So, It's been over a month since I have been home from Wisconsin on my birthday party trip home. I figured it was just about time to sit down and actually blog out some of the fun I actually had. This blog will be fun reread later as some of the little things I'll forget about later should still be relatively fresh in my mind right now.
It's 2:30 in the morning, and for whatever reason, I'm just not tired yet, so, yeah. Blog time. I feel like I really want a Mountain Dew right now. I'm going to run to Maverik and grab one. BRB. Got it. 2 (two) 1 (one) liter bottles. Buy one get one for a quarter? Who can pass that up? Sometimes I feel like the best part of being an adult is being able to make a decision like that on a whim. MmM.
I've been debating whether or not I want to include pictures on this post, considering I could probably put 60 in. I think I'll just put some of my favorites up. Here's a link to the Wisconsin trip album, if you are interested:
Derek and John Brewer Birthday Bash Photo Gallery
I figure I'll attack the awesomeness that was this week by using the blog I posted last month as a guide. I'll cover what each of the keywords I listed actually had to do with. Ok. Here it goes.
Wednesday in Milwaukee. Milwaukee's Best Burger?
Ah Wednesday. I left my house to get to the airport at around 330 in the morning, I believe. I dropped off my car at the Diamond Airport parking lot on Redwood, which, let me say was an awesome experience. $30 for a week of parking, shuttle to the airport, free bottles of water, and a carwash at the end of it all was not bad at all. Check them out here. Got to the airport with plenty of time, and then the fun began. I got myself a free set of wing stickers on the plane, which they were handing out to all of the children. And Derek.
Anyway, I got into Milwaukee hungry. I made Katie take me to restaurant I found online before I got out there. Sobelman's. http://www.milwaukeesbestburgers.com/ This place was not that good. I was pretty disappointed, but, it wasn't BAD. They had... Cheeseballs? They weren't exactly cheese curds, but, again, they weren't bad. Just don't ever go there. It is a disappointment.
brewery. bunghole stuffer. Rootbeer. Katie.
This is a little out of order, but, We headed to a Brewery. Lakefront Brewery, INC to be exact. I figured since we were in Milwaukee, we should check out a Brewery tour. I'd lived in Wisconsin for years and never learned or seen the art of brewing. Since the Miller Brewery tour was not open on a Wednesday, we settled for the completely dumb-downed version.
Our Brewery tour consisted of a drunk brother-of-the-owner walking us around the brewery, holding up pictures of wheat fields and hops, making corny beer jokes that were obviously canned, and ALOT of talking about brewing. Pretty boring. But, it was a nice day, it smelled amazing, and, heck, I was with Katie. We had a blast. I feel like it would be wrong to say "I forgot how much fun Katie can be" but that's not true. I knew, it was just awesome to be reminded.
On this Brewery tour, we were taught what a "Bung, Bung hole, and Bung hole stuffer" are. I mean, I already knew, but, for those of you who don't, A bunghole is a hole in a barrel used in the fermentation (I think). Technically, a bung is what fills the bunghole, but, our guide called it a "Bunghole stuffer" and since it was closest to my birthday out of everyone's on the tour, I took home my very own bunghole stuffer. AKA, a Cork.
They made an amazing rootbeer at this Brewery. "Golden Maple Rootbeer" I can't exactly remember what was in it, but, I Know there wasn't High Fructose Corn Syrup, and there was Maple Syrup, and cane sugar, along with other yummy things. It was so good. Mmm.
public transportation. game. craxy ladies. seats. jesus.
We rode the bus over to the baseball game that night, and I nearly killed Katie at one point when, I believe while trying to move seats, the bus made a sudden move. That bus was nuts. It was stuffed FULL of people on the way back too. I like riding the bus though. Even that was fun to do with Katie.
The game was great. We had awesome seats just behind 1st base, 4 rows back. It was a pretty close one, so, it kept it exciting. We ate a good pound of peanuts it felt like. There were some crazy ladies sitting a few seats down and a couple of rows up from us. I got a couple of good photos of them. They were diehards. Or drunk. Or, considering I was in Wisconsin, they were probably both.
Wednesday in Milwaukee. Milwaukee's Best Burger?
Ah Wednesday. I left my house to get to the airport at around 330 in the morning, I believe. I dropped off my car at the Diamond Airport parking lot on Redwood, which, let me say was an awesome experience. $30 for a week of parking, shuttle to the airport, free bottles of water, and a carwash at the end of it all was not bad at all. Check them out here. Got to the airport with plenty of time, and then the fun began. I got myself a free set of wing stickers on the plane, which they were handing out to all of the children. And Derek.
Anyway, I got into Milwaukee hungry. I made Katie take me to restaurant I found online before I got out there. Sobelman's. http://www.milwaukeesbestburgers.com/ This place was not that good. I was pretty disappointed, but, it wasn't BAD. They had... Cheeseballs? They weren't exactly cheese curds, but, again, they weren't bad. Just don't ever go there. It is a disappointment.
brewery. bunghole stuffer. Rootbeer. Katie.
This is a little out of order, but, We headed to a Brewery. Lakefront Brewery, INC to be exact. I figured since we were in Milwaukee, we should check out a Brewery tour. I'd lived in Wisconsin for years and never learned or seen the art of brewing. Since the Miller Brewery tour was not open on a Wednesday, we settled for the completely dumb-downed version.
Our Brewery tour consisted of a drunk brother-of-the-owner walking us around the brewery, holding up pictures of wheat fields and hops, making corny beer jokes that were obviously canned, and ALOT of talking about brewing. Pretty boring. But, it was a nice day, it smelled amazing, and, heck, I was with Katie. We had a blast. I feel like it would be wrong to say "I forgot how much fun Katie can be" but that's not true. I knew, it was just awesome to be reminded.
On this Brewery tour, we were taught what a "Bung, Bung hole, and Bung hole stuffer" are. I mean, I already knew, but, for those of you who don't, A bunghole is a hole in a barrel used in the fermentation (I think). Technically, a bung is what fills the bunghole, but, our guide called it a "Bunghole stuffer" and since it was closest to my birthday out of everyone's on the tour, I took home my very own bunghole stuffer. AKA, a Cork.
They made an amazing rootbeer at this Brewery. "Golden Maple Rootbeer" I can't exactly remember what was in it, but, I Know there wasn't High Fructose Corn Syrup, and there was Maple Syrup, and cane sugar, along with other yummy things. It was so good. Mmm.
public transportation. game. craxy ladies. seats. jesus.
We rode the bus over to the baseball game that night, and I nearly killed Katie at one point when, I believe while trying to move seats, the bus made a sudden move. That bus was nuts. It was stuffed FULL of people on the way back too. I like riding the bus though. Even that was fun to do with Katie.
The game was great. We had awesome seats just behind 1st base, 4 rows back. It was a pretty close one, so, it kept it exciting. We ate a good pound of peanuts it felt like. There were some crazy ladies sitting a few seats down and a couple of rows up from us. I got a couple of good photos of them. They were diehards. Or drunk. Or, considering I was in Wisconsin, they were probably both.
Ok. It's been an hour. That is enough for tonight. I need some sleep. Blogger's word processor is frustrating me. I think it's gay, and I'm sure it probably thinks I'm gay. We can't see eye to eye. I think after tonight, I'm going to be using Open Office to type my blogs, then I'll paste them into blogger. Does anyone else use anything special to format? Seriously. This word processor BLOWS. Notice the weird font changes and sizes up there? Yeah. I didn't choose them.
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