Saturday, June 7th: Iowa City

Allison, Nate and I headed for brunch at one of the most famous joints in Iowa City: Hamburg Inn #2. For West Wing and political fans everywhere, the Hamburg Inn is home to the coffee bean caucus in Iowa…and a definite stopping place for all political candidates when in Iowa. They serve what they call a “pie shake” – make a milkshake, drop in a piece of pie, blend, serve. Delicious! The antiquing/junk scene was our next adventure finding many things to entertain us for hours. A swing by the new house Allison and Nate will be moving to this fall, then led us on a walk through the downtown arts festival that was filling the streets. There have been terrible storms in the Midwest lately and our path led us to the river to see the flooding. There were folks building sandbags in preparation for this weekends oncoming storms. Then back to the apartment for nap-time – a non-negotiable point when spending time with Allison. That night we hit the streets of Iowa City again, this time to hone my parlor game skills. Thankfully Nate is a great foosball teacher, and I only panicked every fourth play.