Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dead of night.. nor any of those, really. Walked 2.5 miles to the “Robertsville” post office to drop off our tax forms. I used the self-service counter to avoid the line only to be stuck … Continue reading
Category Archives: Food & Drink
My Beer is Fat Vern!
Opened up a couple bottles of the new beer for Julie and me, and it was great! Because it’s the Vernal Equinox tomorrow and because it’s a Stout, I’m calling it Fat Vern. The flavor’s right. If I have any … Continue reading
50 Bottles of Beer On The Wall…
The beer is bottled! I even had some. It’s still unnamed, and it’s still a stout. At this point in the game it’s not quite ready yet, but here’s the story so far.
Enjoy A Tasty Stout With Me… in 3 Weeks
Our really good friends Ted and Claire got me an unemployment present (what a great idea) of a beermaking kit from Fermentation Solutions, and I got to work on a stout.
The Most Important Meal?
Breakfast is supposedly the most important meal of the day, but I’ve found it is the least consistent meal. Sometimes it’s a sit down meal, sometimes it’s a piece of fruit, sometimes it doesn’t happen at all. Let’s look at … Continue reading
Scharffen-Berger Anniversary Dinner
A couple weeks ago we went to Scharffen-Berger Chocolate Maker in Berkeley for the factory Tour. This was a birthday celebration for one of Julie’s coworkers. What a cool place! We had a great tour guide and had some tasty … Continue reading
Recent Food Roundup
Bit late on the ball posting about some tasty food of late. We made a sour cream dip with lime zest and juice with green onions for Monday Night Football. Later with some leftover sausage from the VP debate party … Continue reading
Two Words: Sam’s BBQ
For my birthday dinner we went to the always excellent Sam’s BBQ on Bascom which is so close to Streetlight Records that we have to fight really hard against its gravitational pull. I’ve had a rib-revival and I have developed … Continue reading