rivers cuomo and weezer were throwing the ball around at turner field before their free concert!

– ryan

tonights atlanta braves game had a pretty awesome promotion, a free weezer concert at turner field after the game! that’s one of the better ballpark promotions i’ve heard of, much more fun than a foam finger or bobble head.

i haven’t listened to weezer much since their green album, however the blue album and pinkerton still hold a special place for me. plus the chance to see them in combination with a braves game was too hard to pass up.

older weezer fans were definitely not let down. the setlist included early hits like my name is jonas, say it ain’t so, the sweater song & buddy holly, as well as later hits like island in the sun and hash pipe. the stage was set up around 2nd base and people who paid extra were able to go down on the field for the show, something i did not do. a ton of people stuck around for the show and there was a nice summer breeze, so it turned out to be a very fun evening.

on a side note, rivers cuomo commented that they had spent the previous day in peachtree city visiting his grandparents and that his mom was from their. i never knew he had georgia ties. i also didn’t realize that rivers daughter was now playing keyboards for the band! or maybe this was just a special show.

– ryan

we packed up a very nice picnic with the kids and headed out to find the perfect picnic spot, only to be poured on by a huge florida storm within minutes of getting all set up at melbourne beach. it was straight out of a berenstain bears book! clementine was still trying to eat her sandwich as we were running to the car for shelter!

– ryan & gub

clementine and grey started their new preschool today!!! they look so cute in their backpacks.

– ryan & gub

on our way back from melbourne, florida, we were able to swing through jacksonville and go on a brewery tour of intuition ale works! my old buddy willy, who i used to homebrew with, is the brewmaster there.

it was a very nice brewery! it was way bigger than i expected and although it was super hot, it was really fun to check out. they had various wood casks up front with special beers fermenting and then a ton of stainless steel kettles with their rotating beers being brewed. we also saw the canning process, which was cool, and their room of empty cans, which i don’t think i had ever seen before.

next to the brewery was a tap room featuring about 15 intuition beers on draft. they had a huge variety on tap, including: ipa, double ipa, saison, stout, black ale, pale ale, black lager, belgian tripel, farmhouse ale and even a strong ale aged in a tequila barrel with blood orange puree! i was very impressed to say the least! i think my favorite was the ra saison, although they were all very tasty. the tap room had a very cozy atmosphere and a bunch of board games to play while you drink. they also offered a mug club for the locals.

if you are ever in the jacksonville area, be sure to visit intuition ale works! the tap room is open tuesday through friday from 3pm to 11pm and on saturday from 1pm until 11pm. they also have brewery tours by appointment tuesday through friday at 3pm. it is highly recommended!

intuition also released a cookbook featuring over 80 recipes made from their beer. it’s a nice hardback with some cool ideas of things to make with beer. you can order one here.

– ryan

intuition ale works

720 king street
jacksonville, florida 32204
904.683.7720

tuesday to friday from 3:00pm to 11:00pm
saturday from 1:00pm to 11:00pm

greetings from melbourne beach, florida! we recently headed south to visit gub’s great-aunt joanie and to also get a little R&R. we were craving some beach time and had also been meaning to visit our friend willy’s brewery for ages, so we hit the road.

it was definitely a long drive with two little ones, as you can see in clementine’s dave pirner impression below, however it was totally worth it. the beach was great and it was nice visiting gub’s family!

– ryan & gub

from our instagram feed!

– gub

i really enjoyed the belgian-style white ale from cigar city brewing! it’s a great summer beer from ybor city, florida. so far i’ve had it in alabama and florida, but yet to find it in atlanta. i’m sure it’s around though.

florida cracker is tasty straight out of the can or poured in a glass. it’s cloudy with hints of coriander and citrus. at 5.5%, it’s not messing around either.

if you are ever in the tampa area, cigar city has a tasting room and does brewery tours as well. next time i’m down there i will have to check it out!

– ryan

cigar city brewing

3924 west spruce street
tampa, fl 33607
813.348.6363 x206

tasting room:
sunday – thursday: 11:00am – 11:00pm
friday – saturday: 11:00am – 1:00am

grey and clementine graduated from ms. pam’s school today! grey’s polaroid looked like it was from the mid-70s!

– ryan & gub