Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Jam packed weekend with lots of pictures.
Friday was a surprised birthday party for Del. Dinner and drinks and Tommy's Joynt, followed by dessert at his place.
Saturday was the San Francisco Beer Festival. A bunch of us volunteered so instead of paying admission and standing in lines, we were behind the tables serving beer, and tasting it all.
It was lots and lots of fun. I can honestly say I will be doing this event every year. I'm not sure if I could pay and be on the other side of the table though. More fun to serve.
I was serving Pyramid for most of the night. I love Pyramid beer, but they aren't as big or popular as they deserve to be. Most people only know about their hefeweizen and apricot ale. but if you go to their restaurants, they have incredible IPA, stout, porter, and more. Plus the food is good.
We were also right next to the Firestone booth, my favorite beer right now. I had plenty of samples of that. I got a Firestone hat and poster.
Funniness: after last call, Eric and Zach carried a tub of ice around the place filling it with leftover beer from the tables so we could drink it later. Del tried to carry 3 full cases of beer up to the volunteer area but they stopped him :)
The real hero for the night was nextbus.com. I was able to use them on my phone and get all around the city. They recently added a few additional lines which helped a lot.
It was especially useful late at night when the muni runs its owl service, infrequent, unscheduled rounds. I refuse to take cabs!
Sunday I went to see Garbage at the Warfield. My cousin works for Digidesign, a company that does high end audio hardware and software. Garbage uses a lot of their products and he was able to get free tickets, and back stage passes!
The show was incredible, and afterwards we met Butch Vig and Duke Erikson. Unfortunately Shirley Manson was sick so she didn't come out afterwards. Garbage's new album is great!
Update:Added more pictures from weekly dinner which include Al and Amit DJing at Hush Hush.
Friday was a surprised birthday party for Del. Dinner and drinks and Tommy's Joynt, followed by dessert at his place.
Saturday was the San Francisco Beer Festival. A bunch of us volunteered so instead of paying admission and standing in lines, we were behind the tables serving beer, and tasting it all.
It was lots and lots of fun. I can honestly say I will be doing this event every year. I'm not sure if I could pay and be on the other side of the table though. More fun to serve.
I was serving Pyramid for most of the night. I love Pyramid beer, but they aren't as big or popular as they deserve to be. Most people only know about their hefeweizen and apricot ale. but if you go to their restaurants, they have incredible IPA, stout, porter, and more. Plus the food is good.
We were also right next to the Firestone booth, my favorite beer right now. I had plenty of samples of that. I got a Firestone hat and poster.
Funniness: after last call, Eric and Zach carried a tub of ice around the place filling it with leftover beer from the tables so we could drink it later. Del tried to carry 3 full cases of beer up to the volunteer area but they stopped him :)
The real hero for the night was nextbus.com. I was able to use them on my phone and get all around the city. They recently added a few additional lines which helped a lot.
It was especially useful late at night when the muni runs its owl service, infrequent, unscheduled rounds. I refuse to take cabs!
Sunday I went to see Garbage at the Warfield. My cousin works for Digidesign, a company that does high end audio hardware and software. Garbage uses a lot of their products and he was able to get free tickets, and back stage passes!
The show was incredible, and afterwards we met Butch Vig and Duke Erikson. Unfortunately Shirley Manson was sick so she didn't come out afterwards. Garbage's new album is great!
Update:Added more pictures from weekly dinner which include Al and Amit DJing at Hush Hush.