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Savor the weekend

May 12, 2014 by MCM Mama 7 Comments

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This weekend was our favorite beer event:  Savor!  It’s an amazing opportunity to meet brewers and owners and try some really amazing beers.  It’s held each year at the National Building Museum, which is a gorgeous venue.  I can’t really put into words how much fun this is each time we do it.  So, I’ll just give you the highlights…

  • We were first in the line to enter. I’d like to say I planned it that way, but it was one of those times when everything went smoothly and we got there 20 minutes earlier than I expected.
  • We went to a beer-wine hybrid Salon put on by Lucid Brewing.  The guys were great and the beers ranged from good to awesome.  Perhaps starting out the evening with an 18% ABV beer was not my smartest move ever…

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  • I got my annual picture with Sam Calagione from Dogfish Head brewing.  It’s ok to be jealous.

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  • The food was amazing.  I think I tried at least one bite of everything they offered.

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  • There were some beers there that were just AMAZING. One was a barrel aged Imperial dry Irish stout on nitrogen from Pinthouse Pizza in Austin, TX.  I think Beer Geek was afraid I might leave him for the beer.  Yeah, it was that good.

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  • My annual collection of “beer boyfriend” photos.  I swear one year I’m going to make a calendar LOL.

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  • The “parting gift” is a collaboration beer between Flying Dog and Firestone Walker – both really good breweries, so I can’t wait to try it.

Note to self: Don’t wear heels.  It doesn’t matter if they are super comfortable. Tipsy. Literally.

I did a surprisingly good job of moderating my alcohol intake, so I felt fine on Mother’s Day.  Beer Geek took the boys out on a long bike ride, so I was able to just chill out.  I’m proud of myself for actually sitting and reading a book for fun instead of doing chores or spending all my time on social media.  Then we ordered Thai for dinner.  YUM!

I also did my first Metabolic Effect weight workout.  As I told Kim, it was easy. Until it wasn’t.  Two days later, I’m still sore in spots.

And I nominated one of my closest friends to win the ZOOMA contest.  If she wins, I win, so I’d love it if you’d vote for her!!  (Also?  She’s awesome and I want to be a runner like her someday…)

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Finally, thanks to everyone who has come by to enter the Altra shoes giveaway!  I hope you’ll stick around for a while as I’d love to get to know all of you.  If you left a blog address, I’ll be stopping by in the next week or so (there were a ton of new to me blogs!)

How was your weekend?  Did you do anything fun?

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  1. Jessie Emeric says

    May 12, 2014 at 1:40 pm

    That looks like such a fun event!
    Jessie Emeric recently posted…Half Marathon Training Recap | Week 3My Profile

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  2. Sue @ This Mama Runs for Cupcakes says

    May 12, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    Wow, that looks like so much fun!! Glad you had a great time and got some nice quality time on Mother’s day!

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  3. Jamoosh says

    May 12, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Glad to see/hear you savored Savor.
    Jamoosh recently posted…What The FridayMy Profile

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  4. Johann says

    May 13, 2014 at 7:14 am

    I can see why you love that event so much 🙂 Awesome! Here in SA we have many great wine festivals and other events but not much for beer. We chose this weekend to be a very relaxed one at home doing nothing.
    Johann recently posted…Why Do I Run?My Profile

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  5. Carla says

    May 13, 2014 at 7:23 am

    ((ILL VOTE))
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  6. Tiina says

    May 14, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    Words cannot express my jealousy on this enough. Looks freaking awesome!
    Tiina recently posted…Catching UpMy Profile

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    • MCM Mama says

      May 14, 2014 at 11:14 pm

      It was pretty awesome. Good beer and cool people is always a winner.

      Reply
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