Madeleine's and new friend's....

Hi girls, I missed you and want to share some of the experiences we had. I know even if you couldn't be there in person, you were there in spirit!

In Spokane, we ate a few of our meals at this really neat, little french bistro style restaurant named Madeleine's.

It's the kind of place I really wish we had in our town. It had a bakery with everything sweet from pain-au-chocolat to fruit tartes, as well as savories such as cheese strata and artichoke and white bean salad. There wasn't enough time to eat everything I could there...

I had a bittersweet, dark chocolate eclair the first night..

oh it's missing something...

That's it!

It had a great artsy feel and fabulous deserts and salads. I had a chicken curry, and a balsamic vinegar vegetable pasta. It felt so decadent after my normal Kraft mac and cheese...

Breakfast on Sunday included the wonderful Jeanne, Kasey, Sara,

and the fabulous

Amy and Tara, and Jackie

The show itself was great ( I'll show you my treasures later..), but to meet these wonderful and talented women has been the greatest honor. It's like meeting an old friend. One of the girls brought up a good point; we know such personal things about each other in blogland, but for the most part, we never get to meet face to face. It was such a wonderful experience to find out what warm and fun people these were in person. I have a few other new friends I was able to meet as well and I'll share in in other posts. My only hope after this weekend is someday I will be able to meet all of you!

I have more pics for you of the Farm Chicks show itself and this party at a very cool and rustic cafe called Chaps coming this week! I am glad to be back and see all of you!

~Jen