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The full-size garbage plate at Franks Diner in Kenosha Wisconsin. Made with five eggs, hashbrowns, green pepper, onions, and your choice of up to five meats and five cheeses. Woof; that was a lot of food! I think I'm set for breakfast, lunch, and a little of dinner!





The diner has been open since 1926. It was built to resemble a railroad dining car. The owner has a bunch of local photos and history stuff up on the walls, including the naturalization papers for the original owner of the diner, which are in our collection at the Parkside archives!

Breakfast today for the archivist and I was on the owner for our work in researching the opening day of the diner in 1926. He's a super-nice guy, and the atmosphere in the diner is wonderfully casual and friendly. I feel a bit embarrassed that I, as a Kenosha citizen, had never been in the establishment before. I want to take some people there with me!

You're supposed to take your keys *with* you....

The air is really starting to take on a chill these days. I haven't moved up to covering my arms with my flannel yet, but I'm commuting with a fleece vest and light gloves in this weather. I'm also glad to have closed-toed shoes to keep my feet warm in the windy early Fall.

It took me a little extra time to get through my garbage plate this morning, so I was a couple minutes later getting to campus than I'd hoped. I made it to class before the professor had finished returning some papers, so that worked out. Still, I was in a serious rush to get to the room. Before my second class, I went out to my bike to drop off a few things and realized I'd left my keyring, with the key to the bike on it of course, just sitting on top of the rear rack on my bike.

"I can't believe I left these here," I commented to another guy who was just locking his bike up. "That was stupid!"

Anyway, here's a quick self-portrait (I don't think I'm hip enough to use the word "selfie") from the campus before heading home.





And now, school work!