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The Eighth of August, Two Thousand and Eleven

Posted in Daily Pictures with tags on August 8, 2011 by Verge

Back to work after a week’s vacation.  Not done blogging about that, but here’s some everyday, normal, not as interesting to anyone but me kind of things.

deposited this check today, fresh off a vacation. It is the entire amount of my former 401k from Sam Ash. It's not a ton, but it's more than I contributed, was 100% vested, and most importantly, got cashed out before the stock market shit it's bed this morning.

we have a fridge full of produce left over from vacation. Marinated portobello caps in Italian dressing for dinner. I fail to see why people thing that because I'm vegetarian, I do not grill, or BBQ for that matter.

It's hard to see, but that's an English Muffin (whole wheat, mind you), with guacamole inderneath the portablello mushrooms, and a side of fresh summer fruits. And it was amazing.

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Cape May Continued…Turdo Vineyards

Posted in Daily Pictures, Good Times, Vacations with tags , , , on August 8, 2011 by Verge

After visiting the Cape May Lighthouse, we found one of the two local wineries in Cape May, Turdo Vineyards.

Much like Valenzano, the tasting room is around the back of the owners beatiful home.

the tasting room, which came with a rather attractive wine server and a delicious assortment of red wines, and an amazing dessert white.

looking into the vineyards and a sunny, beatiful day...

and looking down the driveway. the tasting room also sold wine by the glass, and had this very quant European-like outdoor cafe.

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Cape May Continued…Dogfish Head Brewery and Brewpub

Posted in Daily Pictures, Good Times with tags , , , on August 6, 2011 by Verge

Marla and Rob got to leave the kids behind and go for an adult only adventure on Thursday to Delaware

Cape May - Lewes ferry takes your car to Delaware, and has bars on board...and takes credit cards

this is the outside of dogfish head brewery in Milton. It's such a tiny town to have such an awesome place in it. We still hope one day we will get an invite into the treehouse, but I think we'll have to move to Delaware and get a job at the factory, which isn't such a bad idea.

we arrived with no reservation for a tour, but got on the wait list, and had no problem getting in on one of the tours, which is what I kinda expected.

unbeknownst to us, it was International IPA Day. IPA is short for India Pale Ale, my absolute favorite style of beer. It is very hoppy, very bitter, and beautifully delicious.

on tap was 60, 90, and 120 minute IPA, the last of which is extremely rare this year, extremely expensive, and exceptionally tasty. Find some, if you can. Also, they served Burton Baton, poured through Randall the Enamel Animal, which is fresh grown hops, and was also delicious. All for free, too!

the tour of the brewery was just about the same as last time Monika and I visited, but was still pretty interesting. Our tour guide was very animate, and entertaining. This is a shot of the beginning gear of Dogfish Head, and as a home brewer, I really appreciate that this stuff has been saved and turned into a kind of museum at the brewery.

rocked the brewpub in Rehobeth Beach. They have an awesome menu with more vegetarian options that your average brewpub, which we obviously appreciate immensly. And, they have tons of Dogfish Head Beer, which I drank it all!! And we also filled a growler (which I brought from home), and scored a bottle of their Jin and their completey amazing peanut butter Vodka. dropped some cash!

waiting in line for the ride home to Cape May

scored some more beverages on the way home. We went to Delaware on a vassel named the New Jersey, which was relatively ghetto compared to the posh Twin Capes ferry we returned upon.

the top deck was windy and windy, but we got a pretty good view of everything and everyone, including Rob and Marla.

we joined the inside at the bar. An hour and fifteen minutes is a lot of time to party.

which Marla made good use of

but the day came to a close, on our way to Cape May.

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Cape May Continued…

Posted in Daily Pictures, Good Times with tags , , , on August 3, 2011 by Verge

storm Monday night. I didn't really have a tripod, but I took some bulb exposures anyway, and tried not to let my drunk swagger ruin it too much

this is looking across Delaware Bay (or, essentially, Delaware River) towards Delaware.

the light show was pretty amazing, I just had a hard time holding the camera completely still for 60 second exposures

went to dinner not far from the house, rocked some frozen drinks

with the fam...

and this guy, Sal, who was awesome

we chatted with him after his second set, and ran into him in Cape May the next day while he was driving. hilarious

appetizers

dinner

a rare picture of the author!

Tuesday night we had a bonfire, probably against the wishes of the home owner, but who cares

Monika makin' some smores, but for other people, cause smores aren't vegetarian 😦

went to Cabana's to check out some Cape May Brewery beer. This is all I got, the last half pint in the whole place. But at least I got it for free.

only place in the world to try their inagural beer, but I hope to be able to find it closer to home soon. Not too bad...tasted like my home brew, to tell you the truth.

and we spent the afternoon in downtown Cape May, and managed to not spend too much money, avoided the impending rain, and had a great time.

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Last Weekend, and the start of Cape May vacation

Posted in Daily Pictures, Good Times with tags , on August 2, 2011 by Verge

Friday Monika and I both got out of work at 2, and headed to Ollie gators to use a gift certificate we had and to start our vacation

at night, we played a show in Philly. It was a great show, due in part to the fact that we actually rehearsed before hand.

before vacation really started, I had one last shift at the Berlin Mart, where only the classiest people shop.

in preparation, I bottled our famous cherry liquor, which is a slight bit bitter this year, but still, no extra sugar needed.

the cape may house...

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the smoke house

pool and pool and sunset

and some glamour shots

more to come...

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