Lots of beer

This barrell will take one person drinking a beer an hour 137 years to empty. My question. Where is the worlds largest pretzel to help wash it down?

Beer please

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So we finnaly hit up the americain institution known as the budweiser plant. Yup the king of beers or so they claim.

The Mantis that takes Saint Louis

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My friend is back and is rampaging through the city. Obviously he's grown. There must be an epidemic going on. No one is safe.

Seriously though this picture was taken from the 8th floor confrence room of my work. How she managed to climb 8 floors is a mystery.

Maybe she is trying to catch a bird.

I'm not a taxicab you know?

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So what kind of fare do you charge a praying mantis anyway. I found this baby riding my trunk and tailfin this morning when I got to work. It scared rhe crap out of me walking up my trunk yo observe from the higher perch She wasn't to happy to have her picture taken. But I figured it's the least shecould do for me since I gave her a free ride. Atleast she didn't get too mad and bite my head off. It's not a bug you see everday. I hope she knows her way home.

Mmmmm Cake

Today we tasted cakes and tried to narrow down flavors. I won't ruin the surprise by telling you what the finalists were, but I don't think our wedding guests will be disappointed.

We also narrowed down our favorite designs. Aesthically speaking, there are some butt ugly cakes out there. Ours will not be one of them.

Wedding Venue

So we visited the wedding venue today. Being a place that we have never visited but already forked out a lot of money to, it was a cause of a little stress for both Kim and I. Having only seen subpar pictures that were on their website we were a bit worried. However after our visit we can see that the place will work out great. It was a nice quaint little venue with lots of picturesque elements and a casual but elegant atmosphere. Exactly what we were wanting.

It is on Lake Whyle with nice gazebo we will probably use for the ceremony. It had a nice dance floor and a reception area. It was nice to find a place that handled the wedding venue the reception venue handles the catering and even supplies the cake (though we have to go to the designated bakery and taste test some samples later this week).

The place is a bed and breakfast, and we ended up renting he 5 rooms that the place has for the night of the wedding to accommodate out of town guests. The rooms are a mixture of Victorian and Cape Cod style and look quite nice.

Final Destination Unknown...

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Ok so we made it to Charlotte just fine, and after a short nap we are on the road again. This time for Greenville to hang with friends BBQ and hit up the pool. The accomidations on this trip seem to be bit less than my last. No Caviar or Grey Poupon. And the driving reminds me of the proverbial bat on it's way out of hell.