*Programming note: Humpday happiness will return August 27th*
Saturday we woke up to a picture perfect day. Blue skies, sunny and a nice breeze. All of these along with stellar organization came together for what has been dubbed as the best beer fest of the summer. Erie Brewing, with the help of countless volunteers and staffers [...]
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Posted in Erie, Family, Pittsburgh, roadtrip, weather on Aug 11th, 2008
We watched Bella this past weekend and made sure it was filled with activities to keep a 2.5 yr old moving.
Saturday was an interesting day. We spent the bulk of the afternoon at our community pool which neither of us knew about prior to this weekend. What a great place for a family. Lushie and [...]
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The long awaited review of the beer fest weekend from July 25-27th is here. This is your belated Humpday Happiness as next week we will be going back to beer reviews.
The Meter Maid
Sickpuppy and I arrived in Erie on Friday afternoon so we could pick up the prizes for our contest winner which included a [...]
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You’d think after a bloggers conference that I would be all gung ho about recapping everything that happened, the people I met and afterthoughts. Yeah well life decided that it was going to step in and put the kabash to that plan. Since it’s been over a week I’ll do a brief recap.
Rust Belt Bloggers
The [...]
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Posted in Erie, Friends, Pittsburgh on Jul 10th, 2008
Adam Fleming has written a piece, which includes myself and Cindy locally, for the Rust Belt Bloggers Summit in Erie, PA this coming weekend. The summit will be comprised of bloggers from Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland, Buffalo and everywhere in between or as it’s known, the Rust Belt. The goal is to see what we, as [...]
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Posted in Drink, Erie, Family, Food, idiots, weather on Jun 24th, 2008
We had traveled up this weekend to help my mom out around the house. Arrived late Friday night and spent it watching Lifetime movies. I went to bed early. Saturday we got an early jump on the day. It was the yearly Wesleyville block sale so the streets were crowded and I knew that if [...]
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Posted in Erie, Family, Food, Pittsburgh, idiots on Jun 23rd, 2008
I want to start by saying yes, I know it’s a business. The owner is free to run it as she sees fit because hey, it’s her money. As a consumer I’m allowed to disagree with things. I don’t have to go back if I don’t like something. That’s not the point of what I’m [...]
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Today would have been my dad’s 74th birthday and I’ve made a habit of driving to Erie and have a cigar with him at the cemetery. Today though it’s pouring down rain and the motor on my wipers is just about shot so I’m staying home and taking a day for myself. Yeah, and I’m [...]
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Posted in Erie, Family, idiots on Mar 25th, 2008
Yesterday you read about the shoplifter that kicked off another holiday weekend in grand old Erie PA, well today is a story to finish off the weekend.
Since the reason for all of us to be in Erie was to celebrate Easter we went to 11:30am mass at the local church. Amazingly we arrived early and [...]
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Posted in Erie, Family, idiots, roadtrip, weather on Mar 24th, 2008
With it being Easter weekend, Lushie and I drove up to the frozen north that is Erie PA to spend time with family. That right there may cause some giggles but rest assure this was no boring weekend and you’re about to find out in a 2 part series.
Due to a final (got a 90! [...]
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Posted in Erie, Friends on Mar 21st, 2008
More effort you put into researching teams is equal to the higher level of mental attention you need.
After day one I’m 12-4 in the 2008 Pittsburgh Bloggers March Madness Challenge and 15-1 in the Clarkehead’s March Madness for beer podcasters. Go ahead, ask me how much basketball knowledge I have… NONE. Besides Pitt I [...]
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