Random Week of Fun
I've had a great week this past week...
Drinking:
It began with a Penn State College of Comm Alumni-only event at Troeg's Brewery on Tuesday. For those of you unfamiliar with the Harrisburg area, Troegs is one of the two microbreweries here. As the event coordinator said, "We knew how to get a bunch of Penn Staters to come out tonight - free beer." Oh so true.
Emily and I sampled all variations on tap, ate some yummy appetizers, and then took the brewery tour with the group of alums. It was an interesting tour, although a little boring --the entire facility is in one big room and there's only so much a drunk person (or a sober person, at that) can do to pay attention when you've been discussing hops for 10 minutes. The most interesting thing on the tour, actually, was the comings and goings of a very Jerry Garcia-looking man wearing big science goggles. He is the in-house microbiologist, apparently, and kept walking by in his shorts and Birkenstocks, taking samples of the fermenting beer out of the stainless steel drums. Emmy and I giggled every time he passed by because he looked so silly and had no regard to the fact that a tour was going on.
We had another round of tasting after the tour and left the place thoroughly drunk. Thank goodness for our DD, Dan. :-)
Weekend Travel/ Ice Cream Shop Employment (sort of)
On Friday I took the train to Philly to see Kristi. We had a great time hanging out and catching up, and found her wedding dress on Saturday! So exciting!! Em met us for dinner, and then Emmy and I continued eastward to the Jersey shore to visit Cait's family for the day. We hung out with her mom and grandpa and helped out in their ice cream store (serving customers and cleaning, mostly) - and we earned $1.75 apiece in tips! It was a wonderful day in Avalon which made us miss our China Girl a ton!!! Might I add how much I love Cait's family?! They are fantastic.
Rt. 66 Road Trip is 1 Month Away!
So finally, this weekend marks one month until the Cool Colors Road Trip - Go West! Planning is well underway for our tour of the Mother Road. We will be seeing some beautiful and inspiring things along with some wacky and bizarre things (I'd have it no other way!). For an excellent summary of what we expect out of the trip, please check out Emily's blog entry entitled "A Cool Color Trip." http://breeze82.blogspot.com/ I will also be posting more about our itinerary as soon as we finalize it (hopefully in the next few days).
Drinking:
It began with a Penn State College of Comm Alumni-only event at Troeg's Brewery on Tuesday. For those of you unfamiliar with the Harrisburg area, Troegs is one of the two microbreweries here. As the event coordinator said, "We knew how to get a bunch of Penn Staters to come out tonight - free beer." Oh so true.
Emily and I sampled all variations on tap, ate some yummy appetizers, and then took the brewery tour with the group of alums. It was an interesting tour, although a little boring --the entire facility is in one big room and there's only so much a drunk person (or a sober person, at that) can do to pay attention when you've been discussing hops for 10 minutes. The most interesting thing on the tour, actually, was the comings and goings of a very Jerry Garcia-looking man wearing big science goggles. He is the in-house microbiologist, apparently, and kept walking by in his shorts and Birkenstocks, taking samples of the fermenting beer out of the stainless steel drums. Emmy and I giggled every time he passed by because he looked so silly and had no regard to the fact that a tour was going on.
We had another round of tasting after the tour and left the place thoroughly drunk. Thank goodness for our DD, Dan. :-)
Weekend Travel/ Ice Cream Shop Employment (sort of)
On Friday I took the train to Philly to see Kristi. We had a great time hanging out and catching up, and found her wedding dress on Saturday! So exciting!! Em met us for dinner, and then Emmy and I continued eastward to the Jersey shore to visit Cait's family for the day. We hung out with her mom and grandpa and helped out in their ice cream store (serving customers and cleaning, mostly) - and we earned $1.75 apiece in tips! It was a wonderful day in Avalon which made us miss our China Girl a ton!!! Might I add how much I love Cait's family?! They are fantastic.
Rt. 66 Road Trip is 1 Month Away!
So finally, this weekend marks one month until the Cool Colors Road Trip - Go West! Planning is well underway for our tour of the Mother Road. We will be seeing some beautiful and inspiring things along with some wacky and bizarre things (I'd have it no other way!). For an excellent summary of what we expect out of the trip, please check out Emily's blog entry entitled "A Cool Color Trip." http://breeze82.blogspot.com/ I will also be posting more about our itinerary as soon as we finalize it (hopefully in the next few days).
posted by Kristina @ 3:34 PM
1 Comments:
At 4:48 AM,
Emmy said…
I'm so glad to have been a part of all of your great week activities! Can't wait to report on our awesome week-long road trip.
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