This past week we've had a few really nice dinners out.
Firstly, on Thursday night we went to the fabulous international tapas restaurant, La Merenda. This is a regular favourite of mine because the food is always really flavourful and the service is great. This night was different because it was their Oktoberfest dinner and beer night. The chef, ( Read more... )

So, I spent a week in Poland for work. The first 2 days in Krakow, which was beautiful, and then the majority of the week in Katowice, which was more of an industrial town. Various pics follow... Enjoy!

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On September 29th, 10 of us set out to complete the 2007 Bayview Pub Crawl. 17 Bars...6.5 Hours...1 beer per location. The good news is, we completed with about 20 minutes to spare, and we only lost 3 people along the way! Unfortunately the album below somehow posted in backwards order, so start at the end and work backwards.

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It's been a long, long time since I've posted. How boring. Erin says Facebook killed the Messenger star but I think it also killed LJ (for me anyway).
Anyway, for lack of more interesting posting, here's a recap of my last few summer trips, and an overview of some upcoming ones!

July
I'll pick up where my last "Canada Day" post left off...After all ( Read more... )

On July 1st we had some fantastic Canada Day festivities here in good 'ol Milwaukee. Since it was a Sunday, the plan was a brunch party... so we had mimosas, bloodys, sangria and Sleeman beer on tap! Along with that was all kinds of breakfast foods, brats, poutine and mousse (moose). The first guests arrived at 10:30am and the last guests left at 9 ( Read more... )

So a few fun things have happened recently...
Wii
First off, we got a Nintendo Wii! For those that know me, it is a strange phenomenon. I absolutely hate video games. Not even just hate, detest is probably a better word. So how is it that I decided to race to Toys R Us one evening and get the last Wii in stock (that was on hold for Chad - sorry Chad ( Read more... )

It's been a while. I feel like that's how I always start off my posts, because they're far between. Oh well. Deal with it.
Summer is actually starting up nicely. We've done lots of work on the back yard and it's a little piece of Shangri-la in the middle of Milwuakee. We also got a great patio coffee-table set that has a middle piece that comes out ( Read more... )

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I'm so happy. Got my bike back from the bike shop today (bicycle - not motorcycle). I feel like it's been forever since I've been riding; I guess it's been about 2 years. So, my chain and drivetrain are overhauled, I've got new awesome Crank Brothers Smarty pedals, and new shoes & helmet to go with it. Fun, fun, fun. I went for a quick ride (5 kms ( Read more... )

So Saturday started out as a lazy day... Sleeping in, hanging out for beers at Barnacle Bud's and then dinner with good friends.
Then it all went downhill ... haha.
Around 9:30pm we were just hanging out watching TV and Abby called us. Some friends were out at a silly dive bar nearby. So we went out and joined them.
It turned into the Dive Bar Crawl ( Read more... )