Best and Worst of the Weekend-April 12, 2010

Well, after a few rounds of my best and worst of the weekend feature, I will be switching up my style. I have received some criticism from one of my readers about the formatting of this write-up. This particular reader will remain nameless, but for anyone that is curious he or she is a tall, red head that resides in Chicago. You may or may not know who I am talking about so I will give you one more clue. He or she is also a wannabe baller and a frequent blog commentator. And, we all know that despite my pleading over the last few months there are very few people who actually comment. So to please my readers and attempt to keep everyone happy…the new format will include only 1 best and 1 worst of the weekend. It will be followed by an honorable mention of activities, events, and/or occurrences that were close but did not quite make the cut. I hope this is more acceptable to the reader described above and to the group as a whole. Enough already, here is my best and worst of the weekend:

Best of the Weekend: 1st Lake house cookout of the season. The family, Kris, Michelle, Gram, and Aunt Jeanie all gathered at the lake house for the first of many spring/summer cookouts. Ooops, I almost forgot Scout. My dad had the music going and deck furniture in place on this perfect spring evening. My mom was preparing a spread of fabulous food including fresh fruit, summer salad with perfectly ripened avocados, and deliciously juicy hamburgers. Marko manned the grill and did an excellent job of cooking mine to well done perfection. My gram and I took down Kris and Aunt Jeanie in a tightly contested game of euchre, while Michelle and Laura researched potential Brewer games and tennis rackets. Overall, it was a great evening and I am looking forward to many more days/nights at 617!

Honorable Mention:
1. Laredo’s guacamole. Simply amazing. The guacamole lady did not disappoint as she prepared a mortar full of avocado heaven right in front of our table.
2. First baseball game of the season. Despite the Brewers loss to the Cardinals this made the list, as it was fun to return to the ballpark and to hang out with Kris, Carrie, Austin, Bri, and Jess. Great burgers provide by Austin. Yum!
3. The Masters. Lefty and Tiger did not disappoint.
4. The weather.

Worst of the Weekend: Hot Tub Time Machine. I am almost embarrassed to admit that I spent $7 and my Friday evening at this movie. But there is no shame here on the Bean Spiller’s page. I probably do not have to elaborate, but as you can imagine this movie was pretty terrible. While there were a few funny the lines, the acting and story were disappointing.

Honorable Mention:
1. No college basketball on tv. This is a very difficult time for me as you can all imagine. I am already counting down the days until early November.
2. Complete abandonment of my diet. Whoops!

Another weekend has come and gone. Once again, it was filled with way more bests than worsts. Thanks to all the people that made this weekend great. Looking forward to hearing about everyone else’s best and worsts of the weekend.

Fear the Deer,

The Bean Spiller