As a lead-in to the thoughts for this week there is some housekeeping to take care of in the name of full disclosure. All good stuff though!
In an effort to spread the good word of beer and to help me sharpen my writing skills a bit, I have taken the opportunity to be the craft beer writer for The Daily City here in Orlando. I will also be writing about architecture (and who knows what else) when the mood strikes me, but in either case I think it will be fun to help promote the good that is going on here in town. Take this soon-to-be new addition as an example.
The other announcement is that as of tomorrow afternoon I will put my beer hobby into practice a bit by starting to work at Redlight Redlight! I am incredibly excited and slightly nervous about the opportunity. The nervousness will go away pretty quickly, but I am sure the excitement will stick for a long time. I know that Redlight’s reputation can speak for itself, but beyond that it is by far my favorite beer place in town and that is more than enough reason to maintain my enthusiasm.
Now to end this week with my thoughts . . .
- Random thought #1 – At first it was a tough decision to have to either walk a longer distance to our car via an outdoor route in extreme heat or take a bit of a shorter path through the little slice of hell that is a mall on a Saturday afternoon. Then we realized that the extreme heat is an infinitely more enjoyable option.
- Random thought #2 – Good food can definitely make up for poor service, but when the food is not as good as you remember it to be you start to notice things. The more faults that become obvious, the more bummed you get about what was a favorite place of yours.
- Random thought #3 – It nice to have the option of going to a place for a drink (or a meal) that does not have televisions in every corner and on every bare surface available. Gregg was spot on in mentioning that this week.
- Random thought #4 – The hours and days immediately after a haircut feel pretty damn good to me so I am not sure why the dogs have such a problem with a little trim once and a while.
- Random thought #5 – Sure you are likely to strike out a bunch before getting the first hit, but continuing to step into the batter’s box eventually gets you something that really you want. If not that, it at least presents you with a lot of very interesting opportunities (pitches) to consider.
Random photo of the week
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