musicbyoscar  kegged the IPA while I was out of town last week, and it's drinkable now... Yum!   The Imperial stout I mentioned in my last beer post turned out great -- several of our friends are giving it two thumbs up.  (well, okay, more like a thumb and a half -- they're trying not to spill their beer.)   So, for the first time since I bought him that twin- ( Read more... )

The home brew is coming along.  This morning musicbyoscar kegged his imperial stout, and he just finished racking the IPA to a secondary fermenter.  
Before long we'll have the twin-tap kegerator going full steam!

Several times a year, I have to travel back to the DC area due to my job.  Sometimes I'm lucky enough to catch a meal with friends while I'm in town.  All the while, musicbyoscar is back home in Texas, keeping the cat company.  This week, in a bizarre role reversal, he had to travel to DC for his job, and I stayed home with the cat.  Thankfully, his trip was ( Read more... )

Winner from this week's karaoke contest is posted.  I must admit that I've never hear the Leader of the Pack [mp3] sung with quite this inflection before.

Don't forget -- this week's winner will be the final contestant for the August 30th grand prize contest -- the winner earns a limo driven tour of all Lion and Rose pubs in San Antonio, $50 worth ( Read more... )

When we first moved to San Antonio, we tried attending some of the local meet-us for rennies, and we decided they were not the crowd for us.  (And I used to think I could get along with any group of rennies!)  Anyway -- fast forward to a few months ago, and we met some fun people at the Very vodka festival.  Turns out they were members of the San ( Read more... )

What's better than sitting in a British pub, enjoying $2 Cruzan Rum drinks, and singing karaoke??
How about sitting in a British pub, enjoying $2 Cruzan Rum drinks, and winning $50 singing karaoke!

Yes, it's time to win big with the Lion and Rose karaoke contest beginning on 7/5/2007.

Each week we will give a $50 tab (L&R gift card) to the critic's ( Read more... )

Our karaoke show is really starting to pick up steam. This past Thursday, the crowd was large enough that Oscar and I only sang one song, and that was only by request. Unfortunately (unfortunate for die-hard karaoke singers, but fortunate for Spurs' fans), our show is on a 2 week hiatus due to the the NBA Finals. (The hiatus could possibly ( Read more... )

Although we've done some karaoke and DJ gigs for single events, we held off on anything that would require too much time when we first moved to San Antonio.  But, now that we've been here a year and things have settled down, we can finally get back to the karaoke shows that we loved so much.
So, I'm happy to announce that Oscar and I are starting a ( Read more... )