Last Saturday Eric & I joined the Quad City Illini Alumni Club for their bus trip to the Illini vs. Michigan football game. It was great to let someone else handle the driving for a change, but of course by far the best part was the Illini victory over Michigan. Their first at Memorial Stadium over the Wolverines since 1983, and finally a Big Ten win this season.
Here is a picture that I just love. First you can see the scoreboard verifies the winning score, but also in the background is the beautiful fall colors and the Assembly Hall... a place I worked for nearly 20 years and brought me some of my most treasured friendships. I am wearing my stocking cap which is super warm, albeit slightly dorky looking, and I am with my most favorite person.
Yesterday was another Illini win, but a big day for me as well. I finished my World Beer Tour at Old Chicago. I started in March 2008 and made it to #110 in November 2009. It was fitting that we were in Peoria for the day, so I got finish the tour where I started, in Peoria with our good friends, the Barkers. I have to say that most of the 110 were good beers, with a few stinkers along the way... with by far the worst being the Rogue Chipotle Ale that was on this year's Cinco De Mayo mini-tour. For #110 I went with a classic, Sierra Nevada... it is a solid beer, so solid former St. Louis Cardinal closer, Jason Isringhausen, named his dog Sierra Nevada (not sure why I know that fun fact but I do). By far the best part of my beer tour is that Eric has been with me to enjoy all 110. He was my boyfriend at the start of the tour, then my fiancee, and now my wonderful husband. Cheers Eric... here's to many more tours.
Here I am with #110... a Sierra Nevada
Here I am with my husband, and beer tour mentor, Eric.
