A busy weekend

The weekend has been pretty busy so far. Yesterday after work Kelly and I met up with our friends Ghost Dog (and his wife Becky) at the Mash Tun for some dinner and drinks. I haven't been there for a couple weeks and they have some new batches of beer, one of which is the delicious Ford Prefect Porter (good name too, nice Douglas Adams 'Hitchhiker's Guide' reference), and another is their 'Kitchen Sink #2', which is something like a cross between an English bitter, and an amber. We had a good time and then Kelly and I came home and watched more Lost (which we just started getting via Netflix). It's an excellent show so far.

Today we went to the Mississippi Street Fair in North Portland (with a group of folks, including Ghost Dog and his wife, Snooks and his girlfriend, Miranda, and other friends of Kellys). Quite an interesting event, loads of people with pets (mostly dogs, but Kelly saw somebody walking a pet pig), lots of environmentally-conscious groups, arts and crafts etc. The thing that stands out for me was this scrawny girl wearing face paint dancing down the street on stilts while wearing a very small bikini thing.

Since Portland was hosting an International Beerfest that same day, Ghost Dog and I took off for a bit to check that out. It was a spendy event ($20 entry fee that included 10 drink tickets, each 4oz drink was between 1 and 3 tickets) but it ended up being worth it. Had a few delicious beers, most notably the Freeminer Waterloo, and the Yeti Oak-aged Imperial Stout.

After the beer festival Ghost Dog and I met back up with Kelly, Becky and Miranda at my house to relax and eat some dinner before going to my friend Tyson's birthday party. Kelly and Becky went to see Paul Oakenfold in concert while the rest remained at the party and had a fabulous time.

Tomorrow Kelly's sister and family are going to be in Portland so I don't yet know exactly what's going on, but I'm hoping at some point to get some yardwork in and to relax and watch a movie. Whew!