Living The Dream in the Mad-Town
If you have been reading MamasGoneMadison for any length of time, you will know that many of us are obsessed with Pinterest. In fact, I can personally boast that I have pinned almost 6,000 ideas. Now the number I have actually tried is MUCH less than that, but at least I have been inspired. Pinterest [...]
Now that the holidays are over, we are left to some how get through the rest of winter. What better way then a spa day with your little one? Back in November, Mamas Gone Madison were invited to attend a grand opening of a new kids spa, Scoops Kids Salon, in the Hilldale Mall. Michelle [...]
With school starting soon and the weather turning from too hot to too cold, my mind has lately gone to finding good activities for my son to keep him busy when going outside isn’t an option and all of his big guy friends are back at school. I’ve been searching for low or no cost [...]
This past weekend my husband and I took a mini vacation to Madeline Island. It’s about 5.5 hours north of Madison with a population of only 220 year round residents. I had never been there, but my husband grew up in Park Falls which is only a couple of hours away, so he had visited [...]
Have you ever heard of the Little Free Library? I was driving down Old Sauk Road awhile back and noticed a cute little wooden bird/tree house in someone’s front yard and next to it was a little bench. As I looked inside I noticed it was filled with books. It appeared that you could take [...]
Are you in a cooking rut? Looking for something fun to do with your significant other or your girlfriends? Just want to learn a new skill? Need a creative gift for a foodie? I have just the place for you – Flambé Gourmet. Flambé Gourmet is an upscale catering business on Madison’s near east side [...]
The other night myself and a couple of girlfriends went for dinner and drinks at the new Food Fight Restaurant in Middleton called craftsman table & craft. It’s a very family friendly restaurant and also very popular. At 5:30 on a Wednesday night it was crowded and we had to wait about 20 minutes for our [...]
A couple of months ago my husband came home and said, ” I will never eat McDonald’s again.” This was surprising considering he worked there in high school and although he doesn’t eat there frequently, he is the first to admit that he occasionally loves a Big Mac and a Coke from McDonalds. So after [...]
My family was desperate for a vacation. My little man, who’s not quite two, was walking around the house begging to go to the beach and my daughter has been saving her pennies to fly to Florida. However, with limited time and resources a full blown vacation was just not possible. Fortunately, we found the [...]
Source It’s become a yearly winter spring tradition for my family and friends to attend the Wisconsin Garden Expo. I love the spring feeling that I get when I go inside and see all the plants and landscape ideas – at least until I have to go back outside to the snow. The many displays [...]
