Honeymoon Adventures - Lambeau Field! (Part IV)

**our noses (ok, mostly mine) are ridiculously red in all these pictures due to 1) wiping it 28762 times on the way up the volcano and 2) the wind.  the ever blowing, never ceasing, mostfrigidthingihaveeverfelt wind that we experienced on the way up the volcano.
After attending our first wedding (Tom & Nora's, it was lovely!) as a married couple, Javs and I decided to squeeze just a few more days out of our honeymoon with a trip to Lambeau field.  Actually, this was my wedding present to my dear hubby (a little thank you for marrying me), but I'll write a post on wedding presents later!  Once Javier's Wisconsin family learned that we'd be making a trip to Green Bay to round out our post wedding shenanigans, they offered to get in on the fun by sponsoring a stop at a supper club on the way north from Milwaukee.  Saturday afternoon we started heading northward, our destination: Schwarz Supper Club.
   Wiki's Supper Club summary:
    In the U.S., a supper club is a dining establishment generally found in the Upper Midwestern states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, 
    Michigan, and Iowa. These establishments typically are located on the edge of town in rural areas.  They were traditionally thought of as 
    a "destination" where patrons would go to spend the whole evening, from cocktail hour to enjoying night club style entertainment after 
    dinner.  They feature a casual and relaxed atmosphere.  

    Supper clubs generally feature "simple" menus with somewhat limited offerings featuring "American" cuisine.  Menus included dishes    

    such as prime rib, steaks, chicken, and fish. An "all you can eat" Friday fish fry was particularly common at supper clubs in Wisconsin. 

   Relish trays featuring items such as crackers, carrots, pickles, radishes, and celery are typically served at the table on Lazy Susans. 

This supper club included an attached guesthouse, that Javier and I would have all to ourselves for the evening :)  The house was charming, owned by Stephanie and her husband Charlie who also owned and ran the supper club.  They welcomed us to St Anna and showed use around our new spot, even offering to start a fire on the patio that evening if we wanted to sit outside and enjoy.  We hung around the house in the afternoon, watching football (alright, we napped...we were exhausted) and then walked next door for our delicious dinner!

We had to wait a bit for our table, but I'm so glad that we did! Because it meant ordering a few beers and Stephanie's world famous onion rings.  They were the best onion rings I've ever had.  When we did sit down, we enjoyed a feast!  A feast of sirloin, prime rib, grilled scallops and potatoes like I'd never fix them at home ;)

our complimentary grasshopper dessert :)

We were up early the next morning (Javs was like a little kid waking up for Santa...he couldn't wait!) and headed to Green Bay for some tailgating, Lambeau style.  After a quick check in at the Bay Motel and bus ride to the stadium, we had arrived :)  It was very cool to see so many fans completely decked out in Packers attire.  You couldn't walk two car lengths without seeing 10 cheeseheads :)  And we fit in well sporting our Rodgers' and Jennings ' jerseys.  I was mostly excited that tailgating Lambeau style included a climate controlled area full of beers, food and......a green endzone wall for fans to try out their own Lambeau Leap!!

Javs' Lambeau Leap!!

my attempt at The Leap!

thank goodness for climate control
(and no judgement for ordering beers at 10am)

 We got into the stadium early.  Javs wanted to check out our boys (we're Packers owners now!....Javs' wedding present to me!  I'll save it for present post....) and settle into our seats.  Not a bad view right?

Section 101, Row 11, Seats 6 & 7

The game was a little sloppy (the Packers didn't look great), but it was great to see them!  And we had some fun plays to watch and remember from the day. The Packers blocked a punt and returned it for a touch down!  (how cool!)  Donald Driver caught a touch down in our end zone!  And we had the sun the whole game, so the temperature was perfectly pleasant.  As were the people around us.  Mid-westerners totally live up to their reputations.  Everyone was so polite and nice.  Javier and I had made a sign, declaring our newlywed status, so everyone around kept wishing us lots of congratulations.  And Lambeau is AWESOME.  The stadium feels really cozy.  We agreed that the next time we came (cause there will obviously be a next time) we could get seats just about anywhere and still have great seats!

so close...I caught this hand off action on camera

Honeymoon @ Lambeau!

he wanted one last look after the victory
happy husband :)

Cabezas?  That's us!

The game had gone just as we wanted...a Green Bay win!  The rest of our evening....didn't.  I'll keep this part of my recap brief (since it wasn't the happiest of memories, but how our trip ended none the less).  When we arrived back in the US, in addition to touching base with family and friends, we learned that a hurricane named Sandy was about to touch base with the east coast.  Sure enough, shortly after the game ended, we learned that our flight home to DC the following morning was canceled due to the oncoming storm. It had been over two weeks since we'd been in our apartment and I was more than a little anxious to return to my bed.  So after many hours on hold, talking to AirTran representatives, driving to Chicago and sleeping on airport seats....we boarded a flight to Richmond (via Atlanta) and ended up being some of the last folks to make it in pre-Sandy.  We caught a ride from some good looking drivers (hey, they had our name on their board!) and made it back, safe and sound from the most out of this world, amazing honeymoon ever :)