Day 3!

We left Chris and Milo around 10 AM today after eating some delicious rosemary bread for breakfast that Milo made the night before. We miss Chris and Milo, and we also miss the bread. A lot. We arrived in Madison at 11:30 and headed to the Fair Trade Cafe (?) and quickly realized that we were the weirdest thing in Madison. Jakob chain smoked out of nervousness, and Amy, of course, revised a poem with grace.  (I don't know about that. Wheee!)

Then, we decided to take in the local sights before the reading. For an hour, we roamed State Street in search of Post-Its and friends. Alas, the Sunday afternoon was saturated with unclear emotion and hippie shops. Drat. We arrived at Avol's Books (which is an absolutely fabulous bookstore. Go there.) and admired the incredible selection of new and rare books, stacked to the ceiling for room upon room. It was like a castle, or a church, or a mighty book fortress. The reading was attended by a few locals, who stuck around afterwards to talk to us. We sold one zine, even after a slight bout of dignified begging. We thanked Ron (Ron does Ron) for having us, and went outside where Jakob ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and tried to sell our wares, and Amy went to B Side to find some cheap tapes for Jean-Claude. She found no tapes. While on the bench we were informed by a concerned citizen that we could be fined $175 for panhandling. We quickly closed Jane Fonda, our hot pink merchandise suitcase, and departed from Madison to our next destination.

Four hours later, we arrived in Minneapolis. It's so nice here. We are staying with Jakob's friend Katie and her husband, Adam, and their dog and their baby. We ate dinner and talked and drank some beer that Adam made and now we are going to bed. We are aware of how early it is. We feel okay about it since Kansas City is going to be bananas. We love you. And you. (Thanks so much, Katie and Adam!!! Your house is lovely and so are you!)

(Special thanks to Ron and the folks at Avol's.)