Got A New Bike

He look, here we are. I bought a new bike yesterday:

ABG: Summer Issue Cover and Party Tease

We are so teasing you right now. Proofs are approved. Summer is here. Issue release party is happening June 28th at Billy's on Burnet. More info later.

Euro Beer #29: Ave Maria

 In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, almost 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. Being cheap in Paris:

We met our friend Greg at his favorite bar in Paris, Ave Maria. But, I got drunk. It was my midnight birthday. No beer this night. A bike rental stand was right outside the doors and of course I was luckily enough to find an unlocked bike. I took Sofia for a drunk bike ride through the small twisted streets of Paris at 2 am. This was one of my favorite memories from the trip. We got lost of course. Eventually we made it back to the hotel and fell asleep dead drunk and tired from biking.

Don't know what this was, but I drank it.

Ave Maria

1 Rue Jacquard

Paris

See the bike station in front of bar in this Google pic:

Some more awesome photos from the night:

Tried on Greg's hat.

We woke up and had this the next morning:

Texas Monthly on NPR

 

Skip Hollandsworth talks Bernie.

Collage-ing with Santi

Bike Thief

We (Javier) had a bike stolen in NYC. In Park Slope. From our front stoop. At least when they stole that bike, they left a shitty one in its place. That was kind of nice. A Huffy for a Cannondale. Why not?

Park Slope Food Coop on Daily Show

Yes! I love and miss the Co-op. It was so ridiculous, I loved it.

http://gawker.com/5896988/the-daily-shows-samantha-bee-infiltrates-the-park-slope-food-co+op-to-investigate-its-proposed-ban-on-israeli-products

ABG Spring Issue Dudes!

Whoah, been awhile, huh? If you have not noticed, most of my time goes toward Austin Beer Guide these days. Which is why I am throwing up this post. We are set to release our spring issue. Read it. And come party with us at the Black Star Co-op next Monday. All the details are here.

RSVP on FB too.

I'll try to keep in touch, once in awhile at least. Love you.

Is this place

dead?

Maybe.

Been a good run.

Euro Beer #28: Un Zèbre à Montmartre

In the fall of 2007 my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. Being cheap in Paris:



We were hanging out in Montmartre and we needed a drink. Duh. This bar looked decent. Busy with a youngish crowd. I had a Kanterbräu, which was refreshing, but nothing special. Sofia had a pleasant glass of Sauvignon Blanc. More sightseeing?

Un Zèbre à Montmartre
38 rue Lepic
75018, Paris



For more euro foodage and drinkage, go here.

Two Videos For You

First Santi:




Loving this song. It's like, totally, my anthem right now:

Dumbon

WTF. Self guided tour. I've done that for free at Circle. No offense to Circle, but this is a lame Groupon. I don't really check my Groupon emails anymore. I usually delete them without even viewing deal, but today "brewery" jumped out at me. I'm over Groupon.

ABG Winter Issue Release Party January 26, 7pm @ Draught House

WHEN: Thursday, January 26, 7pm

WHERE: Draught House Pub and Brewery

WHAT: Come celebrate the latest issue of the Austin Beer Guide at our release party. We will also be awarding the winners of our Best of 2011 Readers Poll. If that is not enough (we know what you want, good beer) we will also have be a keg of the Bourbon Barrel Night RYE-der collaboration we brewed with Hops & Grain!

Mount Bonnell

We went for a walk up on ole Bonnell.

Bill Callhan wasn't there though. Bummer.

TM Talks

Happy new year. Here is my boss talking some stuff on MSNBC (i meant to post this a long time ago, like new yearsssssssss:

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Euro Beer #27: Street Life

In the fall of 2007 my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Paris:



Guess what? This Euro Beer entry is not about beer. It is about wine. Sort of.



Remember, when I first started this series, I said it was not necessarily ONLY be about beer, but everything we drank (and ate). Here Sofia is picking up a baguette for consumption in the park. We are gonna need some cheese and wine, right? This IS Paris.



We bought the cheese and wine from some corner store. It was Sunday and it was the only place open. FAIL. It was the worst wine we EVER had (still). So terrible. Disgusting.



But I was not gonna let that ruin my day. We corked the bottle and took a little trip to Montmartre. We saw the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (see top photo), which Christopher Hitchens felt was dreadful. I love it.



Later I finished the bottle with some street cart croque-monsieur. It was my midnight birthday and we were starting things off right. This was still early into our trip and saving money was paramount. I want to visit Paris again and do it right (somewhat).

TM Talks

Happy new year. Here is my boss talking some stuff on MSNBC:

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