weekend update

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News from my weekend:

• Skating on the 400 meter oval at The Pettit National Ice Center is really fun. It surprises me that there are so few 400 meter indoor ovals. Sure it’s big and presumably expensive, but there are lots and lots of much bigger, much more expensive sports facilities, and you’d think that at least more of the ones from previous Olympic games would still be in use.



• The chocolate and cherry bread from Piacentine’s Artisan Bread at the Milwaukee Public Market is really good.



• St. Paul’s Fish Company in the Public Market is selling “salmon on a stick” in Teriyaki, Mesquite, and plain flavors. It is Really Good! Anyway, how could I resist something called salmon on a stick?



• aryana_filker and I finally had a nice chat by telephone. (That seven hour time difference is inconvenient.) As nice as e-mail is , it is so nice to talk. Also nice that these days a call to Germany can cost very, very little.