This is the oldest post I never wrote. Day 212. April 24. APRIL TWENTY FOURTH?! It was a Wednesday. According to my calendar, I had my regular Wednesday work meetings. Nothing else.
Well I hope Barbara Streisand had a happy birthday!
year of fun
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Category Archives: Nightlife
Day 211: Apple TV
The hubs bought me a new toy to help with my sleeping woes. I sleep pretty well once I fall asleep but I can have trouble getting there. Normally to curb this I put on a movie (refer to TV in the bedroom post on Day 164). This results in me playing the same movie night after night and the hubs waking up at 2 am to turn off that DVD menu music that just repeats over and over. Him getting up usually wakes me up and I put the movie on again. It’s a vicious cycle.
Apple TV will let me play Netflix or any TV show or movie in my iTunes library on the bedroom TV creating both variety and silence upon completion. I’ve already spent half an hour on YouTube. This kind of defeats the purpose but its fun. Now for Netflix and sleep.
Day 200: Gala
Day 200 feels like a milestone as far as numbers go. As a day, it was pretty epic.
I got to work at 10:30am and got home from work at 1:00am the next day (today). It was our annual gala. My job was to talk to as many people as possible-introduce myself, talk up the company, and generally meet board members and subscribers/donors. Aka be outgoing and on my feet for several hours (like its your wedding)!
The first two hours went well. I talked to a lot of people and had fun doing so. Then came the sit down dinner with a program and awards. The trouble started when I tried to get up from this two hour meal. Two hours standing followed by two hours sitting equaled painful stiff feet. I spent the rest of the night oscillating between trying to talk to more people and sitting. I felt conflicted between work duties and physical necessity.
Thankfully this only went on for about an hour before most of the guests left. Afterward I could help clean up and transport people and things back to the theater without forcing myself to keep standing. The hubs-who attended and won a very cool beer-oriented silent auction item-was also a huge help at the end of night, carrying things and generally making my job easier.
All in all it was a fun night but I’m thankful to be at home resting for the rest of today.
Day 189: Belgian Beer Tour
Day 189’s post is so late because of Day 189’s activity; a self-designed beer tour.
When searching online for activities in Brussels, the hubs and I came across a highly recommended beer tour. Unfortunately it was totally booked up for the days we planed to be here. This led to us designing our own tour that started at the Manneken Pis, the famous fountain featuring a little boy peeing. We ducked in to a bar appropriate called Taverne Manneken Pis. Here we Vedette, a white, and Maredsous, a blond, recommended by the really nice bartender.
From here we embarked on our planned tour.
1. Moeder Lambic
Probably our favorite spot of the day, Moeder Lambic was very chill and cool. The exposed brick and chalkboard walls made us feel a little bit like we were in Chicago, but the beers were definitely Belgian. Our waiter put together a flight for each of us that included four small tastes of different beers. The hubs had Gueuze Cantillon, Magma (super mouth explosion goodness), Adelardus Triple, and Guldenberg. Mine–Monk’s Stout, IV Saison, Vouleir Blond, and Adelardus Brune. Because we were at Lambic, we also tried a Framboise but it was much more tart than the stuff that comes in bottles to the U.S.
2. Delices et Caprices
A highly recommended shop that was closed for Easter Monday. (Apparently this is like a bank holiday in Europe. Most of the shops and all of the museums were closed for Easter Monday).
3. La Mort Subite
Another Lambic cafe, La Mort Subite had an old school vibe and an older clientele. We had Lambic White and Faro and some bread and cheese. When we ordered the cheese, we had no idea how much was going to show up. We ended up sharing it with the family sitting at the next table because we couldn’t finish.
4. Delirium
Delirium was high on the hubs’ list of places to go in Belgium. It was huge, loud and packed! We had Delirium Tremens and Nocturnum–both of us preferred the Tremens. Here, we busted out playing cards and immediately made friends with some students from Belgium, France and Russia. They wanted to teach us a drinking game they called “Ring of Fire,” but we soon figured out it was the same as popular drinking game in colleges in the U.S. called Circle of Death. We played anyway, but by the time the game was over, the hubs and I were exhausted. We went to our hotel and straight to sleep.
We had so much fun going from place to place, trying new beers and making friends. It was worth today’s headache and slow start.
Day185: Let’s Opine
Tonight the hubs saw a play that I had already seen and, when he got home, we had a long talk about it; what we liked, what we thought could be better, the importance of play, the future of the company, etc. The hubs and I often have different opinions about Art. We’ve had many discussions, often of the heated nature, about Art in its many forms.
What I love about this is how the hubs stands his ground even though I try-vehemently-to convince him otherwise. I love that we share an interest but not necessarily an opinion. Mostly, though, I just love that we have these conversations. They are engaging, honest and intelligent. And really fun.
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