A Two Brewery Day

So much for trying to go cold turkey on beer for my triglycerides. Well. It was a good week. 

But today we took a field trip up to Frederick County to Mad Science Brewing Company in Adamstown MD. There was live music and lots of good beer to be had. But literally the lead singer's wife, Doug, and I were the only people watching the band. It was hot on the patio, and they were good but you could feel how exhausting it was. 

Domenic Cicala was the singer, and he had a bass player and drummer with him. For three guys who haven't played together in a long time (their admission) they were pretty great. And fun. We had a good time.

We were lucky to have some time to chat with him and the drummer about music and other bands. I sold him on Guster and suggested Amsterdam would be a good song for the three of them to learn. The drummer is in another band which will be playing on September 9th in our town for free at festival. They do swing music, Louis Prima, Brian Setzer, so it's in our ear-wheelhouse. We may go check them out.

We had been to this brewery a month or so ago (gotta write up a Shenanigans With Dave entry). They are at a farm with a nice farm stand and plants and everything, so I got some new pots for some of my babies that are outgrowing their spaces, and will do some repotting joy coming up soon. New pots are kind of expensive, so. Just a couple of pots. Not all the pots I need. But a couple is a good start. 

Then we went to Landmade Brewery, they opened in February and it is a beautiful location. All the buildings are painted white, and as you can see against the beautiful blue of the sky, it was just a sight to behold. They have a huge open area with picnic benches and umbrellas, areas for private gatherings and parties. The whole thing. The tasting room itself is small, but outfitted with furniture and shelving that I'd love to have in my own house and kitchen. 

Earlier in the day they had a band playing, but we missed them but that's okay. Oh. And I got to pet a donkey. 

Kind of nice. It was very sweet. 

digits

exercise: lots of steps but no solid 10 or 10+ anything 

blood glucose:
7:30am: 175
7pm: 213
10:30pm: 199

food:
coffee, water; iced coffee
10am: one leftover strip of pork
12pm: metformin; 3 lettuce wraps w/ mayo, cheese, turkey
3 beers at the brewery between 2-5pm
4pm fried empanada w/ cheese/brisket (so good)
6pm 1 beer at the 2nd brewery
7:30pm Metformin+jardiance; 
8pm Cheeseburger+salad (romaine, goat cheese, tomato)