Budweiser, Tsingtao, Labbat Blue, Carolina Pale Ale

Tomorrow morning, I start my two week journey around the world, kind of.

First, I’m heading to St. Louis (Budweiser). A couple friends of mine live there & some other friends from Buffalo are meeting there too. We’re going to party it up this weekend, one last weekend all together before I head off to China for a year.

Should be a great time. I’m sure I’ll have some pictures to share. I’ve also warned all of them not to even attempt waking me up via a horn, banging pots & pans or any other loud objects or devices. They have done this to me a few times, once with a beer in hand (was sleeping). I wake up looking like I’m having a heart attack. Funny yes, but it’s scary! I think there is some video of this somewhere…

Next, on to Beijing (Tsingtao). Only a week there this trip. Hope to get five very productive days in the office, then back on a plane Saturday. I’m sure I’ll have a few Tsingtaos while there.

From there, it’s on to Buffalo (Labbat Blue – OK, Blue is actually from Canada, but it’s very popular in Buffalo & I like it. I could have said Genny Cream Ale (which is actually brewed in PA.)).

Spending a few days with my family and playing in the KPL Golf Tournament. It’s going to be a great time. I need to write up the story of the KPL tournament…it’s a memorial tournament, for a great guy from Buffalo who died at age 32.

Finally, back to Raleigh (Carolina Pale Ale) … though, only for about ten days, then it’s off to Beijing for a year!

Will I be sick of flying and airports and delays and lost luggage by the end of this ~15,500 mile trip? I bet YES

Beer me!

What a weekend. I went and picked my brother up from Camp Lejune Friday afternoon, brought him to Raleigh so we could hang out for the weekend before he heads over to Iraq. Wonder why the weekend was a blur, here are some thoughts…

1.  Drank way too much beer

2. Jager bombs

When my brother drinks too much beer, he disappears and also cannot walk. It's hilarious, but a bit of a pain in the ass, here's why…

1. I carried him on my back probably at least 5 times between Friday night & this morning.

2. He defintely fell into a plexy glass wall in someones house…cracked it in half. Needless to say, we were politely asked to leave, which then gave me the opportunity to carry him on my back again.

3. The 22 jager bombs on Saturday afternoon didn't help any (he still hasn't figured out that he paid the bar tab…$200+ …wonder when he'll figure that one out, ha!

4. A slight peeing problem

Some good things did come up of this weekend though…

1. The Buffalo Sabres took down the Hurricanes in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday afternoon… go Sabres!…cup crazy! 

2. I experience the Lincoln Theatre last night for the first time, great place…will blog about that later
3. I now have a new regular cab driver, Mr. King (that's what he goes by…I forgot where he's from). Earlier in the night, I had a cab driver from Egypt, he was cool…interesting stories