We'd planned on driving to Chicago to visit a Macy's Dept store, but found out late last night that there was no Macy's in Chicago, only 4 hours away in Minneapolis. So, we instead took a trip to the Wisconsin Dells, which was having their annual Flake Out Festival. We saw about 20 teams working on making huge snow sculptures (our favorites were the "Horton hears a Who" and "Ok, Let's try that again") and we saw an ice carving of a penquin on a sled appear before our eyes. It felt like we were in the movie Groundhog Day with all the outdoor snow activities.

To warm up, we stopped in for pizza at the MooseJaw Pizza and Brewing Company, a restaurant with a wide selection of food and drinks, very north-woodsy. We really liked the log-cabin interior, and seeing all the taxidermied animals on the wall made us happy we didn't order any meat. We also managed to pick up another pint glass to add to our brewpub collection.

After a nice nap in the afternoon, it was time for dinner with our friend Beth and some of her friends. Beth braved the kitchen and made some wonderful kabobs, some spiced in curry, others in mint and rosemary, all tasting excellent. We brought over some Frog's Eye Salad and some fresh bread. Dinner was followed by a rousing game of Pictionary, something we hadn't played in years, and we found ourselves sketching out words like "free", "train", "marriage" and "charades" with varying degrees of hilarity and success. We should play pictionary more often.