tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82284633147445838642024-03-06T03:08:53.592-06:00Nacheaux's AssAss-inine observations.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-22927006503543214562014-01-29T15:38:00.000-06:002014-01-29T15:38:53.641-06:00Castawaysis making a come-back, it seems. Well, specifically the underbelly of Castaways is now open as The Lower Deck. Up until recently (?) it was a pirate-themed restaurant in Manitou ~ as in the wait staff dressed in pirate garb and growling Aaaarrrrrrs at you.<br />
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Got the poop from Poop at Murphy's that last night was a kinda Opening of sorts. I had read a couple of things about it opening as a venue in the Independent, so had a look on the way home.<br />
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Dive Lounge-y ~ of course I loved it. Old wood bar, lots of Red, including the crazy patterned carpet, fat comfy couches kinda scattered around in corners - one set is green naugahyde. I want to take it home to the Social Aide and Pleasure Club. There's a pretty good-sized room and stage in the back of all that and a green room. Place is huge. Only the bottom level ( I should call it the Bowels, huh?) is open. Tom and I got sent back into the Bowels, not because we weren't supposed to be upstairs, but because we had alcohol upstairs. The bartender said the upper space was possibly going to be retail shop space. <br />
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Added Bonus and mostly why I went: Joe Johnson was playing with a couple of other folks. Greatness. That man has an amazing voice. While I was there I had the extreme pleasure of hearing him sing Hank Sr's I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry. So Good.<br />
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ExtraSpecialAddedBonus! Getting to see Grumpy Kirk in the parking Lot - leaving as I was arriving. Love Grumpy Kirk.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-41014629982330498602014-01-29T10:50:00.003-06:002014-01-29T10:52:15.383-06:00Chicken or...?Yeeeeaaaah. Get a load of this Fella, who can't decide if he wants fried chicken for lunch or his own foot-long... <a href="http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/01/28/video-crashing-crown-fried-chicken-man-strips-pleasures/">http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/01/28/video-crashing-crown-fried-chicken-man-strips-pleasures/</a> Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-20076595407603511462014-01-27T14:42:00.000-06:002014-01-29T10:52:58.886-06:00March Fourth, A Black Sky and A BarkerGreat partial weekend hanging out with the Kiwi ~ Thursday night saw March Fourth at the BlueBird ~ Always so much fun to see them! Before that though, I popped his Sancho's Cherry and because I'm insensitive to virgin's needs, popped it again at the PS Lounge. Good stuff... I'm pretty sure he isn't as appreciative of Sanchos as the rest of us are, but no matter. I love it enough for 10 people.<br />
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Finally got out of the Kiwi shack mid-afternoon Friday and hit the Breakfast King, where I ate my body wight in ham and eggs and coffee, then off to Black Sky Brewing.<br />
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Had the Demon Seed IPA ~ tasty! Good beer and I'd like to try some of the others but I think I can only hang for a pint or a quickie sampler, just because of the music. Pretty sure I'll get hated on for that, but heavier metal is just not my thing for more than short periods. Any longer than a pint and I'm pretty sure I would ripped off the Kiwi's head with my bare hands and tried to brew beer with the arterial flow. Headed 4 blocks away to the Breckenridge brewery - my first visit to the actual brewery and tap room. Cool place. Back towards Black Sky, because across the street is THIS and You Know I MUST go in There:<br />
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Awesome! Divey little bar (my favorite kind) with somewhat of a Hollywood theme inside and a predominately alternative lifestyle crowd. My first clue is the MANnequin dressed up in hollywood cowboy duds with lots of bling, then the Drama Queen blvd sign hanging over the bar. The light over the pool table is a Giant block of ice with a Miller High Life bottle encased in it. Cool little place. Gin & tonic and a 16oz craft beer $8... met the owner, cool dude who chatted for a while, introduced us to the bartender, then went behind the bar and started doing dishes. AND doggie-friendly. Definitely warrants a return visit...<br />
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Stopped off at the Rocky Flats Lounge on the way back to Eldorado Springs for a $2.25 PBR and cheese curds and to listen to the locals shoot the shit, one of whom had his pet chain saw parked on the end of the Bar. Love it. <br />
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<br />Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-52788608503541280002014-01-27T14:00:00.002-06:002014-01-27T14:00:37.842-06:00Intemman Part Dieux...Not much activity the last two weeks - shitty head cold kept me doing much. Seems really hard to get enough sleep. Got out on Trail Sat afternoon - beautiful day - at least at 3pm it was. Still trying to find my way across the south side of Manitou on Intemann. This time I went to the high school and went east toward Red Rocks. Good stuff until I got to the cemetery that I've heard about and never seen. Being unsure of where the trail takes up again, I went across and around south east corner and hit a pretty big dirt road, chain-barricaded to my right so I went left around cemetery. Led me back to a paved road, but on the way I spied a bulldozer over the hill and found what looks to be the dumping ground for the city of Manitou and their big equipment. Tiles, bricks, pavers, concrete chunks, large metal pieces, pallets piled everywhere. At the bottom of this hill I could see big garage type buildings and lots of machinery. What interested me most was this...<br />
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I wonder how Isaac Davis' family feels about the fact that his headstone is laying surrounded by piles of broken tiles and bricks 100 yards from the cemetery? I didn't look at the one underneath.<br />
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Couldn't find the trail from this point, so I went down and around then UP Crystal Park rd until I found the Intemman trailhead there. From there I went West back toward the high school.<br />
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This is first portion of it. Awesome trail - steep and rocky- and it kicked my ass. By the time I got near the top I could feel my lungs wheezing. And the Sun is gone by now.<br />
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Garden of the Gods far far in the distance here. (Not really far far, just felt that way. Shut up)<br />
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And Then ~ Shit went Awry... From here the trail gets very sketchy. I missed the up fork and went halfway down the hill, probably on a deer trail. Looked up and saw what I was sure was a trail around the side of the hill so I went back up. And up some more, only to be stopped by a barbed wire fence. Cheated around this through a hole someone cut and followed this through another hole onto a pretty substantial jeep trail that followed the hill around, kinda west. All I know about my location is town is down and behind me. I get around a few curves and now I can see that <a href="http://www.9news.com/news/article/326859/0/3-mountain-lions-caught-on-camera-visiting-Colo-home">House</a> that made national news for the mt lion footage last year waaaay up the hill. Not only is it waaaay UP the hill, it's the ONLY dwelling I can see at all.<br />
I spent 10ish minutes weighing my options; getting dark, no light, nobody has an idea that I'm up here or even in town, I see trail across the valley, but it looks to be a long hike around and up and down from here is not an option. I also saw a Mt Lion activity sign on the way up Crystal Park road. Not sure if it's new or they leave it year 'round and that's making me a little edgey. Forward or Back? I keep going around and eventually come to a fork - one goes to the trail I could see that goes up and along ridge line (I'll come back for that one when I have lots of daylight) and one goes down a creek bed. Some evidence of foot traffic, so off I go. Dark now. It's a ways down and the floods from the past summer really eroded the trail if it was a real trail, so there's a lot of back and forth from one side of the ditch to the other. This eventually bumps me out on a hard-packed dirt road, past 2 semi trailers and an old pickup. This dirt leads me back to ~You Guessed It~ the cemetery and the chain boundary. Off I go around the cemetery~again~and back to civilization and asphalt.<br />
That jogging down dirt roads in the dark is for the birds. AND one of the graves in the cemetery has solar lights on it~ pretty damn creepy when you're going by, Just Sayin...I slog my way back up Manitou avenue and up the Hill. Hello hot bath and shot of bourbon. Good time on my feet, but no closer to my original goal. Maybe Next Saturday...<br />
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<br />Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-9259639351317290402014-01-13T11:52:00.000-06:002014-01-13T11:52:49.647-06:00WindchimesHeaded to the Fine Arts Center Sat evening to see Haunted Windchimes, my first time to see them as a group. Great show and I guess I've had my head up my arse for a while, because I really didn't know Mike Clark was playing with them now. I love watching him. He looks like a really big Dennis the Menace ~ shirt's all wrinkled, wearing a cap that looks 20 years old and when you can see his hair, it looks like he just rolled out of bed and he's barefoot. Of course, by the 2nd set, half the rest of them were also. Gotta love that!
Amazing voice. And talent. Is there anything he can't play?
Enjoy!
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Good day ~ weather was fantastic. Totally screwed myself by eating a whole plate of fried crap at Hatch Cover afterwards with the boyz. Followed them to Johnny's, but Johnny's AND Golden Tee just ain't my thang, so I left 'em there.
Been a while since I ran anything, but as my favorite daughter Katie says: Salida ain't gonna run itself.
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Grassy Ass to the Beer Stop peeps ~ Mimosa, PBR and carried a Red Leg brew across the finish line. Some things never change...Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-81858884106426743852013-12-31T14:36:00.001-06:002013-12-31T14:36:45.326-06:00Red Monday, part 2Managed to get out my door last night and on the trail by 630pm. Startled 2 pretty big bucks huffing and puffing up the ridge line behind my house. I'm sure the sound of me sucking air was horrifying. Shut up. It's a significant hill. Made it almost to the top before I met wanker, Katie and the dog coming down. Being on the Red Mountain Trail alone in the dark is both terrifying and fricking awesome. Heavily wooded on both sides, crunchy snowpacked trail, 35ish degrees, clear sky and the stars were amazing. Jogged most of the way down, with a big stoopid happy dog grin on my face. I'm sure I would have progressed upwards a bit faster if I wasn't checking behind me every 20 yards for the mountain lion...Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-18441409497103365052013-12-31T12:57:00.000-06:002013-12-31T12:57:19.300-06:00Helloooo. And Goodbye...Some good pics from the Focus on the Beer fellas from 2013 and beer world. Take a look <a href="http://www.focusonthebeer.com">here</a>.
Craft beer and new breweries popping all over our turf this past year: Red Leg and Great Storm completing the Beermuda triangle anchored by Trinity, Nano 108 opened their doors to the public and Lofty Brewing should have beers on tap in town, although I don't know where yet, with tap room plans pending, Kevin Beity passed the reins over to Smiling Toad, and a newish kinda concept for this part of the world, the Wild Goose Meeting house opened its doors around Thanksgiving, serving craft beer, wine and lots of fancy pants coffee and tea. Whew! Manitou is finally getting a brewery, due to open February-ish, with Fossil Brewing in Old Colorado City area close on its heels and a brewery that I know nothing about ~ Fieldhouse Brewing, setting up shop on the south end of Tejon and the GreenMan Tap Room, now occupying the old Church at the corners of Weber and Costilla, due to open Spring of 2014.
All this as we say good-bye to Kinfolks, a Manitou 'tradition' for some of us. After being closed for a week, word leaked out that they would open their doors for one final night last night. The place was packed, and the beer was aflowin'. They will be terribly missed, and not just because they were the ONLY place in Manitou where you could take your pooch to drink with you. Always good beer on tap and we'll all miss the thrill of playing the pbr cap game and the chance of getting a free one. A bunch of us had some really good times in that tiny little place. Here's hoping that it's back very soon.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-62959919545682566162013-12-30T17:55:00.001-06:002013-12-30T17:56:47.443-06:00Red MondayOff to chase the real runners up Red Mountain. I'll probably get to the trail head as they come out... ~sigh~ Earns my beer later at Kinfolks, though. Heard a terrible rumor from the Wanker earlier that Kinfolks is closing their doors for good. Opening up tonight only one last time. If you feel the need to say So Long, seems like there's a group gathering. Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-33955653100498168472013-12-28T14:33:00.000-06:002013-12-28T14:33:58.363-06:00Running shite, Part 1 of...Out on Trail today - tried to investigate a way from The Social Aide and Pleasure Club up the ridge line then east-ish on Intemann on to the High School and ultimately, to Red Rocks Canyon.
Intemann dead-ends just east of Pawnee or so says a landowner. Posted, chain across trail and what looks like electrical fence up the hill, since I considered going up to go down. Deciding it wasn't worth the effort or getting shot, I worked my around on the paved roads, eventually ending up behind the high school, where I located the Intemann trailhead again.. Went back West from there and found where I missed the trail signs coming east.
Gorgeous day ~ no gloves, no hat, sunshine, lots of exploring little side trails, one of which had a very old set of stone steps leading up - surprised a deer family at the top. They weren't very interested in me and just had a look before going back to their nibbling.
Out just over an hour, no idea on mileage. Now off to get wood out of the truck and haul it up my ridiculous stairs... That ought to effectively kill my legs for the rest of the say. Gotta save some for the Reverend Horten Heat show tonight!Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-6602994547482849712013-12-23T17:04:00.001-06:002013-12-23T17:11:09.292-06:00Is this what they meant when they said 'time flies?'Holy Crap. Two Years since I updated my crappy blog??! Ugh.
Well, givin' it a shot again. I'll do my best to keep the emo shit out of it. I'm getting pretty sick of Facebook...
Haven't been running. In quite some time. As a matter of fact, haven't been doing anything for exercise and I'm pretty sure that's why I feel like crap.
Heading to Salida for the Half in March 2014. Wanker has kindly agreed to let me sleep on the floor, for a nominal fee, of course.
I suspect I'll have to suck it up and go do the Rescue Run on New Years Day. I need a good arse-kickin'.
Anyways, be seeing a little more of you soon. Merry Christmas and all that Jazz. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsidEpWmFfY"> </a>
Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-69131965278810724412011-11-11T17:11:00.001-06:002011-11-11T17:16:55.648-06:00Please don't take the baby to the Liquor store!The Rev Horton Heat hits The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs on Jan 27th, Kiddies. It's a must-see...<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j5BLmQIhEYY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />His Revness will be preceeded by these Fellers.<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nomS6kdI1CI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Whoooooooo hoooooooooo!Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-81920067983876351552011-11-10T16:06:00.002-06:002011-11-10T16:09:10.310-06:00How very Kimchi....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaobYudlOZGFTXlYKDttHBm1O4cYzXZcZN9FU1j8sLiAq1AFKcZ7AwzYnwfFUgqtGsEBm0N2ySTEKxQgLkQ_znQ3V7nUkUzASb08tzcrkTxURMrK1Bd368kp-8BIlClMS_c3sVoBWO4G96/s1600/comicshowthecourt1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaobYudlOZGFTXlYKDttHBm1O4cYzXZcZN9FU1j8sLiAq1AFKcZ7AwzYnwfFUgqtGsEBm0N2ySTEKxQgLkQ_znQ3V7nUkUzASb08tzcrkTxURMrK1Bd368kp-8BIlClMS_c3sVoBWO4G96/s320/comicshowthecourt1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673492531798013970" /></a>Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-22958724959723576492011-11-03T19:33:00.000-05:002011-11-03T19:34:09.443-05:00Speaking of Beer!It's International Stout Day! Go drink some!!Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-6407261085251449862011-11-03T18:27:00.002-05:002011-11-03T19:33:31.629-05:00Hydro-babySo I'm doing my first 'gear' test for <a href="http://upadowna.com/">UpaDowna</a>. My gear is a Growler. Uh-huh. A Growler.<br /><br />Specifically, a 64 oz Wide Mouth Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steel Growler made by Hydro Flask. <br /><br />Hydro Flask claims it'll keep your cold stuff cold for 24 hours and the hot stuff hot for 12 hours. So far, we've tested it with beer twice. For the measuring types among us, it's 5ish oz short of what a standard glass growler will hold. It kept our beer cold for about 6 hours, then started a warming trend. It never got room temp, (at least before we drank it) but it didn't stay the original temp either. <br /><br />Our biggest beef so far is the carbonation issue. It starts loosing carbonation after 5-6 hours, but I don't think it's meant to be a longer-term storage vessel. Even with a glass growler, you start losing carbonation once you open it. Who keeps an open growler around anyway?<br /><br />It'll keep it cold until you get up the mountain, get the tent up and the fire going and isn't that all you really need? <br /><br />Currently testing it with hot water to gauge the hot chocolate/soup holding factor. Similar results so far; it originally had water too hot to leave my fingers in, and almost 6 hours later, it's still pretty warm, but not what I'd call hot. As with the cold, guessing it'll be good long enough for your peeps finish to their race, or you get it up the mountain to the campsite.<br /><br />Specs on this bad boy can be seen <a href="http://www.hydroflask.com/products/64-oz-wide-mouth-vacuum-insulated-stainless-steel-growler.html">here</a>. $50 bucks a pop, plus shipping. Hmmmmm...<br /><br />Review for UpaDowna pending before I return said vessel to Bunny.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-86244593591245499432011-11-01T22:50:00.001-05:002011-11-01T22:52:54.399-05:00Eddyline does the CanCanSnagged from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eddylinepub">Eddyline's FB</a>... Sounds like it's time for a Road Trip!<br /><br /><br />We delivered our first round of cans to the retail stores today!!! Thanks to all these great stores for supporting us. Buena Vista Stores: Little Daisy's, Rally's, La Valle's, High Peaks Liquor (JV). Salida: Party Spirits, Arlie Dale's Jug Liquors, Cellar Wine and Spirits, 4-Alarm Liquor and Roxy's Bottle Shop.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-75674824589126492932011-11-01T15:56:00.004-05:002011-11-01T16:07:16.097-05:00And the wheels go 'roundRode my bike to Cocktail Class at the new place today - probably a whopping 4 mile trip. Oh well, that's why I transferred it. That and the chick in the office at the Recovery Systems place was really giving me the red ass.<br /><br />[Translation] Red Ass. That's coon ass for really irritating me.<br /><br />Seems I just traded one irritant for another, though. The guy teaching the class at the new place looks and sounds like an old-school Baptist preacher. I'm pretty sure he's gonna test my patience, as all religious types ultimately do.<br /><br />Gack. It's only 4 more weeks. It won't kill me, right? <br /><br />It'll just make me wanna drink...Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-39647170909389376762011-10-31T17:48:00.002-05:002011-10-31T17:56:25.146-05:00Run, Fat Ass3ish miles in Palmer Park, on the baby-mama stroller loop. Kee-rist. All my shit jiggles when I jog. Awesome.<br /><br />Absolutely beautiful day. I hope the rest of you got outside. It's a Doozie!Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-7205244526421802682010-12-06T14:35:00.002-06:002010-12-06T14:43:35.325-06:00Trail Rant...Oldie from a Dallas Biker Forum. Freaking funny.
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<br />I know this is a rant but whatever, I put it in the rant section also. Every once in a while I take an easy ride on the Minuteman bike path. By the time I am done I swear never again. A month later I want to go to the fells and repeat the same mistake again. I know the bike path is for everyone but HOLY shit there are some really annoying people on it.
<br />1) Two-A-Breasters:</span> There is a reason the bike path has a yellow line. You ass wipes ride (or walk) side by side and hog the whole thing. Get with the program! The only good thing about you are your screams of fright as I blow by you without warning.
<br />2) Queer-Eye-For-The-Biker-Guy: I realize that it is possible to buy an entire suit made from Spandex. It is also possible to beat off with a cheese grater, that doesn’t necessarily make it a good idea. If you were you going fast enough to make wind resistance an issue I might be more understanding but you are usually granny-gearing it as you swerve around trying to adjust your $200 sunglasses. Spend less time buying expensive crap and more time riding.
<br />3) Slow-And-Lowers: Do you know that you can adjust your bike seat so that you don’t look like a bear riding a mini-bike at the circus? Take the 30 goddamn seconds to raise the freakin’ seat. Your back will thank you and you’ll be able to break 12 miles per hour with out blowing out a knee cap.
<br />4) Sky-Bar-Enders: Bar ends ARE NOT for getting your hand six inches above the handle bars. They should not be pointing straight up in the goddamn air! If you don’t know exactly why you would want bar ends then YOU DON’T NEED THEM. They are not a convenient resting place for your chubby hands. They are for getting your weight forward during a STEEP TECHNICAL CLIMB. I hope you impale yourself on them after you hit a tree because you couldn’t reach the brake lever in time.
<br />5) Richie-Dick: Yah you, the guy with the $3000 full suspension big hit bike poking along the bike trail. The biggest hit you have ever taken was when you got butt raped by the guy who sold you that bike. YOU SUCK! You are the same dumbass who buys a Hummer so you can gun it when you roll over some construction on Mass Ave. You buy a sweet bike and then ride it on freakin’ pavement. I know you have never hit the trail cause’ there is NO DIRT on the thing. Not a speck. Plus you look like a *****. Either take it off pavement or give it to someone who will.
<br />6) On-Your-Late: Ok there is absolutely nothing wrong with a well timed “On your left” but here is the thing. The whole point of saying it is to warn the rider in front of you that you will soon pass them. Not that you are already next to them on their left side! If your bike is next to mine, IT’S TOO FREAKIN LATE. If we were going to collide we would have. You screaming “On your left” in my ear at that point will only increase the chances of me making an error and crashing into you. Just pass, you re-tread.
<br />7) The HFS (Huge ****ing Stroller): HOLY shit! Are you running a cloning lab? If your stroller needs a brake it’s too damn big. Take your kids to the playground and play some tag or something. Jesus, there are bikes flying by at 30 miles per hour. If one hits you, your kid will ****ing die. I know you think the world will stop for you and your precious little angels but get a clue. Three words; “Severe Head Trauma”.
<br />8) Woof-Woof-Splat: Keep your dog on a leash, you ass. First of all it’s the ****ING LAW. Second of all your dog is dumb. So dumb in fact, that it will run in front of my bike to eat some piece of shit left by another jackass dog walker. I WILL hit your dog. I will not get killed or hurt somebody else trying to swerve around Fido. I almost died last year trying to avoid an unleashed dog and will not repeat the mistake. I love dogs but I like my unbroken bones better. Take responsibility for your pet.
<br />9) Roller Bladers: You all suck ass, flailing your arms wildly as you coast along on your roller skates. YES, they are roller skates and thus, quite lame. I don’t care if the wheels are “inline”. You jackasses suck so hard I have to break you down into sub-categories of suck.
<br />9.A) Newbi-Tard: You people are ridiculous. You are all decked out in helmets and pads. You mostly look terrified as your usually fat ass careens down the very slight grade of the trail. Here is a hint. If you don’t know how to STOP then it probably isn’t safe for you or anyone else for you to be on the path. I swear one of you is gonna fall in front of me and get an imprint of my front sprocket on your fat thighs.
<br />9.B) Pack Of Newbi-Tards: See above but clustered together, literally hanging onto each other for protection. You are worse than the individuals. You take up the WHOLE TRAIL so nobody can pass. Heed the dirty looks you get and go find a freaking parking lot. I hope to kick one of you as I ride by and watch as you all fall over in a flabby whimpering heap.
<br />9.C) Hot Chicks With Skimpy Outfits: The only reason you suck is because you are fully clothed and make me slow down to check you out. Other than that you rock.
<br />9.D) Super Sweet Doooods: You guys are sooo ****ing gay it’s not even funny. You think you are awesome as you take up the whole trail gliding back and forth in super sweet slow motion. I dream of you flying off the trail and getting wrapped around a tree.
<br />People Of Mention:
<br />Having been on the path more than a few times I have come to recognize a select few people who require special attention.
<br />The kid who shot me with a plastic BB gun: I saw you hiding behind the bush well before you shot me. You were lucky I was going fast when the yellow BB hit my chest and thus had to slow down a little before leaping off my bike and chasing you as far as your back yard. You were scared shitless which is good because you could kill someone doing that shit. If I ever see you again you won’t be so lucky.
<br />The 35 people who rode by me pretending I didn’t exist as I asked for a spare tube or a patch kit after blowing both of my spare tubes: You all suck ass. A very nice lady eventually stopped and gave me a patch. I know I was covered in mud but come on people. I always stop and ask people if they need help, common freaking courtesy.
<br />The Decked Out Intense Midget Woman: OK you are not actually a midget but you do look very small. Or perhaps you look small in comparison to the mounds of crap attached to your mountain bike which is too big for you and I am sure has never left the pavement. Not only do you fall into categories 2, 4, 5 and 6. You were also one of the 35 jerks who didn’t help me. In fact you looked me in the eye and didn’t even slow down. I KNOW you have every sort of tool and tube imaginable packed away in your various slings and packs yet you rode by as if I were invisible. You look like a goddamn scuba diver with your neoprene outfit and mirrors sticking off of every available part of your bike. I see you on Mass Ave. from time to time in the morning on my way to work. You look retarded. And why do you hang a huge plastic bag from your bar ends?!?!?! It looks like your gear makes you waterproof to the depth of at least 15 meters. What are the bags doing? Worst of all YOU ARE SLOW!!!!! God you are slow. Jettison some of your useless shit and maybe I won’t blow by you 4 times in one ride.
<br />Tubby Guy On The Tiny Road Bike: I’ve only seen you a few times. Once I passed you through an intersection not knowing that this would enrage you so much that you would be forced to almost hit me as you sprinted past me sneering. I must say I was impressed, you hauled ass dude. I’m guessing you didn’t keep it up very long tho. If I hadn’t been on the tail end of a five hour ride I would have raced.
<br />Gay Guys On The Tandem Bike: I am assuming that you are gay simply because I don’t know any straight guys who would go in 50/50 on a bright yellow tandem Cannondale and then ride it regularly in spandex. Forgive me if I am wrong. I haven’t seen you guys in a year or so. You were my arch rivals. Holy crap you were fast. One time I kept up with you (on the downhill) for a few minutes and almost died. I swear you would slow down until I got close and then take off again. I salute you, you bright yellow bastards. Oh and good call making the one eyed guy ride in back.
<br />People Who Rock: Yes there are some people who rock! I’m not a total *******.
<br />Hard core road bikers: Holy crap you guys (and gals) are fast as hell, keep it up.
<br />Mountain Unicyclers: I’ve seen you in the fells and there is only one word for you BADASS!!!!!!!!
<br />Messengers/Anyone on a fixed gear with no brakes: You know it but I’ll say it anyway. Elite.
<br />Trials Riders: I wish I had skills like that.
<br />Little Kids with Big Helmets: You rock, two thumbs up!
<br />See you on the Minuteman!!!!
<br />Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-13713318595066609082010-12-06T10:46:00.003-06:002010-12-06T10:50:29.560-06:00Winter Solstice MOPP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhli71gR5VOcgf4urxQlgtPcrXl9BxVFSxXvUugIl6TSW6rnTt8DlfG_M1jnNFcLVIhF0umoBaeSaO686BuirDxDcjv3kuBDSkw6NxyeS1nJTRGmLC3Qnkp-RzdwC2OHBkq0jxtcG17WIla/s1600/19979_215350418348_559313348_3009829_5527384_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhli71gR5VOcgf4urxQlgtPcrXl9BxVFSxXvUugIl6TSW6rnTt8DlfG_M1jnNFcLVIhF0umoBaeSaO686BuirDxDcjv3kuBDSkw6NxyeS1nJTRGmLC3Qnkp-RzdwC2OHBkq0jxtcG17WIla/s320/19979_215350418348_559313348_3009829_5527384_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547611826143015378" /></a><br /><br />Tuesday December 21st, 6:30pm<br />Red Rock Lounge<br />Colorado and 31st - ish<br /><br />Bring Your Own Bottle. Head lamp, warm clothes. <br /><br />Actual Solstice time is 11:38pm. <br /><br />Bonus! Full Moon with a Lunar Eclipse that we should be able to see after midnight, if you can hang.<br /><br />Notes: No Hash cash, No Circle. We might be out a while.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-25192213373502554972010-12-03T18:32:00.002-06:002010-12-03T18:58:09.774-06:00One down, Nine to go.Beer #1 down in the OC Winter Tour; Old Chicago's Black Diamond Chocolate Porter. Pretty good brew. <br /><br />Some tasty ones on this tour, so I'll suck it up and do it. 'Cuz I don't have many t-shirts. Here's the line-up:<br /><br />Old Chicago Black Diamond Chocolate Porter<br />Samuel Adams Winter Lager<br />Chimay Trappist Ale<br />Stella Artois Belgian Lager<br />Blue Moon Winter Abbey Ale<br />Boulder Never Summer Ale<br />New Belgium 2o Below Winter Ale<br />Odell Isolation Ale<br />Bristol Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout<br />Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale<br />Breckenridge Christmas Ale<br />Rocky Mountain Brewery Chai Porter<br /><br />Excited to try RMB's Chai Porter. I sure could do without the Stella and the Blue Moon, though.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-72509701688961549532010-12-03T18:14:00.002-06:002010-12-03T18:30:27.410-06:00Kudos...to Brewers Republic for having 7 different colorado brewery offerings on their 10 taps. For a while I was only seeing Rocky Mountain and Bristol. Both make good brews, but it's sure good to see a wider variety available.<br /><br />Cheers!Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-69697251809911772722010-11-30T12:46:00.005-06:002010-11-30T13:25:50.721-06:004,125 Hail Marys and 832 Our FathersForgive me, Incline. It's been 4 weeks since my last Ascent. School, a little work here and there, but primarily the accumulating pounds of fat on my ass and sheer laziness have kept me from a weekly visit to your lovely grade for a while.<br /><br />Beautiful blue skies - you don't see that color in Texas. The temp is hovering around the freezing mark, but so far the sun is helping me out. The sun, and as usual, I am overdressed. Have to lose a shirt and my hat at the No Trespassing sign.<br /><br />My quads are already griping at me. Geez, I'm really gonna have to hump it to keep katie in sight at New Orleans. <br /><br />My lungs burn. My gin-drinking mentor would tell me to suck it up and move on, so I do. I crawl slowly toward the false summit, stopping occasionally to marvel at the landscape. I am very, very, fortunate to live here. <br /><br />Usually when I'm on the Incline, my brain kinda jumps around to all the things bugging me that I'm procrastinating about. Same when I run, which is why I usually run alone. Gives me an opportunity to get some perspective. I do not have that opportunity today. No internal musings or half-formed decisions at my disposal.<br /><br />False summit, finally. At least I don't have to worry about the beer getting hot today. Yes, I'm carrying PBRs. Shut it - that's how brownie trained me. Feel better now, but not moving any faster.<br /><br />The top! Quick pic then off down the trail. My hands are freezing, even though I have gloves on. Good jog to the bottom. I take the trail that follows the creek down to Ruxton, my personal preference. The frozen geysers and over spray in the creek make me smile. I step between the gate and post at Ruxton and turn for a last look at the trail and the creek.<br /><br />I think I heard the evergreens whisper, "See you next week, slacker".Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-11825685086388492062010-11-30T12:42:00.002-06:002010-11-30T12:46:27.250-06:00Don't talk with your mouth full...I love The Smoking Gun... constant offerings of 'tasty' tidbits like this <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/south-carolina/when-trysting-couch-best-let-call-go-voicemail">one.</a><br /><br />And don't forget to wipe your chin, dearies.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228463314744583864.post-46868640470960317732010-11-29T23:01:00.003-06:002010-11-29T23:13:30.862-06:00Gobble, gasp, gobble...Turkey Day Tradition here in the Springs. Hike the Incline, drink your PBR at the top, then motor down the trail for potluck dinner and Plastic Gin at the Royale Tavern.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUuH8zy2UOVTaD0drWKRVx8poAx2r_qzNqhiH5nzqxu2MoWtRv7WUS_b3TlEisPLe10H6YpqDO8RhRcbeB5cG74UEOQW4zgzOpplNXlDV4WxWPM9_3XkAaCx1SN1zKiYXqCylS1ThiUDB/s1600/IMG_7623.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUuH8zy2UOVTaD0drWKRVx8poAx2r_qzNqhiH5nzqxu2MoWtRv7WUS_b3TlEisPLe10H6YpqDO8RhRcbeB5cG74UEOQW4zgzOpplNXlDV4WxWPM9_3XkAaCx1SN1zKiYXqCylS1ThiUDB/s320/IMG_7623.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545203841429449458" /></a><br /><br />No worries - our fearless and oft-inebriated leader is right behind us, having run from home.Nacheauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419820734168284112noreply@blogger.com0