Congrats to my trivia team The Rapscallions on yet ANOTHER first-place victory last night.\u00a0 That brings our gift certificate total to a massive $415.\u00a0 Not even tornadoes can stop us!<\/p>\n
The Majestic Grille still has a few spots open for tonight’s wine dinner, led by Jim O’Fallen of Osborne Wines.\u00a0 Here’s the menu:<\/p>\n
Tapas: First course: Second course: Dessert:<\/strong> $55 per person plus tax and 20% gratuity.\u00a0 If any of the wines strike your fancy, a rep from Joe’s Liquors will be on hand to take orders.\u00a0 Only a few seats left, call 522-8555 to make reservations.<\/p>\n Beer report:\u00a0 The Saucer was nice enough to put three beers on Fire Sale last night in observance of Mardi Gras.\u00a0 Needless to say those were my three UFO beers of the night, bringing the total to 6.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at the scorecard:<\/p>\n Previous total:\u00a0 $10.50<\/p>\n Last night’s UFO beers: Grand total:\u00a0 $21.75<\/p>\n Tonight is “buy the beer, keep the glass” night, and it’s one of the few I actually care about getting – Warsteiner, which comes in these really cool glass beer steins.\u00a0 I have one already and want more.\u00a0 I have a picture of it somewhere on my laptop.\u00a0 If I can find it I’ll post it later today.\u00a0 So I’ll do Warsteiner draft, the Fire Sale and a bottled beer tonight.\u00a0 Maybe I’ll do a Bud Light bottle in honor of John D.<\/p>\n According to RealClearPolitics<\/a> the delegate count for the Democrats is 900 for Clinton, 824 for Obama.\u00a0 This race is going to go all the way to the convention or very close to it.\u00a0 Clinton may be ahead but Obama is building momentum.\u00a0 McCain looks like he has the\u00a0Republican nomination.\u00a0 Congrats to the Republicans for choosing someone with a triple-digit IQ for the first time in 12 years.<\/p>\n Time to get to work.\u00a0 Having a lot of fun writing code to move XML files around.\u00a0 See you later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congrats to my trivia team The Rapscallions on yet ANOTHER first-place victory last night.\u00a0 That brings our gift certificate total to a massive $415.\u00a0 Not even tornadoes can stop us! The Majestic Grille still has a few spots open for tonight’s wine dinner, led by Jim O’Fallen of Osborne Wines.\u00a0 Here’s the menu: Tapas: Manzanilla … Continue reading “Majestic wine dinner tonight and other notes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Manzanilla olives
\nJamon y Chorizo – sliced Serrano ham & chorizo sausage
\nPatatas con Aoili – potatoes with aoili
\nGambas con Steas, Ajo y Vino Blanco – shrimp, mushrooms, garlic and white wine
\nOsborne Fino Sherry<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Paella valencia
\nTraditional paella with chicken, seafood and chorizo
\nBlanco viura 2005<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Lomo de Cerdo Relleno de Higos
\nPork loin stuffed with figs & almonds
\nServed with Swiss chard and potato casserole
\nDominio DeMalpica<\/em><\/p>\n
\nChocolate con churros
\nRich chocolate pot with warm churos
\nOsborne Shiraz Tempranillo 2004<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAbita Turbo Dog, $2.75 Fire Sale.\u00a0 God that was a horrible beer.
\nAbita Purple Haze, $2.75 Fire Sale.
\nAbita Amber, $2.75 Fire Sale.
\nTip:\u00a0 $1 x 3 beers = $3
\nTotal last night:\u00a0 $11.25<\/p>\n