Patish: Madison

While in Madison, WI, for Padre Carmelo’s memorial service, September 27, 2014, Pat Finnegan Ishizaki— “Patish” to Steven and me— put us up in her home.

The five-night sleepover was the next best thing to LAMP, July 1966, and the reunion just five months earlier when we shared space for the first time in, like, forever.

Our first full day in the city, we visited Pat’s church, St. Bernard, closed at the time, and St. Patrick’s on Main for noon Mass, followed by a tour of the state capitol and an early dinner at 1855— quite an “excellent day with Pat,” according to my calendar book entry.

St. Bernard

       

       

       

       

St. Patrick’s

       

       

       

       

   

           

           

           

   

       

       

       

State capitol

       

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Our second full day in Madison, Pat took us to Olbrich Botanical Gardens.  Stunning!

We spent hours at the plant and flower place.  Good lunch at the house.  Sheila arrived at 2:30 P.M.  Great seeing her!  She treated us to fish at Kavanaugh’s.  Stayed up talking, then to bed before 10 P.M.  Tomorrow is Carmelo’s memorial service (My calendar book entry, 9.26.14).

       

       

Links of interest…  Holy Hill (about)…  Kavanaugh’s…  Olbrich Botanical Gardens (plants in bloom)…  St. Bernard Parish…  St. Patrick’s (history)…  Wisconsin State Capitol (about)…

WP blog pages…  LAMP…  Memorial…  Patish: Holy Hill…  Reunion

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