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After lunch with Hope, I headed back to San Antonio for the final dinner with the family. The plan was to have dinner (early), then head out again to meet up with Flyinfox and Kurly (his wife). When it looked like dinner was going to be a bit later than I expected, I called to let them know it would be closer to 7PM before I got there. Unfortunately, dinner was even later than I anticipated and I didn't get out the door until 8PM. Being the patient good natured folks they are, my tardiness didn't even phase them!
I met them at The Tap Exchange (web site is currently under construction, but [HERE] is their FaceBook)- a really cool bar with about 70 beers on tap! Seriously, I don't know why I didn't take a pic of the tap wall, but I did find one on FaceBook ...
Can I just say it is a really, REALLY good thing I don't live within walking distance of a place like this? As if the tap beers aren't enough, I'm guessing they had at least an equal number of bottled beers. When I die, please let heaven look like this!
Sorry, got a bit carried away there ... focus ... focus ...
So I walk in to the bar - alone (playing on one of my most severe anxieties) - and there they were! Waving even! Thank goodness! Now, where's the beer?
I order up a Chocolate Stout. Anyone who reads me regularly knows that if I can't chew my bear, then it's not worth drinking. Although the chocolate stout was a little sweet, it was wonderful! Next on the list? Black Butte Porter! I'm OK with porters, and this one was good, but stouts are definitely my favorite.
Now, as we were drinking and visiting, Flyinfox and Kurly were also attempting to play trivia sponsored by Geeks Who Drink. I'm afraid I wasn't much help, but I did try! Team Hybrid Sensation tied for 4th place! Not bad for their first time attempt!
This was a great time! In fact, all that I could think about was how fun it would be to have friends like these to get together with all of the time. But I do have a question for all of you ... any idea why The Tap Exchange would have tables with this underneath?
I know ... I know ... y'all are wondering why I was feeling the underside of the table. What can I say? I'm quite the tactile kind of person. Put something soft, fuzzy, yet firm within my grasp and look out!
Thanks Flyinfox and Kurly for a wonderful finale to a great day! I'm so glad I had the opportunity to meet the two of you this year and hope that I can catch you again next year ... or when/if I move there ... whichever comes first *wink*
I met them at The Tap Exchange (web site is currently under construction, but [HERE] is their FaceBook)- a really cool bar with about 70 beers on tap! Seriously, I don't know why I didn't take a pic of the tap wall, but I did find one on FaceBook ...
Can I just say it is a really, REALLY good thing I don't live within walking distance of a place like this? As if the tap beers aren't enough, I'm guessing they had at least an equal number of bottled beers. When I die, please let heaven look like this!
Sorry, got a bit carried away there ... focus ... focus ...
So I walk in to the bar - alone (playing on one of my most severe anxieties) - and there they were! Waving even! Thank goodness! Now, where's the beer?
I order up a Chocolate Stout. Anyone who reads me regularly knows that if I can't chew my bear, then it's not worth drinking. Although the chocolate stout was a little sweet, it was wonderful! Next on the list? Black Butte Porter! I'm OK with porters, and this one was good, but stouts are definitely my favorite.
Now, as we were drinking and visiting, Flyinfox and Kurly were also attempting to play trivia sponsored by Geeks Who Drink. I'm afraid I wasn't much help, but I did try! Team Hybrid Sensation tied for 4th place! Not bad for their first time attempt!
... and another photo of Flyinfox and me ... just because I can!
This was a great time! In fact, all that I could think about was how fun it would be to have friends like these to get together with all of the time. But I do have a question for all of you ... any idea why The Tap Exchange would have tables with this underneath?
I know ... I know ... y'all are wondering why I was feeling the underside of the table. What can I say? I'm quite the tactile kind of person. Put something soft, fuzzy, yet firm within my grasp and look out!
Thanks Flyinfox and Kurly for a wonderful finale to a great day! I'm so glad I had the opportunity to meet the two of you this year and hope that I can catch you again next year ... or when/if I move there ... whichever comes first *wink*
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24 comments:
Beer is good!
That looks very fun! You are lucky to have met such cool people!
The tables look like that so when people fall to the floor in a stupor, they can look up and gaze upon something interesting and different. Cheers!!
Mmm....Black Butte Porter.....I love that stuff. It helps that it's brewed in Oregon. Always got to support the locally brewed good stuff.
Glad you guys had a great time!
Can't see the bottom of the table so will not comment...cool bar..so glad you had a fun time
we're doomed, beer is not just good, beer is great! You don't by chance have a place like this in your neck of the woods, do you?
Karen, I must admit that I have never been disappointed with a blogger meet. Surprised at times (I often get mental images of bloggers similar to what happens when I read about characters in a book), but NEVER disappointed!
Matt-Man, now see? I was thinking maybe it was to soften the blow should you me under the table and try to stand up too quickly *shrugs*
Emmy, I loved the flavor of the Black Butte Porter, but I just wanted it to be a bit thicker. Had I known it was a PNW brew, I'd have had a few more!
Bond, think low pile, teal carpeting on the underside of the table. WTF?
I am NOT buying this feeling under the table cause you are a "tactile kind of person"
you were looking for gum and you know it!!
j/k
meeting friends from the weblog world is really fun. It looks you all had a truly fun time!
The Tap Exchange looks like the kind of place I would hang out often. I loved The Flying Saucer when I lived there. But, anyplace with 70 + beers on tap and another 250 by the bottle is going to be pretty damn cool.
We have a Flying Saucer HERE! And that's just where we'll go when you visit me! ;) (I hope Jay comes, too...and hell, anybody else that wants to!)
Sounds like a fun time!
I wonder if that texture makes it easier to get the gum off??
Maybe it's so people *won't* stick gum there. They think, "I can't stick gum on carpeting!" ??? Glad you had a nice time meeting new friends!
katherine, actually, I wasn't looking for gum, I wanted to initiate their brand new tables (the place just opened a few weeks ago) with my DNA laden gum!.
Jay, The Flying Saucer actually came up in conversation that night.
Real Live Lesbian, but does The Flying Saucer have a boobie tube??
Bina, I'm sticking with my "soft spot to bump your head" theory!
Evil Twin's Wife, you are probably right with your common sense idea, but it's fun to think of all of the possibilities!
Awesome! I wish I could have met up with you guys but it seems my timing was off.
I usually find gum on the underside of tables.
Maybe!!
carpet?
huh?
WTF is right
It was fun meeting you too mama! You better call me if you come down again! lol...That bar looked COOL and I dont even drink beer!
I blogged our visit today!
xox Hope
Ah, a stout lover, woman after my own heart! Chocolate stout is fantastic!
*gasp* It's beer heaven!
Dana,
The pleasure was all ours. We had a blast! And what are you talking about...you did help quite a bit on the trivia...least we forget.."Parmesan"?
Babe, if the decision is to move down here, please note that you have insta-friends in Kurly and myself and we would help in any way we could. No worries!
I loooooooooove beer. But it's become quite clear to me that you and I drink *VERY* different kinds. ;)
And that is an understatement. *snort*
Sounds like you had a fab time hun,
Let me know if you visit blighty I will take you for some 'real' ale ..
Laters
Nicey
x
Mmmmm, blogs are always better with another slice of meat! Eeeewwwww, did that make me sound gay???
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