Brushing Bowser

Wow. I don't even know what to say. For some odd reason we started
brushing Bowser tonight. Check out this massive hairball!

The sad thing is that this is only like half of what we brushed off.
I have no idea where he keeps all of it.

This is why we bought a Roomba!

Nummutts IPA Photo

Alright, so I'm thinking that I need to get a nice picture of the Nummutts IPA to put up online. I figure I'll try to get a good head on it and find a cool place to take a picture of the beer.

But, once again, spontaneity proves to be much more entertaining. This is why I'm glad I have a camera on my phone - sometimes you just have to capture the moment. As I'm trying to pour this fantastic looking glass of beer, of course it over-foams and spills all down the glass and on the floor. That is why I'm glad I have a dog - he doubles nicely as a wet/dry vac.

So what better way to showcase Bowser's Nummutts IPA than with a couple pictures featuring the brewmaster himself? I think this one is my favorite:



I've posted a few more pictures on my swurl page (below for those of you already reading on swurl).

High speed chase in Tierrasanta!

Breaking news from Tierrasanta... we never get this kind of excitement around here! Apparently there was a high speed chase that ended just up the street from my house. Fortunately it didn't end in my house, as you can see from the pictures.

From what I heard from other people around there, apparently the car is stolen. Or obviously, I suppose. The guy ended up in the bushes and took off running. The police eventually caught up with him (I have no idea where). We had the helicopter circling right over our house and something like 20 cop cars in the street.

You can see the pictures on my swurl page.

Of course, you won't find this kind of breaking news from your old school media outlets. Just had to point that out.

Now that's a sampler

They don't mess around here. No little 3oz pours at this place.

Oggi's Pizza and Brewing

Last stop on the tour... Met the ladies here. Well, we actually had
them pick us up because the trolley all of the sudden switched to
every half hour. So we almost did the entire walking tour - we just
took a much more comfortable form of transportation over here.

More Samplers

Another cool looking photo. Too bad it looks a whole lot better than
it tastes.

Gordon Biersch

Next stop here in Mission Valley. Sampler on the way!

I realized one drawback of the walking tour... plan your bathroom
breaks accordingly!

Ballast Point

You know this is going to be good! 11 beers to sample here.

Trolley Ridin!

The trolley is always a fun time...

We almost missed it downtown because the stupid ticket machine didn't
take cards and wouldn't give change for a $20.. So there we were
trying to cram 10 singles into the machine with the trolley pulling
in. We had to run across to the Santa Fe depot and catch it there.

Then, of course, there were two guys on the trolley dressed as pirates
with white masks on.

Samplers

Thought this looked pretty cool.

Karl Strauss (Downtown)

Now this is much better. Only a few people here. Huge seat by the
bar, with the Open on 3 TVs and baseball on the other. Not a soccer
game in sight.

And our sampler was out before we'd even looked at the menu. The
Barleywine is pretty good. But it's only 8.4%, which is low for a
Barleywine. That's probably why it actually tastes good.

Kind of a disappointing start...

I don't know what it is, but there always seems to be something off
with that Coronado brewery. Maybe it was the fact that they wouldn't
pour us samples (we had to buy pints). Maybe it was the slow
service. Or the beers that aren't that good (granted, they were out
of their 3 best). Whatever it is, I never seem to enjoy that place.

But whatever... Onward we go! Taking the ferry across the bay to Karl
Strauss.

Coronado Brewing Company

First stop here. Where they won't pour us a sampler tray and they're
out of 3 beers (the IPAs and the Stout). Bummer.

This sure beats work!

The Ocean

I'm glad I decided to drive by the ocean on my way into work today.
It's beautiful today! And the smell just put me right at ease.

Well, I guess I was already at ease. But it still smelled good.

Koopa the Turtle

Some of Sarah's students got her a turtle yesterday for her birthday:


Yep. A real, live turtle. He's really cute! We're pretty sure that he's a red eared slider. We've decided to name him Koopa, so now we have a dog named Bowser and a turtle named Koopa. If only we could find a walking mushroom to keep as a pet...

When she brought him home yesterday he was in this cute little cage:


Unfortunately, it's not exactly the right environment for an aquatic turtle. So we did a little "Pimp My Habitat" last night. The guys at Pet Kingdom (the best fish/reptile store in the city) hooked us up. Check out his new diggs:


Now he's got the heated pool, a nice floating rock with a basking lamp, special UVB light so he can make all the vitamins he needs, and a nice filtration system. We even had an old fake plant from the fish tank to put in there.

It says on wikipedia that these guys will eat feeder fish. That should be pretty cool! I think we need to wait for him to get a bit bigger. Speaking of which... wikipedia also says that these guys can grow to like 10 inches. We may end up converting the fountain outside into a turtle pond if that's the case!