Last Saturday night I threw a little get-together for about a dozen of my friends at a place about two blocks away called Vino 100. This was the first part of the evening. The rest of the night you don't get to see unless you were out with us. Enjoy.
Saturday night I went to see Les Paul & Friends at the Pabst Theater with my friend Rob (who's also a Les Paul guitar owner). We started the night off with some beers at Rock Bottom, went to the show and, after it ran long and we couldn't coax any of our other friends out downtown for some drinking, we hit Old World Third and then Wauwatosa for some more beers.
It was pretty cool seeing a living legend like Les Paul and, I liken it to seeing Michael Jordan play at the United Center before he retired. Some photos from the night are below.
Tonight I got to see Flight Of The Conchords, live at the Riverside Theater. They played some great songs and Milwaukee (mostly) behaved. Wish I had photos from it but, unfortunately, that was pretty much impossible.
Thanks for coming along Pam.
You can also read a review of the show here.Tom scored a bunch of tickets for a Civil Engineering (ASCE) Tailgate Party and game tickets to Friday night's game against the Cardinals (2 Cardinals games in a week was enough for me). Some of his old friends from Platteville came to town and we made a night of it. Klein was back in town from Lousiana, along with his wife Lisa, Justin Krohn was up from Illinois, Greg Stern was in from Madison, Nicky came out and many more.
The Brewers won in the last inning in a shocker and then we all made our way to Leff's for some drinking and such.
I swear that Stern wasn't that drunk at the game. Later... maybe.
The night ended at close but, unfortunately (thankfully) I didn't make it to Webb's.
Krohn, what are you thinking about?
Photos from the night can be found here. Enjoy.
The life of the terminally single got even more desperate when, for lack of any plans and anybody to come along - I drove to St. Louis on a lark to see a Cardinals-Cubs game, stay overnight and be a semi-tourist. I've been toying with this idea for a couple of weeks after having less-than-stellar experiences being cooped up in the apartment watching DVDs, playing video games or something to that end.
6 hours driving, $35 ticket, $110 hotel, a tank of gas, etc. Was it worth it? Yeah, probably...
The question "How far could I get away from Milwaukee if I left Friday afternoon and came back on Sunday night" has been popping into my head recently. On my drive to work on Friday, the thought of St. Louis, a Cardinals game and BBQ came up. So, after a few tries at getting my brothers and Dad to come along with, I decided to go it alone.
This was the view of the stadium from the patio bar at my hotel. The band was playing "Hungry Like A Wolf"
Friday night I made all the plans online (hotel reservation, game ticket, driving directions, locations of SONIC restaurants, etc.) Saturday morning I got up and left at around 7AM to get into St. Louis by about 1:00 for a game at 2:45. The drive was pretty uneventful, save for some awesome food at SONIC near Springfield. I got to St. Louis with plenty of time to spare, checked into my room, changed for the game and walked across the street to the stadium with throngs of fans. The place I stayed at, the Hilton St. Louis At The Ballpark is right across the street from the stadium and was filled with lots of people from Chicago since it was a Cubs game.
They pour them bigger in St. Louis. I really liked the 24oz beer idea. A little too much
The game was good (Cubs won by 6) and after I went back to the hotel and sat on the patio bar where they were throwing a "party" with a band. I talked with a few people (I even saw the "Woo-Woo" guy) but then started getting really bombed. I had to find someplace to eat. I found the BBQ place I had read about a few blocks from the hotel and ate, all the while texting friends and making phone calls that probably sounded less than coherent (I really don't remember). At about 8:30, I made my way back to my room and went to sleep, only to wake up at about 1. I thought of trying to make it back out but I decided just to stay in bed. Probably a good decision
Unlike Milwaukee, St. Louis' stadium is situated in the downtown, among the buildings - not in a sea of parking
Sunday morning I went to the St. Louis Arch (a short walk from the hotel) and the Budweiser tour before leaving the city at around noon. The drive back was also uneventful (except for another stop at the same SONIC) and I was home and on the couch by 6:30. All in all, it was a fun trip and I hope to do it again going to Twins, Reds and Indians games in the next few months. We'll see what happens.
I learned this weekend that Saarinen designed the arch after a week-long binge on McDonald's food.
Photos from the weekend can be found here.
Through some good luck, I was able to finagle a ticket to the Leff's Opening Day Party once again this year. I went with Tom, Jenny, Danielle, Joe, Shea and Jill and ended up sitting with them in the bleachers.
The Brewers won and after the game we all headed to Leff's to give them some more of our money and we partied the night away. Our friends Nick and Rob (!) ended up meeting us out later and we walked down to Firefly later for a casual/drunk end to the night. I pretty much didn't do anything at all the next day (Saturday).
Enjoy photos of the day here.
I've been remiss in updating this. You can find photos from Doovefest 2008 and Hurleyfest 2008 in the photo albums.
Doovefest 2008
Our Birthday Boy
The Wall Of Champions
Hurleyfest 2008
WFTOMGLMFAO
"Hello Ping Pong!"
Last weekend Rob came down from Fond du Lac for a night out at the bars and, along with Klein, we went out to Leff's for a few hours, used our $100 gift certificate on drinks, and lived like f'ing kings. After closing time, we went back to my place and for some reason started playing online shooting games against kids in Asia at 3:30 in the morning. Enjoy.
Jonah's first Packers game and it was a good one...
Last Thursday night, my "little brother" Jonah and I headed up to Green Bay for a Packers game and a BBQ with my mom. Dinner was awesome (thanks Mom and Frank), the game was a lot of fun and the drive back was late! We even drank Jolt Cola (gross).
Photos from the day/night can be found here.
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