Friday Night Fiasco

Well I know that I said I would slow down my drinking the other day. And for a few days I did. Then like clock work Friday night came around and I was reminded that a 22 year old in college should be out having the time of their lives. So needless to say I was back out at the bar. For a first time I was down in Pittsburgh doing some bar hopping. Although I normally stay out of the 'burgh due to a drink tax and the distance from my house, my friend Erin dragged me out. My friend Tyler came along for the drinking too. We all met down at the Hard Rock Cafe in Station Square. Lucky us, we hit just in time for happy hour. After we had a couple cold High Lifes and a few shots, Erin had a couple mixed drinks, and a bite to eat, we decided the night was young and Saddle Ridge was calling our names. Now I must admit that I'm not big into loud crowded bars but I did enjoy Saddle Ridge. The atmosphere was pleasant, the girls were hot, and it had a mechanical bull. Worst part about Saddle Ridge is they didn't serve any Miller High Life, so I had to settle with Yuengling instead. Needless to say I survived. Well we hung around at Saddle Ridge for quite some time. Erin got pretty messed up, so Tyler and I slowed our consumption down because we knew that we would have to drive her home, not to mention ourselves. But before heading home, Erin needed to make a stop at the night club Whim to see her cousin who was waiting to see her. The bouncers wouldn't let me into Whim because I had my trademark hat on. People with hats aren't allowed into Whim, I found this to be ridiculous and funny at the same time. So Tyler and Erin went in and I hung out on the sidewalk waiting for them. It was a long cold 2o minutes, but time well used to sober up even more. Finally, we got Erin back home. Tyler ended up leaving his hat (which I held for him outside of Whim) at Erin's house. I say it was to make sure we get a round 2 in down at Station Square. I could be wrong though. It might be for reasons unknown at this point. Anyways the three of us had a pretty good Friday night if I may say so myself. We all awoke this morning, some earlier than others and said "I'm not drinking today." or "I'm not drinking like that again." In true day after fashion, but I know for a fact that 2 out of the 3 were back at the bar tonight. Will it all be done again? Probably.

Enjoy.

Just a Blur

I've been told by many that I'm old. That I have an old soul. That my ways are antiquated. Yes I do feel that way on some days. Just yesterday a friend told me that what I said should never come out of a twenty-two year old's mouth. Now all I said was how fast time was moving and that I couldn't believe we were already so close to Thanksgiving. I meant every word that I said to her. Time is flying by. I think what makes it worse is that I have become a casualty of my blog. In the past couple months since starting this blog my consumption has at least doubled. I'm sure that this has been reflected in the quality of the writing that has been posted on this blog. Time does fly by when you can't remember most of it. I am sorry for this and I am going to try to turn things around. Not only do I have to turn things around here but also in a life that's not online. It's amazing how fast things can turn bad. I'm sure that everyone in Steeler Nation saw it happen yesterday during the game. It's been a quickly sinking blur for the Steelers for the past two weeks. Now am I going to quite drinking, probably not. Will I try to tone it down. Yes, I will. I know that I'm not the only one in this situation and that's comforting to know. So I am going to improve and in doing so I will return this blog back into the blog I originally wanted it to be. Never give up on the High Life.

Enjoy.

Stewing and Brewing

It's a sad day in Steeler Country. The Bengals came into town and beat us on our own turf. That's our second lose to Cincinnati this year. Needless to say this definitely affected our consumption. Not only of alcohol but also of the dish I cooked up. This week was a hearty pork beer stew. I found the recipe awhile back on recipe.com Here is the link. http://www.recipe.com/hearty-pork-beer-stew/ I chose this recipe today because I knew that the weather would be nice and that I would want to get out and do some riding in the morning before the game. So last night I went down to Giant Eagle and bought the required ingredients. This morning I put it all together, and by game time I had an excellent meal going on. It was excellent when you put it together with High Life. It was a little weird eating a stew that had sweet potatoes in it but it was actually quite tasty. This would actually be a great dinner when the weather gets cold. I know that this won't be the last time I make this recipe. And I recommend that you all give it a chance.

Enjoy.

Behind in Blogging

I know that it has been a few days since my last post. It's amazing how fast time flies. For the first time in a few weeks I really don't have an idea to write about in tonights post. I do know that a beer recipe review is in order for tomorrow night. Steeler tailgates seem to be the perfect place to try out a good beer recipe. Hopefully the black and gold will be victorious. Which always helps the beer and food consumption. So please tune in tomorrow for that treat.

Now as for tonight's post. I am at a loss. Usually my friends help to provide something interesting for me to post. We did hit the bar Wednesday night after class. This is become a tradition for my group. We always have a good time up at Primanti's. This week we shot some pool, and these two guys tried to hustle Matt and I on the felt. But they were just a bunch of drunk idiots. One thing that you should try next time you are up at Primanti's is a Buffalo Chicken Sandwich with the General Tso's wing sauce instead of buffalo. Now that is excellent. My friend Gina is the one who gave inspiration for that. It was a good time for all five of us. Miller Lite is the Wednesday special, not my favorite obviously, but for the price you can't go wrong.

Spend time with friends. Tell stories, laugh at jokes, eat some food, drink some High Life and remember life is good.



Enjoy.

Lessons Among Friends

I know that generally on occasion this blog actually talks about Miller High Life. Unfortunately once again tonight is not one of those nights. Not only is this blog dedicated to the beer but also dedicated to the existence of an actual High Life lifestyle. And I believe that a key to that lifestyle is friendship. Over the past month I've reconnect with an old high school friend, Gina. I will admit with you that for me this is a great thing. To understand that I really don't have many friends. But that is an entirely different blog post.

What you have to realize in life is that there is no rosy veneer to life. I don't know anyone who has it as easy as any sitcom that ever played on network television. If there was any sitcom that truly fit with actual life it was Married with Children. Now I'm not going to continue to rant and rave about life and things not going my way. I'd rather just cut to the chase and give you the moral to my story. Since reconnecting with Gina she has been asking to go for a ride on the motorcycle. Since my '59 is no where passenger friendly at the moment (this is changing in the near future), my friend Tyler had to do the dirty work. Now Tyler did tell Gina awhile back that he would take her for a ride but he doesn't do things without constant badgering. Especially since she was more of my friend than his. But today he made good. Now even though Gina's ride didn't last longer than an hour (Tyler works 2nd shift and had to be at work today), she is still talking about it. That was 10 hours ago. Sometimes in life we take things for granted. For Tyler and I it was the fact that we always ride the bikes. For Gina it was a chance to forget about her troubles, even if it was for a short time. It was humbling to say the least. Humbling in the fact that doing something so small for someone could change their whole day.......maybe even week. So treasure life. Try not to take things for granted and do something nice for someone else. Trust me it's worth it in the end.

Live


Drink


High Life

Beer Fueled Fuel

Well it's been awhile since I found a recipe, made it, and actually reviewed it. So tonight was my night to whip something up in the kitchen. I found the recipe off of http://www.recipe.com/. The dish I decided to make was Beer Can Chicken (http://www.recipe.com/beer-can-chicken/) and Beer-Barrel Lima Beans (http://www.recipe.com/beer-barrel-lima-beans/). Obviously for the beer I used Miller High Life. Now I know that High Life wasn't the dark beer that was needed for the Lima beans but it worked anyways. Also I should say that I used a chicken rub from Mrs. Dash as the seasoning on the chicken. The chicken has a 10 minute prep time while the Lima beans required 25 minutes. Meanwhile the cooking time on the chicken was about 1 1/2 hours and the total cook time on the Lima beans was about 37 minutes. And the recipes fed 4 people. Both recipes were really good. I'm not a big Lima bean fan but I think that as long as I didn't cook them up to often I could tolerate them. The cooking time on the chicken was a little long for me, as far as dinner goes. I do feel that these recipes would be great for a tailgate party. The chicken could be cooked at a home part or in the parking lot tailgate, the Lima beans couldn't do the parking lot job. I would recommend these recipes to anyone and the best part they are washed down well with Miller High Life.

Enjoy.

Put Down the Phone

Here's a thought for society PUT THE DAMN PHONE DOWN. Me, I'm not really hip to to the jive. Texting I don't do. To be totally honest it's actually blocked from my phone. Now yes I do miss the occasional party invite or other insane nonsense one of my friends is sending out in mass waves, but I don't care. If you can't pick up the phone and give me a ring to tell me what you have to say, then I say fuck you. I have the standing belief that technology is more crippling than good. Yes it's great that you can send 100 texts a day that are 100 words but what about the finer things in life? You see it all the time. Kids walking around outside texting. Here's a thought your outside instead of texting your friends go play some football. But it's not just texting that gets in the way, it's the whole damn cell phone. Yes it's great to have communication on demand. You never know when you're car will break down and you need help or god forbid grandma fell down the steps and medic alert is calling you to go pick her up. But I mean come on. That things not glued to your ear. First off if you can't walk and chew gum at the same time what makes you think you can walk and talk. Or even worse for that matter drive and talk or hell, drive and text. These are things that scare me. Mainly because I'm the one who's out there on two wheels and your pulling up behind me at a rapid rate of speed and your eyes aren't on the road there on your damn cell phone screen. Personally there is really nothing that important that you must have that phone glued to your hand and glued to your ear. And if there is something important going on trust me when I say they'll call back. And as far as a texting as the only communication in a relationship goes, that's another joke. We as people believe in self preservation. So basically what that means is that if we can do something to make our lives easier we will. And relationships through text are just one example. Yes it's easier to text a girl out or break up with them, but that is a cowards way of doing things. If you're that afraid to do it why don't you just date an imaginary girl or guy, then you won't have to ask them to do anything. So don't be a victim to in the death of romance. Go to the bar order up a High Life and get one for the girl of guy across the room. Bring back romance the High Life way and if she turns you down there's always the Girl in the Moon.

Enjoy.

High Life Headquarters

Well yesterday was another beautiful day in the burgh. The sun was out the sky was blue, so what if the temperature was a little chilly. We hopped on the bikes and rode anyways. Without the Steelers playing I didn't have to feel guilty riding all day. We started on the road fairly early at 10 a.m. For those of you who don't know the weather was under 50 degrees at that point. Starting that early was just Dale, Tyler, and myself. We put a good bit of miles on before meeting up with Dave at 12:30 p.m. Each one of us brings something different to the group. Dale rides a '77 Honda 400, Tyler's on a '10 Screaming Eagle Street Glide, Dave's on an '86 Moto Guzzi, and I'm the oldest with the '59 Harley. So we're quite a mixed group. We come together for our love of the road and our passion to ride. Really all the fore mentioned is just background for the High Life story. After meeting up with Dave and doing some riding we ended up at this little bar in Yukon, Pa. Now I'm always a little skeptical when it comes to just walking into a bar and sitting down for a cold one. Not only that but I can be construed as a little hypocritical especially after talking about drinking and riding a few weeks back. We limited ourselves to just 2. But anyways Tyler decided that this little bar would be a great place to get a bite. So we went on in and sat down. Sundays are just limited grille but we were hungry enough to eat anything. So it was kielbasa sandwiches, cheese sticks, soup (of what kind I don't know), and cold High Life. And I will tell you what the food was excellent. Even right now thinking about that soup makes my mouth water. Not only that but the conversation was good. All four of us had cold High Lifes, and we were met with a smiling face and a new friend. The bartender was also a High Life man. We sat and shot the bull with him and professional drag racer/tractor puller Russ Hildenbrand. They didn't mind that we weren't regulars or that we had never been there before. All they cared about was enjoying some good conversation. So let this be a lesson. No matter how skeptical you are about trying new places or what they look like on the outside, sometimes you need to just throw caution to the wind because you never know what you'll find. And also make sure that if you're ever in Yukon, Pa stop into Headquarters 321 and order up a High Life.

Enjoy.

Halloween

Well it's over with. Another holiday has come and gone. My favorite holiday to be specific. At least this year I found a decent haunted house. As you all know I am not only a High Life drinker but a haunted house junkie. The third haunted house I visited this year was excellent and I will definitely have to frequent it next year. Every year they change or remodel it so it will be different. For those of you who wish to visit it it is the Brooke Hills Spooktacular in Wellsburg, WV. (http://www.brookehillsspooktacular.com/) It is well worth the ride and I recommend it to anyone who likes a thrill. Not only that but there is an excellent little restaurant about a half mile away from this haunted house that has excellent wings and cold beer. It was a little place called Drover's Inn and it was recommended to me by the ticket lady at the haunted house. (http://droversinn.net/) And it did not disappoint one bit. My friends and I sat in the tavern that was in the basement. It had a nice quaint feeling that just seemed like an excellent place to drink a few cold High Lifes. And that is exactly what we did. My friend Gina and Tyler were there and it was a good time telling stories and jokes, and the usual bar room banter. Prices were reasonable and the food was excellent. If you are like me and enjoy the occasional road trip or bike ride I would recommend this spot as nice stop on your way through "Wild and Wonderful Wet Virginia."

Enjoy.