orange_6's Journal: Weekend!

(LJ and BM mirrors)
So this weekend was very good, not as good as last weekend, but definately up there :)

Friday was nothing spectacular. Went down to Molly's for a beer...one of Lindsay's coworkers was considering going, but we didn't see her there...oh well.

Saturday I worked all morning and afternoon, being bored off my ass. Got home at 4:30 and powered up the GC to play some Mega Man...FUCK! My savegame somehow got corrupted, this means have to start over again...damnit! Started playing MM6 and left the game on pause as we were headed to the suburbs to see my sister. This is where it gets good :)

We met Caitlin in Schaumburg at The Prairie Rock Brewing Co. for dinner and beer. The dinner was great, no vegetarian selection to speak of (pasta w/ veggies) but the cheese ale soup was phenomenal! To top it off the soup came with a freshly baked pretzel...to die for! The beer wasn't bad either. I had their Oktoberfest brew, Lindsay had their Prairie Light and Caitlin had the Vanilla. Now, I've never had a vanilla beer that I've particularly cared for, but this one was something else. It literally tasted like a creme soda! After the brewery we went to Redmoon, a martini bar in Arlington Heights. Very small place, dark with modern decor (pics forthcoming...hopefully). Caitlin's new beau Jeremy is one of the bartenders and mixed up the most amazing martinis I have ever had. I started with their chocolate martini which had 2 Godiva liquors, Ketel One and Hershey's syrup...amazing. This was followed by the other bartenders specialty, a martini that tasted like grape koolaid! Bloody great! Lindsay had their Extacy martini, which was very very berry, their Chaz (chocolate raspberry) and a Sexy Lady (very apt :)) all of which were great! I finished the night with an Effen Black Cherry on the rocks. Such a smooth flavor with a bit more than a hit of black cherry. Yum. Eventually made it back to DeKalb at 3am.

Sunday we met my parents at Old Chicago for my b-day party-ish-thing. Had a few beers (thankfully I had no hangover) along with a ton of food. We had the sampler platter, two pizzas and I got a "little big cookie" b/c it was my b-day. Two more beers and I'll finish the Oktoberfest tour and get my hat! I had a Becks Oktoberfest and a Lowenbrau...both were good. The highlight was my sister drinking a Ommegang Three Philosophers which was a 25oz lambic/ale mixture which took 3 people to finish! I did get some presents, all of which kick ass. Copies of Rallisport Challenge 2 and Sonic Mega Collection (xbox and gc respectively)...hell yeah! new games! I loved the first Rallisport and played the second a few months ago, it totally blows away the first...everyone who likes racing games should play it! I also got a 256M flash drive and a sweet Prana pullover from my sister. My mom also brought two pies from Bakers Square to eat after the presents. Ugh...so full...gonna die.

Last night we had Jen and Nate over for leftover pie before some much needed sleep!
So that was my weekend...how was yours?