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Exploratory Amtrak Pub Crawl

January 21st, 2010 Mark Ranes 4 comments

Our homebrew club, the Central Valley Brewers Guild, is looking into a Sacramento pub crawl, where the participants are delivered, and returned home, by Amtrak.  We are looking for alcohol responsible methods of transportation to ensure that our crawlers are returned home safely, as well as not endangering the public at large.
The CVBG Founders have [...]

Time for a New (Additional) Barbecue!

August 24th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

Brenda and I received a gift certificate for a local department store when we got married 28 years ago, and we used it, plus a few extra dollars, to buy a Weber kettle barbecue that I used extensively for seven or eight years.  Many, many wonderful meals were prepared on that kettle and it actually [...]

Mystery Date

August 16th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

Our good friends Eric and Becky took us on a Mystery Date yesterday.  Basically, you just get in the car (you don’t know where you are going) and give up all control to the person in charge of the Mystery Date.  Those of you who know me know that giving up all control kills me:)  [...]

Summer of Music

July 12th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

Tomorrow we kick off our summer music tour.  We are heading up to Marin county to see Paul Thorn at Rancho Nicasio.  The show is a part of their BBQ on the Lawn series of events and thankfully I reserved tickets several months back, as the show is now sold out.  Here’s a great video [...]

Looking Back at Sac

June 30th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

We had a really nice trip to Sacramento.  After we tried to check into the hotel, we headed over to Rubicon Brewing Company for lunch and ales.  I was worried about parking, but we were able to park on the street about a half-block away.  The place was pretty busy, with no tables available outside, [...]

28 Glorious Years!

June 28th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

Today, June 28th, Brenda and I are celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary.  There’s no trip planned as adventurous as our trip to Belize (photo gallery) three years ago, but we’re heading up to one of our favorite local escapes, Sacramento.  We always have a great time in Sacramento, and we’ve decided that if we had [...]

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