That's right, cider and perry tasting. But you might be asking, "Ed, what's a perry?" Let me explain, it's like hard cider (made from apples) except it's made from pears. So solves that mystery.
Saturday, Jason and myself volunteered at the tasting which was located at Uncle John's Cider Mill just north of St. Johns Michigan. It was a fun day, we helped pour ciders and perrys at different tables and we were encouraged to taste what we were serving. Well, we did not want to go against what we were instructed to do...so we sampled...a lot.
We didn't get belligerent or anything like that, but we did get a nice little shine going. The night ended with a feast provided by Uncle Johns and we were able to bring some bottles home with us. All-in-all, a great way to spend a Saturday.
Sunday night I held and little dinner get together and we ate some pasta and had some ciders and perrys. A nice way to end the weekend. Until next post...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Labor Day Weekend
What a weekend. It was awesome. To start off the weekend, I went down to the International Detroit Jazz Festival on Saturday. It was so much fun. Saw some great groups,
- Bonerama (one of my favorites)
- The Latin Jazz Allstars
- Sonny Fortune Quartet
- Robin Eubanks & EB3 (crazy awesome)
- Christian McBride Band
- Godfathers of Groove
Good times were had by all. I also tried catfish for the first time... not bad. Also, on our way back from Detroit, we stopped by a gas station in Holly (exit 101 off of I-75) which was amazing. The nicest gas station mart I have ever been to. It has one of the best beer, wine and liquor sections that could rival any party store. They also had gourmet food. It was crazy.
In movie news, I went to see Step Brothers Sunday night. I feel that this could be in my top 3 favorite Will Ferrel movies of all time. Pretty much laughed the entire movie.
In other news, did the ol' bar-be-que thing yesterday, along with millions of other americans. It was good, had a brat, some potato salad, a sunset wheat w/fresh orange slice...you know, all pretty standard issue labor day essentials.
I should be getting my GRE book from amazon today. I've got about 3 weeks to study for that little gem. Not really looking forward to it, but maybe i'll learn some new words. That's about it for now. Hope everyone reading this had a good weekend also. Cheers.
- Bonerama (one of my favorites)
- The Latin Jazz Allstars
- Sonny Fortune Quartet
- Robin Eubanks & EB3 (crazy awesome)
- Christian McBride Band
- Godfathers of Groove
Good times were had by all. I also tried catfish for the first time... not bad. Also, on our way back from Detroit, we stopped by a gas station in Holly (exit 101 off of I-75) which was amazing. The nicest gas station mart I have ever been to. It has one of the best beer, wine and liquor sections that could rival any party store. They also had gourmet food. It was crazy.
In movie news, I went to see Step Brothers Sunday night. I feel that this could be in my top 3 favorite Will Ferrel movies of all time. Pretty much laughed the entire movie.
In other news, did the ol' bar-be-que thing yesterday, along with millions of other americans. It was good, had a brat, some potato salad, a sunset wheat w/fresh orange slice...you know, all pretty standard issue labor day essentials.
I should be getting my GRE book from amazon today. I've got about 3 weeks to study for that little gem. Not really looking forward to it, but maybe i'll learn some new words. That's about it for now. Hope everyone reading this had a good weekend also. Cheers.
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