A Good Weekend
Jun. 12th, 2011 08:03 pmAfter doing the set-up grunt work for the Sale-o-rama-stravaganza (not in any way, shape or form related to vajazalling, just for clarification), I left Rohanna and Dragonet to separate the shoppers from their quatloos and headed to work. It was another quiet day, and I got a fair amount of Ian MacDonald's Brasyl read. So far, extremely good
After work, dropped by Gomer's for the resumption of the weekly beer tastings. They had products from Left Hand (Colorado) and Founder's (Michigan) available. The interesting part came when the distributor suggested combining the Founder's cherry ale and porter. Quite tasty, actually. Picked up a couple of regional beers. Hoputopia (or something like that; bottle is downstairs) from Nebraska was decent, but I bought it as much for the copy on the bottle (which was quite amusing stuff about the First Church of Beer) as anything. Doodle Brewing's Doodle Dubbel was a very nice Belgian ale I enjoyed while grilling a spatchcocked chicken (nae) on Saturday. They definitely need to work on their web presence and label design, though. After a decent day of sales, the ladies brought in the more valuable items, but left the rest (covered by sheets) on the porch. Fortunately, nothing was taken by the nonexistent hordes of rampaging Negros that the suburbanites are always concerned about in Kansas City, and the storms around midnight also did no damage.
Saturday dawned way too early. We got everything set up, then I ran to do the grocery shopping, including a brief Costco run. When I returned, Ro's grandchildren had joined us. The set up a lemonade/Kool-Aid stand and helped draw in customers. It was also our neighborhood yard sale day, so I took a quick tour of the immediate area. Picked up Elvis Costello's "Brutal Youth" and "Island Life" by Grace Jones at on of the ritzy houses on Janssen Place. After the sale was over, I cooked the chicken mentioned above, and it turned out very well indeed. Ro's grandson Connor watched Dragonet do the discombobulation of the bird, and declared it grotesque. everything that didn't sell went into boxes or bags, and thence to the back of the van, for Ro to drop it off at Goodwill Monday.
Today we had David and Marisa Means and their kids over, along with NPulsifer and Gisele. It was Iain Means' birthday, so we had hot dogs and brats, plus salmon that NPulsifer brought over, and banana splits for dessert. Nommity. The kids picked cherries from the tree out front, and we all had a great time.
Tomorrow is back to the usual work week, which means Monday off. I shall endeavour to catch the laundry up. Two straight weeks of cons was a lot of fun (nae), but a nice quiet weekend at home was nice, too.
After work, dropped by Gomer's for the resumption of the weekly beer tastings. They had products from Left Hand (Colorado) and Founder's (Michigan) available. The interesting part came when the distributor suggested combining the Founder's cherry ale and porter. Quite tasty, actually. Picked up a couple of regional beers. Hoputopia (or something like that; bottle is downstairs) from Nebraska was decent, but I bought it as much for the copy on the bottle (which was quite amusing stuff about the First Church of Beer) as anything. Doodle Brewing's Doodle Dubbel was a very nice Belgian ale I enjoyed while grilling a spatchcocked chicken (nae) on Saturday. They definitely need to work on their web presence and label design, though. After a decent day of sales, the ladies brought in the more valuable items, but left the rest (covered by sheets) on the porch. Fortunately, nothing was taken by the nonexistent hordes of rampaging Negros that the suburbanites are always concerned about in Kansas City, and the storms around midnight also did no damage.
Saturday dawned way too early. We got everything set up, then I ran to do the grocery shopping, including a brief Costco run. When I returned, Ro's grandchildren had joined us. The set up a lemonade/Kool-Aid stand and helped draw in customers. It was also our neighborhood yard sale day, so I took a quick tour of the immediate area. Picked up Elvis Costello's "Brutal Youth" and "Island Life" by Grace Jones at on of the ritzy houses on Janssen Place. After the sale was over, I cooked the chicken mentioned above, and it turned out very well indeed. Ro's grandson Connor watched Dragonet do the discombobulation of the bird, and declared it grotesque. everything that didn't sell went into boxes or bags, and thence to the back of the van, for Ro to drop it off at Goodwill Monday.
Today we had David and Marisa Means and their kids over, along with NPulsifer and Gisele. It was Iain Means' birthday, so we had hot dogs and brats, plus salmon that NPulsifer brought over, and banana splits for dessert. Nommity. The kids picked cherries from the tree out front, and we all had a great time.
Tomorrow is back to the usual work week, which means Monday off. I shall endeavour to catch the laundry up. Two straight weeks of cons was a lot of fun (nae), but a nice quiet weekend at home was nice, too.