Not even the loss of power could stop the beer dinner at the Flying Saucer last night. They had the food warm and the ice cream cold, and everything was delicious. Here are some pics.
Before the dinner, we saw Brick walking down Second, on her way to her job at the Goose. We opened the door and about ten of us yelled "BRICK!!!" and she came in. She posed for this pic with Jessica. She looks like she's about to pop out of her tube top, which would have been OK with me.Scott from Schlafly Brewery was our cicerone who led us through the dinner, describing how each beer paired with the course we were having.First course: Mozarella, parmesan, proscuitto and melon saladHere's a pic of the Nuh-Uh Girl eating the first course.Second course: Cioppino, or seafood stew. This was my favorite of the four courses.Here's a pic of the Nuh-Uh Girl eating cioppino.The gang enjoying the dinner and discussing the beersA rare pic of me on my own blog, with Stephanie.Third course: Lasagna. They gave us a pretty large portion too.Here's a pic of the Nuh-Uh Girl eating lasagna.The Nuh-Uh Girl was still hungry after she finished off her lasagna, so she ate the rest of Clay's too.Fourth course: Young's Double Chocolate ice cream floatHere's a pic of the Nuh-Uh Girl eating her ice cream float.Stephanie eating her ice cream floatDinner by candlelight. I turned the flash off for this shot, to illustrate how dark it was without power.Kelly insisted we sit at the middle table so we'd be in her section. She did a great job serving the food and beer. However, I feel she did her best work before the dinner started, when she was leaning over the tables, putting out silverware.
Right as we were finishing dinner at 9:00, power came back on.
Another excellent dinner. Thanks to Schlafly and to the folks at the Saucer for making it happen. Fun night with friends, and the perfect thing to do my first night back in town.
