This weekend was spent celebrating the end of my brother in laws life....whoops, I mean single life.
Eight of us met up in Pittsburgh to play Scrabble and drink green tea.
I was the old man of the group as I'm ten years older than my brother in law. My wife designated me the "responsible one" to make sure everyone comes back in one piece.
In all seriousness it was a fun weekend that was centered around 3 big events. First was our big dinner Friday night at the Hofbrauhaus.
The Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh is modeled after the original in Munich. It is a great place to take large parties. Oh yeah, they have beer.....really big 64oz mugs of beer.
This place is where diets go to die.
The "Haus Band"
Our second big event was a Pirates game.
The Maz statue in the background.
It started out as a really nice day.
Our seats
Mother Nature thought we were drinking slowly so she spotted us an extra 90 minutes or so....It turned out to be a really good game as the Pirates hit 3 homers in a win. It was also Gregory Polanco bobblehead day so that was an extra bonus.
Before we left town on Sunday we decided to hit the preseason Steelers game.
It was very hot clear day.
We didn't stay the whole time because preseason football is boring and the heat was overbearing. The casino next door has a very powerful air conditioner and free drinks. Holy crap did that air conditioner feel good. I think my eyeballs were even sweating. Note to self....Don't spend 48 hours partying and then expect to be comfortable in stifling heat.
We came out of the weekend unscathed so I consider the whole bachelor weekend a success. There might have been a few headaches and fatigue, but nothing some aspirin and your own bed can't cure.
Back to cards tomorrow! Cheers to my brother in law Steven.
