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Bar Humping 2.0

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My pants made a bold statement today, I found that to be pretty rude! I was debating if I should throw the pants away or go to a tailor and get them fixed. My friends told me to go to a tailor, so now the pants are gonna sit at home for a few months before I realize I never gonna go to a tailor and then eventually throw them away.

We did the Bar Humping 2.0 today when we hit up all – or at least a bunch – of the bars on the walk home from my work. We did a lot better today than last time, maybe because we knew what to expect and didn’t mess around with the strong beers, I am starting to accept Bud Light for occasions like this. Maybe I am getting a little Americanized.

Chicago

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I’m trying to make it to a city in the US each year that I have not been to. This year I made it to Chicago. I’ve been wanting to go for a long time.

Was greeted by overcast and rain. Didn’t bother me so much though, we get plenty of sunshine in Los Angeles, so I was happy to see some rain.

Made it to Millennium Park and the bean. Everyone has to see the bean. No one knows why though.

The Chicago website says:
Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor’s first public outdoor work installed in the United States.
The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect Chicago’s famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a “gate” to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.

It was actually a lot smaller than I expected.

The food in Chicago is not really to my taste. Just a lot of “stuff” that’s greasy and flavorless. A bit of a bummer.

It kept on raining so we better take shelter in a bar.

Everyone else seemed to be okay with it raining sideways cause the bar was empty.

You know you’re at the right spot when they have these signs by the front door.

Had the famous Chicago style deep dish pizza. I’m glad I did, but I really don’t have to try it again.

LA Live

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You know what’s great with going out for drinks with your friends? You get to spend a lot of quality time with your phone. 

Bar humping

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Since I walk the 3 miles to and from work every day and there’s a bunch of bars on the way, we came up with the brilliant idea of going bar hopping. Asher met up at work and we hit as many places we could on the way before we were ready to throw in the towel.
The first two were easy, Secret Lady Saloon and the Tattle Tale Room

Had a burger at Dear John’s, it was amazing, I definitely have to go back there!

It got a little difficult by the 4th beer and a little forced at Joxer Dailys. Ended up at Cinema Bar and got a ride home from there. I think we both thought we would get a little further, but we’re apparently not in our 20’s anymore.

Hop Courage

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Went to another beer festival, this one was to make awareness of children with autism. The setting was awesome tight by the Coliseum, the weather was dodgy so not a lot of people came out, which means more beer for me!

Drink, Eat, Play beerfest

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I like going to beer festivals, you pay a fee to get in, get a little glass and then you can drink as much as you want for a few hours. If you don’t like the beer you just pour it out and get a new one.

The festival close in the afternoon though and we had a taste for more beers.

Mammoth

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Since we don’t have much snow and don’t know for how long it’ll last, we’re trying to get in as many Mammoth weekends as possible before the season is over.
Vato got into an accident and had to be taken care of by the ski patrol. We used this opportunity to laugh at him.

It’s rare that we make it out after a day of skiing and dinner, but we managed to pay a visit to the brewery this time.