BRATFEST!!!!!

I have lived in Madison almost 3 years now and have never been to Bratfest! WHHHAAATT???

So in the midst of all the wonderful Memorial weekend festivities which included a kick-ass graduation party thrown by my friends Mali and Sean, losing horribly but having a great time at a 10pm game of sand volleyball, hitting up a "four birthday-party" on Saturday and then spending all day Sunday at Vilas park in the sun playing kickball, seeing a polar bear at the zoo, and watching (aka cringing at) little blindfolded children swing dangerous metal bats at a pinata and each other, my friend Laura and I decided to attend this grand Wisconsin tradition.

We arrived at the festival grounds and parked the car. Then headed into a Wisconsin fairytale.

SOooo excited!!

Trying on some "brat gear"

There were hundreds of grills fired up for the sole purpose of brat cooking, beer stands and the Oscar Meyer Mobile!

We first grabbed a couple beers each in anticipation of the long brat line.

However that line moved faster than expected and we were soon juggling food for four (2 beers and 2 brats each). We barely made it through the condiment tent (yes, it had it's own tent), before sitting down and watching children try to kayak and the awesome highschool cover bands shout their heads off.
Mali and I later that day at the zoo: