So I just came off a week's vacation. In the past few years, I've taken lovely trips to Taiwan, Hawaii, the Oregon Coast and New York. This year I bought a lovely house and did a lovely remodel so there were no lovely bucks left for a lovely vacation.
Therefore, I was relegated to staying home for a week. Now this is good for getting much more sleep than usual, but otherwise, i had to do some stuff that would make it a decent vaca....sorry, staycation. First thing, book tickets to a minor league ballgame. Two cousins of mine flew in to share this extraordinary experience. We went to the game on $1 rib night. While I was able to control myself by purchasing four ribs, my cousins could not and bought 20 ribs. This, by the way, was after a full dinner. we also attended the All-American barbecue festival and this time, I was the one who could not control himself. I had tri-tip, pulled pork, chicken, brisket, and pork ribs. Needless to say, later that evening, Alka-Seltzer was needed to prevent a disastrous trip to the porcelain god. On the Friday night of the week, we went to see one of our favorite cover bands, "The Spazmatics". Goofy name yes, goofily outfitted as nerds, but those dudes get down. They can play just about every hit from the late 70's and 80's. the the day after it was another music festival and excuse for gorging, this one the Barbecue, Blues and Brews Festival at which we not only munched enthusiastically but listened to cover bands of Bon Jovi and Tom Petty, which were very good. Throw in a couple of casino visits and it made for a pretty great time, totally exhausted after a week. Who says you can't stay home??
