Uh oh

[jobob]

Really sweetie, when you put "beer" and "chocolate" in the same post, what do you expect??

[Flybye]

11 months . . . . noooooo, whimper.

Our agent called today. The couple that came through 3 times last week came over another 4 times this weekend. Today they decided that the house didn't have the right Feng Shui. How can it take 7 viewings to figure that out?

Curse HGTV and designers for going public with stuff like that. I like where I live - a house is a house. If it has enough rooms, looks good, isn't falling apart, and is in the right price range, everything else can be changed. Feng Shui and house staging is for more sophisticated folks! It hasn't caught on around here!

Wonder if there is Feng Shui for cave dwellers and hut dwellers in the remote parts of the world.............. "NO - we can't keep the shrunken heads THERE!" ah.............but we live in a country of excess, don't we?

[Pax]

Curse HGTV and designers for going public with stuff like that. I like where I live - a house is a house. If it has enough rooms, looks good, isn't falling apart, and is in the right price range, everything else can be changed. Feng Shui and house staging is for more sophisticated folks! It hasn't caught on around here!

Wonder if there is Feng Shui for cave dwellers and hut dwellers in the remote parts of the world.............. "NO - we can't keep the shrunken heads THERE!" ah.............but we live in a country of excess, don't we?

I was having a similar discussion with my realtor recently, HGTV seems to have given every younger home buyer the idea that they have to have a $50,000 kitchen...even if it's in a $150,000 house.

[maillotpois]

Crud!

That's the weekend of our Terrible One training ride.

Crud!

[SadieKate]

Aren't you one of the coaches? Change it to a climb around Bachelor.

[SadieKate]

Really sweetie, when you put "beer" and "chocolate" in the same post, what do you expect??

Oh, you met expectations. It was just how fast you would.

Now see if you can get MP's training calendar changed.

[Brandi]

I love taking the train! I take the train to my sister's from San luis obispo to Anahiem. The first part of the trip is just breath taking! It takes you along the coast through Santa Barbera. And at sun rise it is so pretty! But you have to read a book going through Los Angeles. So dirty and yucky not much to see. And they to serve beer and wine!. I believe it is $65.00 round trip. Which if I drove my truck down there it would cost more. It is a 4-6 hour car trip and 6 hours train. Not having to drive through LA is really nice!

[maillotpois]

The brewery did not bother to contact me when I was making up our training calendar. If someone does go up for this (AHEM), take our growler with you....

[SadieKate]

How rude.

[SadieKate]

Just one block away . . . . my favorite place for fish and chips.

First Female World Beer Cup Champion Crowned
April 20, 2008 by Mario

Every two years, the World Beer Cup is held t honor the best in brewing around the world, naming Champion Brewers as well as Champion Breweries. This year, for the first time, a woman was named a Champion Brewer.

Here are the highlights from the 2008 Word Beer Cup. The website and press release claim there is a full list of winners available at www.worldbeercup.org, but there must have been too much celebrating, as I can not findanything except this press release on the website. When more is known, I will let you know and comment accordingly.

Brewers Association World Beer Cup 2008 Champion Brewery
Small Brewpub Category
Bend Brewing Company
Tonya Cornett

http://brewedforthought.wordpress.co...mpion-crowned/

http://www.bendbrewingco.com/

[indysteel]

From the Deschutes Brewery spring newsletter

Chocolate Beer Pairing Dinner
Saturday, May 31st
6:00 pm

MENU:
Passed appetizer – Cocoa and Ancho Dusted Scallops on a Plantain Chip
Paired with St Abe Belgian Artisanal Ale

Plated Appetizer – Duck Enchilada with Mole Sauce
Paired with Chocolate Pale Ale

Salad – Blueberry and Micro Green Salad with White Chocolate and Lavender Vinaigrette
Paired with Black Butte XX

Entrée – Misty Isle Filet Mignon with Seville Orange and Chocolate Demi Glace
Paired with Chocolate Irish Export Extra Stout

Dessert – White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Balsamic Roasted Strawberries
Paired with Double Black the Black Butte XX

$65 per person - all inclusive.

Reservations Required, Please Call Sharon @ 541.385.8606

Wonder how much I have in the piggy bank.

Are you sure there aren't better ways to spend that money? Like on a pair of red shoes for me!

[SadieKate]

Tell you what, I'll wear red shoes and lift one in your honor.

-- SK who sometimes finds red shoes are the perfect thing to make her smile (along with her red and white striped mukluks currently residing on her tootsies)

[snapdragen]

These always seem to cheer me up.....