So far August has flown by, I can’t believe my birthday is tomorrow! It’s been a pretty chill month so far, got in some quality workouts but I have been slacking a little! Overall I have kept up my treadmill running and that is the main goal, everything else will come around once it cools off a little.
Wedding Plans:
We’re making good progress in the wedding planning: Invitations ordered, got a quote on tables and chairs from Classic Party Rentals (very nice to work with), Amy designed a great backyard layout and we found and purchased my suit for the wedding. Pretty happy with the way things are coming together, hopefully we’ll get everything pretty much finalized by the end of the month!
Wedding Specialty Beverage and a fun afternoon:
A few weeks ago I had heard that a restaurant downtown was carrying my favorite Ginger-Ale like soda from Kentucky, Ale-8-One. Usually I only get to enjoy it back in Kentucky so when I heard it was available here in Phoenix the thought of a Maker’s Mark and Ale-8-One was in my head! Amy needed help setting up the booth for her work at the Phoenix Convention Center and the restaurant, District Kitchen is right around the corner. Unfortunately we arrived downtown right as the Diamondbacks game was starting, parking and navigating down there was a challenge. After finding the correct place to park and unload and a quick but sweaty booth set up we adjourned ourselves to the comfy bar area of the restaurant. Besides getting a drink I rarely get to have we had a fantastic lunch! I had the Grilled Short Rib Sandwich on a nice Brioche with some excellent Tater Tots.
The whole experience was very nice, downtown Phoenix has some cool places and we just don’t get down there enough. Since I now know Ale-8-One is available here we decided to make Maker’s and Ale-8-One our Specialty Drink for the wedding. I thought it would be cool for the Kentuckians that are traveling here for the wedding as well as introducing our friends here to a part of Kentucky. Twitter was very useful in interacting with the District Kitchen folks and they got me the name of the company they get the soda from, a few phone calls later we’re all set to get in a few cases for the wedding. Maybe I’ll order some sooner than that just to have…
The coming weekend:
As I mentioned earlier my birthday is this weekend so we’re taking advantage of some nice summer rates at The Boulders up in Cave Creek. We head up there tomorrow and come back on Monday, should be a nice relaxing time – pics to follow!
And finally: I’m all for this log-in screen for the internet!
Going Down The Trail 