Went to Town Hall yesterday with Jess, Markie, Matt, and their friends Ben and Eric for the Blessing of the Maibock. I had the Hefeweizen, Belgian Blonde, and the aforementioned Maibock and wasn't really blown away by any of them, but the blessing itself (sample prayer: "From thinking beer has made us clever when we've only begun to sound stupid. Good Lord, de-liv-er us.") was pretty cool. Yes, actual priest.

After getting terribly lost — I have to remember that it's 10th Ave next time we take University over — Jess and I got to the bar around 3:30 or so, and even then we were lucky that Markie and Matt had grabbed a table for everyone. By the time the ceremony started at 5, the place was packed.

A few drinks in at Town Hall I missed a perfectly good Back to the Future joke setup after someone hypothesized that this guy who dreamt the winners of several horseraces was actually a time traveler.

Later we went over to my house and Cari joined us for pizza and a showing of Pineapple Express, which I at least was plenty drunk enough to enjoy. I was nervous that the movie would be crummy because I've heard mixed things, but I think everyone else liked it too.

Labels: Hefeweizen, Maibock, Town Hall