Today was the second time I've biked to work, and somehow manage to cut my time down by at least 15min. I left the house close to 7:30 (perhaps just a few min before). I did change the route, but only slightly. It probably was mostly due to a combo of good luck with traffic and the fact I didn't get lost/turned around like I did the first time. I still want to tweak with my route and now feel more hopeful I can cut down my commute time so more.
I'm really glad I biked today since didn't at all last week. When I first woke up, I felt that lazy urge to take the bus. The fact that I was also a little hung over from the first "Tavern Tuesdays" (Jeff suggested we change the name to "Brewsday" which I rather like) adventure at the Lucky Lab last night. Each week we want to explore a different brew pub in Portland. We have been trying to get this going since March, but last night was the first night we finally did it. I rather liked the Lucky Lab and also discovered that I like porters. I've been a strict amber ale person for a long time now, shunning anything that was too dark looking. Anything that is rather strong with the hops taste I tend to dislike (like IPAs), but I for some reason though porters were like IPAs.
Anyways, I tried to leave around 11pm (thinking I would get to bed before midnight for once, ha!)... but then Jeff bribed me to stay longer with a free beer. What was I do? I can't refuse a free pint. So when I woke up after having another night of little sleep with a headache, the temptation to just bus it was almost too much. But I persevered.
Last night we went to Roots Organic Brewery, located near 7th & Hawthorne. I fell in love with their Burghead Heather Ale. According to their website this ale is brewed from heather tips honey and malts, all organic of course. Its similar to mead which probably explains why I liked it so much. In addition to having awesome beer, on Tuesday they have pints for only $2.50! I will definately being going back to this place.
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