Monday, January 1, 2018

2017 Recap

2017 seems to have been a light year

Things Done:
January
  • Family Christmas Gathering mit viel schnee
February
  •  Flagship Brewery, stopped in to write Post Cards to our so-called representatives.
March
April
  • Zion Fair with Car Show, NY
  • Eldest's Wedding Anniversary Party at Blue, NY
  • Stone Crop Garden Alpine Plant Sale, NY
  • Bear Mountain Perkins Overlook, NY
May
June
  • British Car Day at  Red Mill Museum Village, NJ
  • 9th Annual Polish Festival at Snug Harbour, NY
July
  • Travis Parade 
  • Le Tour
  • Started replacing Lump's right side frame
August
  • Trip to California, LA to SF and back, PCH2017.
  • A play, In and Of itself, NYC
Sepetember
  • WestFest, NYC
  •  Really replaced Lump's right sideframe.
October
November
  • A Full House Thanksgiving
  • A Family Wedding at The Imperia
  • Changed Lump's glow plugs.
December
  • Vickie and Nickie's Holiday Sleigh Ride, The Duplex, NYC
  • Local Tree Lighting
  • Terracotta Warriors, Franklin Institute, Philly 
  • King Solomon Hicks Quartet at Shanghai Jazz, NJ
Garden:
Of the Plans for 2017, not much happened to plan.
  • Hydrangea did bloom this year, so it stayed
  • Did not remove Red Twig Dogwood
  • Grew hops, harvested hops, smelled hops, yup Hoppy.
  • Rebuilt the Compost enclosure.
  • shifted garden beds to make room for drainage pipes, still need leveling
  • Planted 120 cloves of garlic, October 28.  11 large heads and 5 small heads.
  • Of the possible additions from the Garden Plans, this was the only new addition plant added, a new Coral Bell.
 Lost a bunch of plants in 2017, some from the winter and some just didn't make it through the year.

Beers in the Fridge:
Posted on 38 beers last year. Not counting any duplicates or beers I usually purchase. So as a rough estimate, last year I may have drank somewhere around 14(38*4*12/128) to 21(38*6*12/128) gallons of beer.
(a beer*beersPerPack*ozPerBeer/ozPerGallon)

Good food and good times had in 2017:
Most memorable drink of 2017, a Bourbon Brulee at Embers Restaurant in Arroyo Grande, CA
Most memorable bar of 2017, Smugglers Cove Rum Bar, San Francisco.