The Past Three Weeks

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

 

Been a few weeks huh? Yeah well… insanely busy. However, here are a few things that have happened in the last (sigh) three weeks. First off, a while back we checked out Old Devil Moon, which is operated by one of our buddies from the SF Homebrewers Guild… great beers on tap… and the location is pretty sweet with some kick ass po’ boys… so what’s not to like? Check it out here…

 

We also celebrated Oktoberfest at Spiesekammer again with Big Ben & Lone Cicerone and a few other friends… beers, meat, cheeses & fruits were had… but mostly beer, all paired with polka music & good peeps!!! Here are pictures…

We snuck in a last minute Giants game against the Padres at AT&T Park… big thank you to the Riegelsbergers!!!

 

Then there was Oktoberfest at Ferment.Drink.Repeat owned by another one of our buddies from the Guild… again, great beer, they had brauts, and good times… and a test of endurance & strength…

We also started two batches of beer on our own! First was our wedding gift from Big Ben & Lone Cicerone, who gave us the ingredients for their WONDERFUL California Common recipe…

 

…and the other was called the Black Death Porter kit from the Oak Barrel, which will be put into our oak barrel at home… so that we can FINALLY bottle (and drink) our 2^nd Imperial Stout recipe that’s been in the whiskey barrel for nearly 9 months now… yeah, damn!!! Here are some pictures of those…

 

 

My Lady also got the first of her Purrmaid stuffies… and it’s amazing…

 

Gretchen reached 119,000 miles… two years to the day from when she hit 90,000 miles…

 

Lastly, we helped sort & organize about 50 cases of beer for the California State Homebrewing Competition… and that was exhausting… but yeah, good times & for a good cause!

 

That was all in between working overtime & the usual hum-drum… so now you see why I’ve had a hard time keeping up with this thing… but hey, you can catch up on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yahoo, telephone, text and any other means so… hit me up!!! In the meantime, next update will include our next trip later this week… to Disneyland, Knott’s Scary Farm, and a cruise to Catalina & Ensenada… so yeah, busy busy.

 

Have a great weekend everybody!!!

I Ain't a Scared of No Ghosts

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

The moving continues… the weekend was large & hard (phrasing boom!) but we got a LOT done… and we capped it off with an evening of selling my fantastic couch to a lovely Hispanic family, and then watching “Ghostbusters” with Izzy’s coworker Sally in a surprisingly empty living room. By the way, if you haven’t seen “Ghostbusters”, check it out! It’s a legendary movie… and always funny… even on the thousandth time watching it… fact!

Speaking of movies about ghosts, Izzy & I also watched movie from her childhood called “Ghost Story” from 1981 starring some aged actors like Douglas Fairbanks, Fred Astaire & Dan Housman… along with younger actors Craig Wasson & Alice Krige (“Star Trek: First Contact”) and director John Irvin (“Raw Deal”). The movie revolves around a man’s mysterious death… and his brother (Wasson plays both parts) comes back to his hometown in the Northeastern U.S. to settle things with his elderly father, whose part of the Chowder Society… which is basically like those kids from “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” where they share ghost stories… but these guys drink brandy. Well, a few more mysterious deaths… and there are questions… and they find out that they’ve all been haunted by a lovely spectral woman (Krige)… but how can that be? And why? The movie is a little slower than today’s horror flicks… but it’s pretty good. I highly recommend checking it out. There is some suspect acting (especially in the flash back to the 50’s portions) but overall, I would definitely recommend checking it out. Need some more incentive? There’s some flailing penis… and also one of the weirdest sex scenes that you will EVER see. It’s brief (that’s what she said) but well worth checking out for the amazing boobage… and just overall craziness. You’ll love it!!!

Tuesday night, Izzy & I went to our class to be certified as beer judges through BJCP program at Ferment.Drink.Repeat (now doing a soft open, so go check them out) and after the class, we went back to my Jeep Gretchen… and some miserable cunt busted the side window & stole Izzy’s backpack (and a tool kit that hadn’t already had the good tools picked clean by moochers, but that’s not a big thing). Why do people steal? Seriously? Because they need money for crack? The real question is… why don’t we have laws like in the Old West? You steal my horse, I get to watch you hang. Too dramatic? Why? It’s not the first time they’ve done this. Hell, there were two other bashed windows in the same parking lot with about 8 stalls. Are they contributing to society? Of course not! Anyway, just a thought. The important thing is… they’re probably severely disappointed with what was in the back pack (apparently a Gameboy that they probably won’t even recognize as a video game console, a Pokemon game, probably some dirty undies?) and a tool box that only has hex bits for a ratchet… but the ratchet is safely at my home because I’ve been moving & breaking stuff down. Replacing the window is a few hundred bucks that I didn’t want to spend & the backpack replacement was on sale but… basically you’re just costing me money & not making you any. F**king waste of life… but the important thing is that if our paths cross again, then you’ll still be a miserable cunt & now I’ll just despise you instead of pity you. Job well done. Anyway, onto a brighter note…

Time Travel Month CONCLUDES in a few days… and for the grand finale of this first themed month, the Everything I Learned From Movies Podcast features the 1982 classic “Timerider: Adventures of Lyle Swann” starring Fred Ward as a motorcycle champion racing in the Baja 1000… and stumbles upon a time machine that inadvertently sends him back over a century into the Old West surrounded by rapists, thieves & murderers… and it may surprise you who the rapist is in this time traveling classic. It’s a truly crazy movie… but definitely check it out… it’s worth the $2.99 rental on Amazon Prime… and if you REALLY want to be cool… go through our Amazon link when you do so we get a few scheckles, let us know what you think… and you may make it on the podcast. Until then, have a great day everybody!!!

Road to NHC: Part Three

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

 

Sunday, we (sobered up and) spent the entire day at the San Diego Zoo & it was Izzy’s first time (and my first in about 7-8 years) and we just had a wonderful time… pictures of adorable animals…

 

That evening after checking into our hotel, the San Diego Marriott Marquis…

 

We had dinner at the Karl Strauss Brewery a few blocks away… great food & great beer…

 

Monday was the drive-back day… and we timed it so that we could get back to Rose City Pizza until for an early lunch…

 

After that… it started to get hot… like over 100 degrees going through the Grapevine mountain pass between L.A. and the Central Valley… and Gretchen had a full load of kegs, swag & other crap… so she overheated a little bit… and I’ll admit, I was scared. I don’t do the heat well. I had no idea how bad the damage was. The only other time I had an issue with her was in Gilroy when she overheated on the way to the 6^th ring of Hell a.k.a. Garlic Festival… but I take pretty good care of her with standard maintenance. Long story short, after letting the radiator vent, we turned the heater on (f**k my life!!!), opened the windows and made it through the mountain pass… immediately stopping on the other side where it flattens out at Jack in the Box for a shake and some ice water… crisis averted… but it was still well over 100 degrees the entire drive back. Izzy was a trooper & always making sure that I was okay and hydrated (the sun was on my side). She’s the best!!! I’m lucky to have her.

 

Long story short, we made it back to town in the early evening… and I started dreading going back to work… but that’s neither here nor there. It was an amazing trip& I can’t wait for the next one!!! Hope you all enjoyed coming along with us virtually… and until next time, have a great day everybody!!!