But it's only a wafer-thin mint...

Ha ha, you've got to love Wisconsin! This is the opposite of the food sticker-shock I got in Las Vegas, where food USED TO BE CHEAP but is now outrageously priced.

Pete invited me to a new coffee shop/gallery he'd read about in a small town about 20 min. away, so we took a little ride. The county highways between here and there are all scenic, winding and hilly. So we got there and there was a special all-you-can-eat barbecue going on--and we could smell hickory wafting through the parking lot...