wo ist der PBR brewery?

I might have made a beer faux pas when I asked the Miller tour lady , where is the Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery?
She kindly directed me to the Pabst mansion but took my breath away when she said there is no PBR brewery anymore.  : /
So the PBR brewmaster comes to the Miller brewery with their recipe and makes a batch.  I guess that is what happens now.

some Miller pictures below.  I kind of postcard dogpiled most of you.  if I had your address on my iphone you will be getting some bmail   ..  beer mail

water, malted barley, hops and yeast.

These are the 4 ingredients that make beer, well beer.  real beer.  There is some German phrase for it. like reimeweinerholzer (  kinda like those freaky looking dogs that the guy photographed doing human things, still gives me the creeps. )  I am getting the name wrong but am close, I suppose I could look it up and be factual but this a blog not a history lesson. Anyway,  turns out those Germans take their beer super seriously like they do everything else such as attempt at world domination and cars.  
But the phrase might have been more of a rule of beer making. I am a little fuzzy on the facts . Keep in mind I was like 3 beers into it by now. 


Found out so many little facts on my brewery tours.  I went to Milwaukee with some fellow travelers.  We left on highway 94 in full snow mode, like the actual white stuff falling from the sky.  I must clarify because to me there is a huge difference between snowing and snow.  I can handle the former better than the latter.  or whatever, I always get that former/latter mixed up.


I digress. sorry.  


So, did you know that hops is marijuana's cousin?  pretty bad a$$ family.
and that many big company beer makers use corn.  darn corn is like the ingredient gestapo.  I feel bad for anyone with  a corn allergy, that stuff in in everything.


The best tour was the Lakefront one.  Our guide was hilarious.  So many funny sexual innuendos in beer making.  For example. did you know that yeast gave good head.   This is not vulgar but a fact.
I wont bore you , but I suggest any chance to go on any tour on how they make stuff, do.  Super neat!


I was voted bunghole queen of the Lakefront brewery tour.  See photos below.   Cheers !

as seen on tv

I would like to share that the ove glove, the shake weight and the slanket all work.  quite well.
The only adjustment I would make is a snap on the back of the slanket so when you get up to do stuff, it would stay on.
The shake weight provides for some funny moments and I was surprised that it wasn't battery operated.  I have to do all the work.  I will post pictures of my guns as soon as I get some.
I am working on getting coconut shoulders at the moment.

And the ove glove makes me feel invincible.  Like I have superhuman powers.  I can touch heat with my non bare hand. super ace .

Snow pussy

snow bunny not so much.  I think snow is pretty to look at but not so much to touch.  But I am working on that and am determined to become one with the snow.  I plan to take up snowshoeing.  I will have to up my calcium intake to prepare for the falls.
when I walked into nursing orientation at UW in my Uggs and my cashmere mittens and my Louis Vuitton purse ( that my friend Mary gave me, trust me I couldnt afford/) , all the nurses later told me at lunch that they knew I was from California.  hmm, okay I will take that as a compliment... kinda.
And my dad's backhanded compliment telling me I would look like a swimsuit model in the land of chubbies.  I know, so my dad.  funny but geez thanks pops.  It isn't true in Madison.  It is a very healthy, outdoorsy town. 
The other learning curve is learning to cope in the snow.  It is like traveling with a small child.  You cant just up and leave your house.  You have to pack accessories and always carry a tote and plan out your day and stops and what you will need.  No more just walking out the front door in flip flops and tee shirt and skirt.
The other phenom is crunchy snow.  Haha.  I got made fun of by the other travelers. I thought all the salt crystals were ice crystals and hence walk slowly.  And after living here 2 weeks, I still cannot tell the difference so I walk slowly and drive slowly everywhere.  I am such a dilly.

Gimme a break

break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar.  So I thought cost of living would be cheaper here in the ole midwest but turns out no.  For example, a Kit Kat bar at the UCSF gift shop 75 cents and here at UW health gift shop 1.20 $  crazy.  And today I got a below average mani/pedi and it was 50 bucks at a "you work today? ", "you married?" "you want flower" type place.  35 bucks in SF.  gas costs the same here. food.  movies. flowers. my Kombucha drink.  What gives. It's nuts.

dot dot dot

Too tired to blog but my terrifying cross country adventure/brush with disaster will be posted soon.
dont get too excited, kind of forget the funny parts and just remember the parts where i came to a dead stop on the interstate or where I was almost molested and pillaged at a rest stop. just so you know, rest stops might be the scariest places on earth. just you and a lone trucker in the middle of Wyoming.

Beaver hats and oddly named convenient stores are a prelude of blog to come.

Christmas past due

(Just found this post I never posted but just saved)
Spent the day in the city with my aunt and mom's friend Holiday
We had a blast. Took a cable car to California and Mason. One of my favorite
corners in SF. Love the Fairmont and Grace cathedral and Top of the Mark and
the big room at the Hunington hotel. It is so my grandparents era SF. Classy and cool.

So the top is Holiday and my aunt Linda in front of the real homemade gingerbread house in the Fairmont hotel and the beautiful lobby.
We went to Tyler Florence's restaurant Wayfare Tavern and it was insanely good. Holy smokes. he had these warm popovers that were tdf.
Then the beautiful tree at Union square.

Dough

Masa means dough in Italian,  and it is my favorite pizza place in LA.  Jimmy and I love to meet here everytime I am in town.  My cousin Caitlin has joined us twice now and her vegan ass loves this pizza too.
I am not vegan but I love the pizza we get.  We get either the stuffed pizza or Chicago deep dish.  We get the soy cheese because it melts better than the vegan cheese and we get gardenera on it., a spicy mixture of carrots and peppers.  so good.!   I cannot express how much I love Jimmy. he is so one of a kind.  Who doesnt love a man that volunteers at  Childrens LA every single Sat and Sun unless he is out of town which is like never.  The kids and nurses anticipate his arrival with bated breath.

Slacker

I have been a slacker.  I am aware.  I will put up some posts soon before I forget what happened.  doh
I was going to try and go in chronological order from my road trip until getting here but I think I will probably just post as stuff comes to me.  I really love my followers and hope to post something interesting and witty soon but for now I just wanted to say hi.
BTW, shoot me if I ever tell you I want to drive most the way across the country in the dead of winter again.  After I left the safe haven of Martha's house,  it was pure terror.  well I may be embroidering on the fabric of truth a tad.

driving in Wyoming in the morning

Bedknobs and broomsticks

(saved as draft when I was in SF and just found, not that interesting but definitely factual)
I pass three ritzy private schools on my walk home from the bus stop.  And one is in a very impressive Mansion (I shall take a picture) but I think that one is a witch apprentice school.