Our family vacations have officially devolved into glorified brewery hopping / binge drinking.
Exhibit A:
Parts of 4 different kinds of beer at Founders Fest 2011 in Grand Rapids. And of course TV’s Zack Morris showed up in Grand Rapids to slap some bass and shave some heads;
You’ll have to trust me that’s him in the grey shirt. Even though we went to 5 different breweries in 3 days ( 2 new, 3 of our favs from last year ), we did find some time to hit up a Great Lake ( no idea which one );
Wish I could show you the musical fountain they had here at dusk ( 2nd largest in the World next to Vegas evidently ) but my camera ain’t so hot at night pictures
And then the moustache appeared
And said unto Kellie, “We need more beer”
And it was obliged. This is actually a bar. Good call on the leather sofa OddSide Ales ( The Pineapple IPA was pretty good too )
Who sits in chairs when you have a couch? I guess the couch was taken to be fair. But I would’ve shared.
And the day ended with Tom slurping down some butter sauce with seafood and pasta in it.
There was actually another two days of Grand Rapids exploration after this including a cool Outoor Sculpture Garden
Also saw the only 100% official Frank Lloyd Wright house in Grand Rapids
Sorry this post is all pictures and no pith. Sometimes it’s nice to just eat and drink and talk about how nice the Michigan folk are for not rubbing in the Jim Tressel debacle too much.
WHERE SHOULD I TRAVEL TO NEXT?
The moustache must be listened to. I keep seeing Zach Morris every time I turn on the tv and now here he is all Where’s Waldo on your blog. Slow your roll Zach!
Looks like you had a good time, bring that party to Boston!
Yeah, I googled it. He’s not even a Michigan native from what I could tell. Who knows. I’ll give him points for enjoying the same craft beers as me ( in a non-hipster way of course ), but that doesn’t mean I’m going to watch his new TNT show with the stoner guy from “Clueless”.
New Orleans is pretty awesome to go to. Or if you are looking for some tasty beer, there are several great breweries here in the ‘Burgh. Sadly, though, I have yet to see Zach Morris around town.