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Thursday, September 01, 2005 Destination Three: Oshkosh On Thursday morning I made my first visit to the cultural phenomenon known as Ikea, a veritable warehouse of interior decorating goodies that I wished I could buy, especially since when I got back on Sunday night I had to move across the hall (same house, different room--more about that later). Then I drove through hours of highway bordered by signs advertising--you guessed it--cheese. It's somewhat cliche, but Wisconsin is definitely proud of its cheesy heritage. Or at least the stores are. Oshkosh is a little town surrounded by farms and fields; as far as I can tell, you can't even get to it via the interstate. The New Moon Cafe is situated in the middle of downtown, which isn't far from the local university--unfortuately, from what I saw the college has terrible, office-building architecture while the town itself is quite traditional and cozy. For some reason that will continue to elude me, I was under the impression that Oshkosh and Madison are around an hour's drive from each other; this, I discovered during my first stop in Chicago, was totally false. (How on earth did I get that idea?) Madison is almost three hours away from Oshkosh. Yet I had the privilege of sharing the night with the wonderful Tracy Jane Comer anyway. (Check her out--she's been nominated for Madison Area Music Awards galore.) For the second time ever, I played an entirely improvised song created from words thrown out by the audience (the first attempt at this, in Minneapolis, was so fun I've decided to do it regularly from now on). After the show, loaded with an espresso brownie and coffee to keep my sleep-deprived self awake for the drive, I was off to Chicago (and of course, got somewhat lost on the way--luckily I had Bryan, now returned from Mexico and Mayan ruins, on the phone with a computer and online maps). ^ Top | 9:45 PM | | | 
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