NINKASI Brewing Company: The quickest growing microbrewery in the US last year, they are 5 blocks from my house!
Sam Bond's Garage: Won one of the best bars in the US from esquire apparently and it's still a hidden treasure locally, don't have to fight off hoardes of college kids... Always a plus!This week has been pretty crazy for me and I'm pretty fried so I'll just give you guys a quick update. This is the week of school called "dead week" because it's supposed to be low key and slower so we have time to prepare for finals next week... ya right! I wrote 3 papers this week alone and that was quite a task. But they are all done and turned in so now I can look ahead to finals. I have a 10 page research paper due Wednesday evening and a 2 hour in class essay final on Tuesday afternoon and that's it.
Amidst all of the crazyness I still had some opportunities to be with my friends and enjoy my final days in college. One of my roommates turned 21 over last weekend and we went to our favorite local watering hole to show the little guy the ropes, we had a blast shooting pool and throwing darts. And there was nothing like the look on his face when he tried a local brewery's (Ninkasi) world class IPA. You'da thought he just got a million bucks. A great time indeed. I also had a chance to catch up with some of my closest freinds that I hadn't spent much quality time with in a long time and it was a breath of fresh air! On monday I was out till 1am, a feat I don't acheive often anymore, we had one of those moments where we looked at the clock and realized time had flown! Those are the friendships I truly cherrish, we pick up right where we left off and time just screams by.
This weekend is packed as well but I've been looking forward to it for a long time. I'm taking a class that upon complesion will earn my motorcycle endorsement. I've wanted a bike for way too long, since junior year of highschool I believe, and it's time for me to take the plunge. This is the first step and hopefully a bike will come in the next month or so, depending on finances. Well off to a show tonight at Sam Bond's Garage to see a CD release party for a local band I saw a while back. The venue is just down the road from me and it's a real taste of Eugene. Think hippies, eclectic music, big open barn feel, more bicycles than cars in the lot, and beer served in mason jars. I'll give you guys a better update when time permits.
~B
