📝 Plan your fall getaway

🥖 Nature’s Bakery Cooperative Has Closed

• After decades of serving the Madison community, Nature’s Bakery Cooperative has sold its building at 1019 Williamson St. and permanently closed. The bakery first opened on Willy Street in the 1970s where Mother Fool’s Coffee House is currently located.

💎 A New Home for the Willy Street Treasure Shop (Again)

• This is the third move in nine years for the Willy Street Treasure Shop, which is currently located at 1370 Williamson St. Next month, the shop will relocate​​ up the street to 1236 Williamson St., the former home of Red Clover Tattoo Collective. [Wisconsin State Journal]
• The shop, which sells eclectic art, jewelry, home décor, and more, will have a soft opening for the new location Oct. 2.

🦩 Flamingos in Wisconsin?

• Over the weekend, birders from across the state flocked to Port Washington beach after five pink flamingos were spotted on the shores of Lake Michigan.
• How did they get here? The birds are typically found in the Bahamas or Cuba (and sometimes Florida). But American Flamingos have been spotted across a dozen states like Ohio, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania recently after Hurricane Idalia passed through in August. Biologists say the hurricane likely pushed the birds off course. [WPR]
• Related: Where and How to See Wisconsin's Rare Birds [City Cast Madison]

She is beauty, she is Gracie! This 8 month old puppy is looking for a new family to call her own. Gracie, 35 pounds, is a sweet girl who is still learning to find her confidence. She’s hoping to find someone who is ready to show her that new people and places can be fun to explore, and to learn how to be brave.

If you think she might be the right pup for you, call the Adoption Center before visiting the shelter. Gracie is currently staying with a foster family, so the humane society will arrange a time for you to meet her.

To learn more about Gracie (and the many other animals looking for a loving family), visit giveshelter.org/adopt.

Tuesday, Sept. 26

• A Conversation with Paul Ryan at Memorial Union
• Cooking Local: An Evening with TERESE ALLEN and BARB PRATZEL at Room of One's Own
• Learn to Grow Native Plants - Talk + Walk at Lussier Family Heritage Center (Lower Level)
• Smarty Pints Trivia at High Noon Saloon
• Thelma & The Sleaze, Kat & the Hurricane, Old Oaks at The Bur Oak

Wisconsin’s Best Fall Drives

Happy fall!! 🍁 Welcome back to cool nights, crisp air, leaves crunching under our feet, bonfires and well, pumpkin everything. We’re all in.

Today, travel writer Kevin Revolinski shares his favorite places around the state to see majestic fall leaves.