Farmer&#8217;s Market (May 7th, Mineral Point) &#8211; First of the year. \u00a0Can&#8217;t miss!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clayinmay.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Clay in May<\/a> (May 7th &amp; 8th, Mineral Point) &#8211; One of our favorite annual events in MP.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/muscoda.com\/festivals\/2016-muscoda-morel-mushroom-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">Morel Mushroom Festival<\/a> (May 14th &amp; 15th, Muscoda) &#8211; Hoping to go, and hoping it will be a good year for morels.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TenDollarHouse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Dollar House<\/a> (May 15th, Mineral Point) &#8211; We can&#8217;t wait see this play about a couple, Edgar and Bob, who played huge role in revitalizing Mineral Point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?attachment_id=6025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6025\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ2.jpg\" alt=\"DBQ2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DBQ2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, we&#8217;ll see you at a few of these. \u00a0If you know anything else going on that we&#8217;d be interested in, please let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, we made a trip out to The Mines of Spain in Dubuque to do some light hiking (it still amazes me how many wonderful parks there are near us, particularly along the Mississippi).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,134,110,32,91,49],"tags":[371,727,185,497,685,384],"class_list":["post-6021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-culture","category-cheese","category-contests","category-driftless-area-towns","category-events","category-farmers-market","tag-arcadia","tag-mineral-point-collection","tag-mineral-point-farmers-market","tag-mineral-point-opera-house","tag-tequila-point","tag-wisconsin-grilled-cheese-championship","has-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6021"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6028,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6021\/revisions\/6028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}