I'm just trying to have a good time and figure things out.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

MAY I borrow...

...a cup of sugar?
Since I actually left in April, I guess I could have filed it there - but I didnt, so you'll have to think outside the box. Craig graduated from Brewing School in Munich, so I headed over there to hang out with him for a couple of weeks and do "cultural things"...like drink beer. And ride bikes. And ride bikes while drinking beer. Last time that Craig and I played around in Europe we DID go to museums and various other historical places. This time we didnt beat around the bush. We drank beer. Lots of incredible German and Belgian beer. We went to the sacred places that they make the sacred beer. Including a little known monastery called St. Sixtus in Westvleteran that makes a beer that you probably have never heard of unless you are a beer snob. But we are beer snobs. And we went there.

Also, I took Jess down to Austin for a wedding. She survived meeting my Aunt/Uncle/Cousin, meeting my crazy mom, meeting my Nana/Grandad, meeting my old hometown friends, lots of mexican food, and a fun 4Seasons wedding. She didnt survive the pedi-cab ride home. I mean, she LIVED through the ordeal - but we got ejected at 5th and Congress at about 2am. I was a little embarrassed, Jess was a little concussed. After a really fun ambulance ride to Brackenridge, we realized we were the best dressed people staying overnight in the ER at the county hospital. That's what Texas is all about: Shiner Bock, Blue Bell Icecream, Mexican Food, Barbecue, and spending the night in a hospital after a really good party.