Weekend Update

Verdicts: Gubna = not good

Dogfish Squall IPA = OK but I think I like regular 90min better

2010 chainsaw = awesome

Odell IPA = pretty good

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Official 2010 Nothdowns Beerfest Discussion

So....I'm taking it upon myself to organize our bad selves. Here are some thoughts, questions, and wonderments regarding our annual drinkfest.

1. Kathleen is going to attend and hang out with Katie. Both have sworn not to encroach on our merriment :)
2. Duane, when are you available? What days do you plan on being up there?
3. I get out of school June 10. Pete comes in June 12. One option would be for me to come up with Kathleen the morning on the 11th. I would leave the key code for Pete and he could drive my car up when he came in town...either the night of the 12th, or morning of the 13th. Herein lies the rub....my timetable is wide open, but I'm not sure about you all. I was hoping we could golf and all that good stuff, but I'm not sure about your availabilities. Thoughts all?

Taking the Star Ferry into Hong Kong harbor. Then boarded another boat to Lamma Island.  I like lots of things about HK, one of which is that fact that ferries are a part of the public transit system.  Very tropical day.  Cloudy and balmy in Central, and then sunny and hot once we got to Lamma.  Had to cool off, PBR style.

Took 10 hours to get home today.  Whew.  The fact that I now know my way around Hong Kong is something I wouldn't have believed 1 year ago.

I'd like to travel off the/my beaten path this fall.  Wanderlust I suppose.

Lunch:  tastiful kimchi kimbab + cider = good times. 

Yes, those are ₩ 50,000 bills.  It's how I roll.

Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Pittsburgh State College East Stroudsburg Philly Downingtown Altoona NY D.C. LA Durham Cary Chapel Hill Toledo Myrtle Beach Daytona Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Destin Red River Louisville Knoxville Boston Chicago Bloomington MADISON Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans Naperville Calumet City Sturgis Yellowstone Cody Jackson Hole Yosemite Ten Sleep I-90, somewhere west of La Crosse Berkeley San Francisco Baltimore Reston Titusville Reno Salt Lake City Park City Grand Canyon Phoenix Tuscon Lake Meade Vegas Abilene Austin Dallas E. Palestine Ozarks St. Louis Shawanagunk Cork Berlin Leipzig Karlsruhe Frankfurt Oberwolfach Hong Kong Beijing Narita 서울 양양 대전 대구 DMZ Montreal Toronto Evanston

I'm feeling all kinds of tired.  Beijing is fun, exhausting and really close to the desert.  It's dirty and chaotic; people seem distrustful of foreigners, can be kind; the embassy workers I met are jaded/arrogant/nice.  But happy that my friends haven't changed.

Brought back two bottles of the sour cherry ale that we made last July.  Just have to wait for a good occasion to drink one in a few weeks.  Tasted really good when we bottled it.  Also brought back a bottle of Gueze that is ready to drink.

Going to Hong Kong next weekend.

Clear skies over Beijing before I left due to a thunderstorm last night that we watched from the garage.

Skies over Incheon

Alighting the airport bus in my neck of the woods.  Happy to be home.

Holly Jolly Xmas

Cracked open this jolly pumpkin Xmas ale last night - very tasty.
Like a darker, spicier, less sour version of the rojas. I think I
like every jolly pumpkin I've ever tried.

Also, coffee grounds now has growlers of coffee bender and furious.
What a time to be alive.

Lalalalalalalala

Looked at tickets to Minneapolis (four connections), multiple destination tickets (pricey),  different airlines (no seats left), exhausting;  it would be nice to have iron man's suit at times.

The good news:

Depart: 4:55 p.m. Fri., Jun. 11, 2010 Tokyo, Japan (NRT - Narita)

Arrive: 2:21 p.m. Fri., Jun. 11, 2010 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare)

Flight Time: 11 hr 26 mn Travel Time: 16 hr 11 mn

OnePass Miles/ Elite Qualification*: 6,274 /100% Total Miles:7,033

Flight: CO6022 Fare Class: Economy (V)

I'll figure out how to get to Madison and beyond!  This is exciting.  Let the beer festival chatter begin.

This is the view from the roof of my place.  You're looking at Korea University.  I ran up to where the small lights are shining in the center (look closely).  It's some sort of military facility complete with razor wire and so on.

Finally some warm weather today.  By length of winter, longest to shortest

Seoul > Madison > State College > Cincinnati