What Are You Doing This Weekend?

I'm heading to Santa Barbara Wine Country!

Arrogant Bastard

One of Pete's requests for while he was in SD was to go to Stone Brewery and Gardens. My brother is a bit of a beer snob and hails Stone as one of his favorite brewers. It's tradition for us to take Peter here while he is in town but since he's been out of the country it's been awhile. We did manage to squeeze in a visit while he was here a year ago for my wedding, but no one should be denied the Stone experience for a year at a time! I expect Peter to be a good brother and visit me often, even if he has an ulterior motive. Here are a few pics from our visit to Stone and our Brewery tour led by none other than Jesus aka Phil. Oh, and Peter was very popular as he has a giant tattoo of the Stone Gargoyle/Demon thingy on his calf. If he lived in SD he could probably get a job here (you get a keg a month and you are allowed to drink 2 beers per shift!).

Arrogant Bastard makes us a happy couple

Crystal doesn't drink, but she still looks good with a beer in her hand!

Jesus showing us where the magic happens

Stone make them a happy couple too!

Check out the magic here:

http://www.stoneworldbistro.com/

Back on US Soil

After a two year stint serving overseas my little brother is back home and will be stationed in Northern California at Travis AFB. On his way back Pete decided to stop in in Massachusetts to visit with our East Coast relatives and Jeff and I decided to crash the party. We made a vacation out of it and flew to Boston, spent a few days touring the city and then drove out to meet up with everyone at my Aunt Margaret's house. I finally got to meet my sister in law which was a bonus. Peter and Crystal have been married for two years but the one time she was in Cali to visit, Jeff and I were in Chicago. To celebrate Peter's return as well as his 26th birthday my Aunt and her husband threw a party and we got to see relatives we hadn't seen in years as well as meet some for the first time. The weather was perfect (except for 1 rainy morning) and I just had so much fun being with family. The only bad thing, the airline lost Jeff's luggage so we are in the process of filing a claim. Who know $1000 worth of stuff could fit in a carry on size bag?!? I'm just glad they didn't lose my giant piece of luggage (some people might know about my designer jean vice).

Jeff and I are heading home to Santa Maria next weekend for Pete's West Coast welcome back party aka Petoberfest. Pete has rented out a whole brewery, will be BBQing and will have a live band for 60 or so of his closest friends. I'm looking forward to it!

You can view pics from our Boston trip here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=150600&id=563058071&l=e9ad918832

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