This weekend was a busy one. Friday we stopped over at our friend Rob’s house to have some beers, meet his wife Karen and their kids, and do some quick surgery on his Mac. Rob and Karen have the two most beautiful kids on the planet, and a bathtub that seems to sweat soap bubbles. Thanks for dinner, guys!

Saturday was a lot of moving and cleaning and running. I don’t remember much about it other than that I slept very well that night. Oh, and the car broke down with a trunk full of beer and barbecue. I got as far as the Rt. 70 exit on the beltway when I noticed the temp light was at the red line, so I pulled over and popped the hood to find the main coolant hose spitting steam at the radiator junction. I closed it up with the Leatherman and filled the reservoir with coolant, but she continued to overheat, so I took short 10-minute breaks between each half-mile and made it to the Edmonson exit without frying a piston. I’m getting tired of this, and it’s looking like we may have to buy a used car sooner than we planned.

Sunday we finished up the preparations and got the house ready for the moving celebration, which was a lot of fun. Selected observations:

1. Both Saranac and Sam Adams are making a very tasty Oktoberfest brew this year.
2. Andy Nelson’s is the bomb. If you’re in the Baltimore area, you can’t do better Bar-B-Q than them.
3. Our friends rock the world. Thanks everybody!
4. Jen made Ghirardelli brownies for dessert, and they are still calling for me out in the kitchen.
5. The only thing better than Andy Nelson’s for dinner is Andy Nelson’s leftovers for lunch the next day.
6. And the beer left in the cooler-can’t forget about that…