Saturday, October 15, 2016

BBQ time on Friday & Saturday


So my awesome sister has loaned us her propane grill AND is going to work the grill on Friday & Saturday from 6 to 8 (give or take) as needed.  So if you want to join the festivities, please do.  We will have numerous items we're providing in the red meat camp but if you want something else, please bring it and it will get cooked!

Friday, October 14, 2016

Thursday Night Beer Tasting



I realized upon reviewing previous posts that I haven't included anything about our traditional Thursday night beer tasting.  Well, let's correct that problem now.


  • WHEN: Thursday, October 27th
  • TIME: Starting at 6:30 pm
  • WHAT TO BRING: Noshes to go with beer. Cheeses, crackers, bread, meats, crudite, dips, fruit... all are welcome and encouraged!  
  • WHAT YOU DON'T BRING:  Beer!  I have plenty to go around for the tasting; of course, if there are more mainstream offerings you want to bring for AFTER the beer tasting, that's always welcome.
  • WHAT IT WILL INVOLVE: *Tasting* beer.  This is a not a guzzling event nor do I encourage you to get blotto during the tasting.  This is about savoring the vast variety of suds that are available in this halcyon day of craft beer. I will have a huge number of varieties, including some homebrew, ESB from Canada, IPAs, Stouts, Pale Ales, Belgians, Sours and some wild and wooly offerings from my May and July road trips to California and Colorado respectively.  
Of course, the party will continue in, around, and after the tasting.  See you then!

Sunday Brunch Updates


SO.... after much ruminating on the matter, we are changing vendors for our Sunday brunch! While we love Greenhaus, they are pretty slow for accommodating so many orders at once.

Therefore, we are going with Fresh food truck, who will show up a bit earlier than noon and be there until a bit after 1. They promise that green chile will be an option for all items and they have no deep fryer so orders won't take as long.  

BTW, their food is fabulous! They are also meat, vegetarian and even vegan friendly!  Plus they strive to locally source their ingredients so the money goes back into the community. Add to that that one of the owners is a CIA trained chef and it adds up to awesome!  

Just bring $10 and you'll get the sandwich of your choice + a soup, salad or other side.

For further info about Fresh, here's their Facebook page link:

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Pub Quiz Creation Continues (UPDATE: 10/12/16)


So the pub quiz is coming along nicely.  We have audio visual aids courtesy of Chris "Laser" Short, who will be bringing a projector and screen for us to run the game.  I also have the game in slide show format, with contributions added from Vic, Trishy, Bev, Byron/Jen, Mary, and myself.

We are still awaiting contributions from Jennifer Slartibartfast, Chanda/Mike, Jen/Scott, Rich, Joe, and CC.

So a bit about format.  This is NOT a jeopardy style game.  We want everyone to be able to participate on every question so this is "pub quiz" format. That means that we will ask the questions in order- doing all three questions in each category at the same time.  Each team will write down their three answers on dry erase, after which they will reveal their answers and then we'll reveal the correct responses.  Then we move on to the next category. This means everyone has the potential of getting all of the questions right and everyone participates on every question!

Trishy will act as score keeper so she'll probably accept bribes.  That's just how she rolls.