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All Beer, No Running

May 31, 2009 by MCM Mama 13 Comments

This weekend was AMAZING!   We went to a beer tasting on Friday night and Savor on Saturday night.  I’ll write a post on each event later when I’ve recovered from too much food, a lot of beer, and not nearly enough sleep.
Here I am all dressed up for our evening out on Friday.  The boys insisted on being in the picture with me.

When we got home Friday night, my parents had already arrived and both boys were sound asleep!  The boys had had three different babysitters that night, as we needed to leave before our usual babysitter got off work and then my parents beat us to our house.

After a day spent hanging out, doing yard work and a soccer game with Jones (he scored TWO goals!), Beer Geek and I got dressed up to head to Savor.  Thanks to Hilton points, we had a free night in a hotel, so we took the metro to the hotel, went out to dinner, and then went to the event.
Savor was fabulous!  We’ve gone both years that it’s been held and it’s a wonderful opportunity to meet brewers and brewery owners, as well as sample many beers that are not available locally.
This morning we got up early and caught a cab home.  Our cab ride was an experience I hope never to repeat.  We were driving down Constitution Avenue in DC and stopped at a red light.  A car blew past us on the right, ran the light, and kept going.  After running another red light (and doing quite a bit of weaving), he stopped between intersections.  All of the cars behind him stopped as well because no one was sure what he was going to do.  He then continued down Constitution Avenue, alternately running lights and randomly stopping.  Thankfully, it was about 8 am on a Sunday morning, so the traffic was really light and he was not hit by cross traffic and all of the traffic going his direction on Constitution was staying behind him.  At one point some pedestrians crossed and thankfully it was one of his random stops.  I’m pretty sure they had no idea how close to danger they came.  Finally, he came to a full stop, as did about 10 cars behind and around him.  He had passed out in the driver’s seat!  A number of people had pulled over and were calling the cops on cell phones, so we didn’t stick around, but it was pretty much a miracle that no one got injured, no cars got hit, and hopefully the driver will be fine.  I have no idea whether it was drugs, alcohol or some sort of medical situation like a seizure, but it was definitely one of the scariest car rides I’ve ever been on.
Other than the cab ride, it was an amazing weekend, but I feel like I ran a marathon and a half marathon in the same weekend.  I think I may be getting too old for this. ;o)
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  1. Lisa Slow-n-Steady says

    May 31, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Wow, you look great in both of those photos!!Scary situation with the passsed out driver though. Glad noone got hurt.

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  2. DC Running Mama says

    May 31, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    Sounds like an awesome weekend! I tried to convince my sister to come up and go to Savor, but they had a prior commitment. Totally crazy about the driver! Thank goodness no one was hurt!

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  3. Marlene says

    May 31, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    Nice pics – you clean up nice! Sounds like you had a great weekend despite the freaky cab ride. It’s amazing that people are stupid enough to get behind the wheel in that condition, but thank goodness nobody was hurt.

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  4. Missy says

    May 31, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    Never too old, just need extra recovery time;) I don’t bounce back like I used to. …and you don’t look tarted up, you look ready to have a great nite out on the town with hubs.

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  5. Jess says

    May 31, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    You look wonderful in both pics! And I’m glad you got to enjoy such a fun weekend!

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  6. Jamie says

    June 1, 2009 at 12:30 am

    Sounds like an excellent weekend! I like all beer and no running 🙂 You look great in the pics! And glad no one was hurt in that scary driver situation.

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  7. Mel-2nd Chances says

    June 1, 2009 at 2:47 am

    sounds like an eventful weekend, nice pics, you look great!

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  8. joyRuN says

    June 1, 2009 at 8:25 am

    Helloooo hot mama!Sounds like a great great weekend, except for having to watch an insanely dangerous driver take to the wheel like that!

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  9. Glaven Q. Heisenberg says

    June 1, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Whoa! Normally I’d comment on the beer-related stuff, but an idiot driver trumps that. I hope it was a medical condition and not just some irresponsible all-night partier, but I think it’s far more likely to’ve been the latter than the former.Still, glad no one got hurt.I’m lucky. Teh ‘Bride is a responsible drinker, so I always have a designated driver I can depend on when we go out.

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  10. Marcy says

    June 1, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    ROFLMAO why did I think this post would be a G guest post? “All Beer, No Running” sounds like something G would say HA!You look fabulous ;D ;D

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  11. Heather says

    June 1, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    Great pictures! Looks like a fun weekend. Way better than a marathon and half marathon in the same weekend. 🙂

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  12. Amy Reinink says

    June 1, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    AWESOME! I firmly believe it’s weekends like yours that let us return to training feeling fresh and motivated. I feel you on the “getting too old for this” — when did a few glasses of wine start to equal an automatic hangover?

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  13. Submit Articles says

    June 2, 2009 at 7:02 am

    Totally crazy about the driver! Thank goodness no one was hurt!

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