Ahhh, beer. That was the focus of this evening’s DC Personal Finance Blogger happy hour, since we held the event at Brickskeller in downtown Washington, D.C. While I’m not a big beer fan, I do like to try out-of-the-ordinary foods and beverages, so I opted for:
– a Young’s Double Chocolate Stout and
– (after trying a bit of Mapgirl’s) a Duchesse de Bourgogne
I realized I had the Young’s in Pittsburgh earlier this year, and it was still just as tasty (I don’t normally like dark beers, much less stouts). As for the Duchesse, I’m surprised I ordered one after tasting it, but it grew on me. It basically tasted like A) cider or B) balsamic vinagrette. But it had a smooth flavor and no bite.
Attendees
The usual suspects were in attendance, but we did have a new face (and a second appearance):
- Mrs Micah (who organized the event)
- J Money from Budgets are Sexy (sporting the mohawk as usual)
- Mapgirl from Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge
- Craig from Budget Pulse blog (honest, I’ll try your company’s budget software one day!)
- and making a new appearance, with only a week of writing under his belt, was Brian from Building Wealth Together. Let’s give him a round of applause for lasting so long!! 🙂
It was good to have a small group because at most we only had 2 conversations running at a time, and we really learned from each other. Even though two of us (Mapgirl and I) have passed the 3 year mark on our blogs, we can still get rejuvinated by the new bloggers, with their fresh minds and go-get-em spirit.
Thank you fellow bloggers for a great night out. It was worth the 2 hour commute to hang out with all of you!
Clever Dude,
The happy hour was great last night. I am excited and anxious to learn the ways of the “blogger” from everyone. It was a really good time and i am glad you made the lengthy trek to the Brickskeller. It was a pleasure meeting you.
It was great seeing you again! Do you want to host the next one? *hint hint*
The conversation is always enlightening. I’m definitely not leveraging the blog like I could be. 😀
@Mapgirl, if I offer up our home for a PF Blogger pool party, it will definitely be a select group of bloggers who we’ve already vetted in person! I don’t think I’ve met anyone shady at any of these gatherings though.
@Clever Dude & @Mapgirl… that sounds like a lot of fun.
Needs to be *walking* distance for me. 🙂
@Brian, don’t worry, remember I’m “Walking distance” from a metro, right?
Good times as always, really did like that new beer at the end. I never will remember the name but it was solid. Fun conversations all around.
Ahh a new fan of the Duchesse! I hope you were able to get it on tap… its good from a bottle too but on tap its even better.
I’m totally down! we could all bring our own case of beverages to try out 😉 I know some prefer the pink ones w/ umbrellas in ’em so I’d be sure to not forget those…