Misc. from this weekend

This weekend we hosted the group stages of a "world cup style tournament" of domestic lite beers.  We had a great turnout and the event was surprisingly fun.  Here is what our recycle bin looked like the next morning:

We had a lot of leftover lite beer:

Here are the results of the group stage.  Knockout round to follow.  We will get a keg of the winning beer for our wedding (unless big flats light wins, in which case it may be impossible to procure a keg).

Here is Patrick doing his best John Cusack impression after the rounds were over:

 

 The next day we went out to Whidbey Island to make Cider at my boss's place.  It was really fun, but I didn't take any pictures.  Here is a picture of the cider we made.  It was cool -- the apples get ground up then you press them and the juice comes out.  Pretty straightforward.  The cider is really good and we had a nice lunch.  We were going to go over to my Uncle's afterwards but Meghan wasn't feeling well so we just drove home.

Surfing at Westport

 

Aaron Millstein and I went out to go surfing at Westport on the Oct 13 weekend.  It was really stormy out there and there were tons of waves.  It was really windy and rainy.  But we surfed anyway.

In our wetsuits, we were actually really warm.  Props to the Honda for holding two surfboards.

The conditions were pretty rough, but we surfed (unbelievably) for four hours.  It was really fun and a really good workout.  I was starving by the end, and I was really happy to chow down on this Longboard Burger:

Winthrop Wedding

The first weekend of October I went to Emily & Andrew's wedding in Winthrop.  MK was in NYC for a wedding, so I had to go solo. 

The wedding itself was in St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Seattle:

Then everyone drove over Highway 20 to just outside of Mazama.  It was a beautiful day.  I drove a couple of Em's friends:

 

We stayed at a lodge near Mazama in the forest.  It was really pretty and the reception was a blast.  Here is some greek-style dancing at the reception:

The next day I played golf outside of Winthrop with these two dudes:

Then I caught a fish (with a fly rod!), then rode a horse:

It was a really fun weekend.. I met some great people and got to do some cool outdoor stuff.