The Hoppy Okapi

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(Almost) Everything Else I Did In December January 3, 2009

Eeeek! It’s already 2009, and I still have at least three posts to write from last year, plus all those activities I never got around to blogging! December was actually quite a busy month – we went to four concerts, did a lot of cooking, had a creole-chocolate dinner, and drank some fun beers! Here’s a pictorial tour through December, not necessarily in order:

Serpent’s Stout, another great beer offering from The Lost Abbey:

Serpant Stout from The Lost Abbey

Serpents Stout from The Lost Abbey

We saw Po’ Girl in concert for the second time this year, again thanks to Acoustic Music San Diego:

Po Girl

Po Girl

We ate a dragon fruit!

We ate a dragon fruit!

We attended the Creole Christmas chocolate tasting dinner at Eclipse Chocolat (I’m definitely looking forward to future dinners there!)

Smoked Tomato-Crawfish Bisque

Smoked Tomato-Crawfish Bisque

Truffles from Eclipse

Truffles from Eclipse

We saw Kenny Eng, Dave Booda, and Veronica May (an awesome musician AND Take Lessons music instructor!) at Lestat’s :

Veronica May

Veronica May

Dave Booda

Dave Booda

We drank another of our Bruery beers:

Saison Rue - The Bruery

Saison Rue - The Bruery

I made a cornbread recipe from Red Sage for our Christmas dinner:

Cute little corn sticks!

Cute little corn sticks!

We visited the Main Tap Tavern in El Cajon (yep, East County finally gets a good beer bar AFTER we move!)

Sampler at Main Tap

Sampler at Main Tap

Chuck got a new tapir:

Chuck and his new stuffed tapir

Chuck and his new stuffed tapir

With our sourdough pizza, we drank Nørrebro North Bridge Extreme IPA, one of my picks from our trip to the Bottle Shop at Pizza Port Carlsbad (and possibly the first Danish beer I’ve had!)

Northbridge Extreme IPA

North Bridge Extreme IPA

I tried to chase Athena out of my gym bag:

Athena in the bag

Athena has a New Years resolution to hit the gym!

Went to Lestat’s (again!) for Josh Damigo’s birthday concert, with Rob Dees and Bushwalla:

Rob Dees

Rob Dees

Josh Damigo

Josh Damigo

Bushwalla

Bushwalla

Drank Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout:

Lagunitas Cappucino Stout

Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

And to top it all off and ring in the new year, we went to an awesome concert at the Casbah: Steve Poltz and the Cynics, Gregory Page, the Truckee Brothers, and the Rugburns!


Photo from Flickr member: Soaked In Sin

 

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If you ever have the chance to go to a Steve Poltz concert, GO.

image from www.poltz.com

image from www.poltz.com

 

 
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