This weekend some friends and I will be attending ShamrockFEST, which is a big indoor/outdoor music/drinking festival held near St. Patricks’ day every year here in DC. We’ve all signed up for the VIP passes as you might actually get a chance to sit down, there are more covered areas (weather won’t be the best) and it includes all your beer for the day as well. It’s also going to be a birthday celebration so it’s going to be a fun party regardless. If you’re going to be attending as well, let me know so we can meet up.
Just opened up a bottle Chimay Ale (Red). In case you haven’t heard of it before, Chimay’s origins reside with the Trappist monks of Chimay Belgium. It’s made from historical methods and ingredients even though they use modern technology alongside. Some friends had gotten it when we were out this past week and it was the first time I had tried it. Fairly appalling was the price at the bar. $28 for a 750ML bottle, or roughly double or more the price of a regular beer.
I happened to see it at a wine store this weekend when Stephanie and I were walking around Annapolis, MD after going for a drive with the top down to enjoy the nice weather. I decided to purchase a bottle after seeing the much more reasonable price of $10.49. For an occasional drink of a special variety for about the price of a bottle of wine, this is good value in my opinion and I’m looking forward to trying more of the Chimay offerings.
Just catching up and uploading some more of the video I took during the Commander-In-Chief’s Ball during the inauguration. This one is of President and Mrs. Obama dancing with two lucky servicemembers.
Portions of President Obama’s speech that I recorded during the Commander-In-Chief’s ball the day of the inauguration.
