This has been a hell of a week \u2013 with a rather epic conclusion. To sum up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I woke up at ass:30 on Monday to catch the 5:25am train to New York. Worked a day for the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine<\/a>, and caught the 7pm train back home. Spent Tuesday writing a report for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Wed, I caught the Worked Thursday and Friday for The Man \u2013 which was actually a joy. I only rarely get a gig where the organization is not yet<\/strong> entirely aflame. I hope that with a little judicious advice, I might have been bale to steer them away from the most common mistakes I\u2019ve seen. Wound up sampling both Granite City<\/a> brewpub, and Scotty\u2019s Brewhouse<\/a>. Downtown Indianapolis has been savaged by the recession. The only things not boarded up are bars. Seriously. It\u2019s bad. Fortunately, it\u2019s an urban college campus \u2013 but man \u2013 it\u2019s bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, after work, I drove back the IND and swapped out my crappy car for a hot little Mustang. Also swapped out the corporate card paid rental contract for a stone cold FREE rental on my frequent traveller points. Of course that\u2019s \u201cfree,\u201d paid in nights away from my wife and grey hair \u2013 but hey. FREE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Got on the road around 6pm and hauled ass up to Ann Arbor, to attend a wedding this weekend. Rolled in to the hotel around 10:30pm. Checked in, and then decided to go get a pint at Arbor Brewing Company<\/a>. Technically, I had two \u2013 since they had cask conditioned, hand pulled versions of both a barrel aged stout and an IPA. That place has been doing microbrews since before microbrews were cool. They provided the kegs for my wedding. I\u2019ve got loyalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a side note, if anyone has a line on their old-school \u201cbeer, just like mom used to make\u201d shirts \u2013 I\u2019ll take one of those for a birthday present. Thanks. I wear a men\u2019s medium. I\u2019ll swim in a large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2:40<\/s>, no wait 3:45<\/s>, ummm maybe 5:00<\/s>, aw hell \u2013 7:00 flight to Indianapolis \u2013 getting to the hotel at ass:15. Fortunately, the little pub around the corner was still cooking pizza \u2013 so I soaked in the Americana of a bar \/ restaurant where they still allow smoking. Turns out that I had sort of missed midwestern people. They\u2019re polite. They\u2019re friendly. It was weird \u2013 plus they were all smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n