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In order to inspire your weekend activities, the last set of photos from me and Amanda’s Bermuda trip will feature all the drinking we did:
The first day as we sailed out of New York was a bit rainy, so we needed a nice cold beer to keep us warm and dry:
The next day we were totally sophisticated and went to a wine tasting they held:
So classy!
These cheeses prove that our pants have never been fancier:
Time for margaritas!
On the rocks with salt!
Then we went to a beer tasting where they held a beer trivia contest. There was a three way tie, so each team had to send a representative for a beer chugging contest. Naturally we sent Amanda:
Chug! Chug! Chug!
So close! (Except that girl in the back.)
Mmmmm…gin and tonic.
Piano bar:
Night cap!
Raid the mini bar!
Another wine tasting!
Does our classiness know no bounds?
No, we aren’t on our honeymoon!
Don’t forget to leave room for dessert!
August 8th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Awww. You two make such a cute couple. I hope my next honeymoon is as much fun as yours was.
Seriously, though, I’m envious of the great time you two had — and what an amazing relationship you must have with your sister to pull off an entire week together and still be smiling and laughing. Very cool.
And, Polt, I dare you to *not* comment on Craig in bed with alcohol.
And that goes for you too, Nicky.
“These cheeses prove that our pants have never been fancier” HA! Literally laughed out loud at that line. Pure comic genius.
August 8th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Passengers falling off their balconies, lost at sea… Handgrips in the loo… Haphazard application of sunscreen… It all starts to fit….
Is this the real reason why Bea Muller moved into the QE2 instead of a retirement home?
August 8th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Amanda with her pink hoodie over her head may win the prize for cutest picture ever!
I’m with Dave S. on this one, your relationship with your sister is to be envied.
Craig:You look so young in that picture of you at the wine tasting (the third picture from the bottom). I would have carded you.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Yum. Looks like you had so much fun. Great pics and its great you guys are so close. Have great weekend.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Wow, with all the alcohol in your systems it’s a wonder you guys could even find your way off the boat to get all those nifty pictures you showed before.
And I had a pithy, witty comment about Craiggers in bed with alcohol all ready to go, and then, once more, Dave S. got a little snarky about it all, so I’m just not gonna say it now. So there! You get snide, you lose Polt’s comments, simple as that.
HUGS….
August 8th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Huh? Comment on him with alcohol in bed?
I was just gonna say how sad I was to see Craig being all alcoholic! I feel for your liver.
Oh, and that cheese plate is soo inferior to the ones I serve at my restaurant. lol.
And about your relationship with sister… I feel super blessed that all of my siblings get along really well. I have two sisters and a brother (I’m the youngest) and we are all really close and hang out with each other often. We’re all going to dinner this weekend for my brother and one sister’s b-days (Aug 6 and 7) and whenever we do stuff like this, I’m reminded how lucky I am.
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August 8th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Yeah, me and all my siblings (two brothers and one sister) all get along shockingly well. I feel as though we’d be friends even if we weren’t related.
And keep in mind all this drinking took place over the course of a week! We were sober MOST of the time!
August 8th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Sober most of the time? I have a feeling you’re just saying that so when your mom reads this she doesn’t freak out.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I have two older sisters and we get along great, too. They’re both up in Michigan, though, so I don’t get to see them as often as I’d like.
Polt: Always happy to derail your plans.
If you need any further assistance, you just let me know. 
August 8th, 2008 at 9:51 am
John: Would you card me? …. lol
ScottieC: I don’t know if his mom would mind… he had to learn his alcoholic ways from somebody!
Unrelated, but Dave S. and Craig, my only two blog readers: why haven’t you commented on my latest?! I bared my soul and shared my singing voice with the world! (aka you two!)
I understand Craig might be too drunk to make sense but Dave you have no excuse. lol.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Wow, all that booze, even my liver hurts right now, good thing you had dessert to give those poor livers something else to work on!
You guys do look like a honeymoon couple, I can just hear the little old Jewish couple now:
“Oh Mort! look at the cute couple on their honymoon!”
I could just imagine the look on sweet old Mrs. Borkenstein’s face when you tell her you’re brother and sister.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Nicky: It’s actually kinda funny — I was planning to head over to your blog later this morning to comment. Really. I mean that.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Nicky: Oh no you di’nt! Going after Craiggers’ mom? I knew you were catty but… ouch!
August 8th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Nicky: Blogspot is blocked at work, so I don’t get to read blogspot blogs as much as I’d like.
That goes for everyone with a blogspot (and most other blogging sites) site! Sorry I don’t comment more!
August 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Don’t worry ScottieC, my Mom can totally rough Nicky up.
Nicky (and his little hamster too!) doesn’t stand a chance.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:59 am
ScottieC: LOL! I’m not catty! I just hate Starbuck and alcohol consumption, so those two things get me a little… riled up.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Hating Starbucks and alcohol?? Why would you shun such beautiful things. OMG! Speaking of Starbuck, did I mention that Katee Sackhoff called me at home yesterday? Swear to God! It’s part of an ARG for Resistance: Fall of Man, but I still almost crapped my pants when I heard the message.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Super jealous! Starbuck (and Katee) are awesome! No matter what Nicky says!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Grr.. that should say “Hating Starbuck and alcohol??”. Don’t mind my quick fingers.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Nicky: Consider it done.
ScottieC: What?!? Starbuck called?! Why? How? Do you plan to call her back? You can’t just leave that hangin’ out there, dude!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:38 am
@Dave S.: LOL! I wish it was a personal call. I’d “give up the gay” to date her, just to make every other straight boy in the world jealous. No, as I said it’s part of on ARG (Alternate Reality Game) for an upcoming video game. She plays a doctor. I’m a player in said game, so she “called” me to update me on the current situation. Still, it’s very cool. I wish I could record it all for you to hear. There’s more info on the project (including videos) at http://fallofman.wikibruce.com/Projectabraham.com
August 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Damn, that’s still kinda cool.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Craig: Your mom is the Wicked Witch of the West?
August 8th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Ryan R: Only when she’s on one of Nicky’s implied alcohol-fueled rampages.
Although our hamsters never lasted too long when we were kids. (Did anyones?) Maybe that could explain things.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hey, Nicky, when your hamster turned to alcohol to drive away the pain of getting kicked off of Project Runway, did you simply cast him to the side, labeling poor Richard Parker a simple alcoholic? No. You understood poor Richard Parker was crying out in his own little limited hamster ways. Maybe Craig’s crying out, Nicky. Maybe Craig is saying, “Look at me lying here on my bed in near-paradise! Oh, how I wish I were slaving away in my cubicle! Rescue me from this infernal joy!”
Just trying to give you a little perspective, Nicky.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Dave S.: You’re right. This post is a subtle plea for a giant hamster wheel.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Your sister is hot.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I had a hampster once. Damn near sucked the poor thing up the vacuum cleaner one day. And another time, while in his little plastic rolley ball, he rolled all the way done a flight of stairs. Somewhat suprisingly, I think I had him for about 8 years!
And Antonio, it must run in the family, cause I think Craigger’s sister’s brother is pretty hot. Well, the only brother that I’ve seen, not having seen the other two brothers, mind you. ANd despite his sunburn stripes…..
HUGS…
August 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Polt: What a coincidence — I think Craig’s sister’s brother’s mother-in-law’s niece’s Starbucks barista is hot.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
……………..Dave S., snarkiness ill becomes you.
HUGS….
August 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Sorry, Polt, I so didn’t mean that to be snarky.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
What *is* snark, anyway? I’ve always wondered what that word really meant.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
snarky: From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort, from Dutch and Low German snorken, of imitative origin.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
You just can’t beat Low German for getting to the gutteral sound of what a word really means.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
NOTICE: Anyone paying attention to that nifty little sitemeter at the bottom of the page? Almost 400,000! Get your congrats ready.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I’d like a ticker tape parade please. Or maybe some congratulations in the form of MSPaintings for me to post.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Wow only 41 from 400K Craiggers. WTG! You could get that this weekend if you post a Viagraguy and VaginaGirl, or even a movie review, those usually crank up your numbers.
Egads, all that booze Earlier this week I was wondering why you guys went to bed so early most nights, now we know You were too tipsy to tango or to 21.
Or, if you insist on taking the weekend off, perhaps Polt and Nicky and DaveS can keep up their rather amusing and droll running dialogue and I can come back another 35 times to keep up LOL.
Have a great one.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I am of German heritage, so I know all about the gutteral snarks…or something like that. We’re just 11 away from the big moment..I think I’m gonna miss it, i wont be able to check in for a little while. Well, start the celebration without me, I’ll join in when I get back!
“I can come back another 35 times to keep up”….let me just say that my sophomoric sense of humor kicked in again, and I was giggling like a lovestuck schoolgirl on crack when I read this and my mind took the express train to Filth Mountain….oh the double entrendres…..
HUGS…
August 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Nicky: You don’t drink, don’t smoke. What do you do? I did, however, check your blog and heard your voice. I’ll comment further there.
Craig: Are you the youngest and the tallest? I also see nothing wrong with your alcohol consumption. 12 drinks over the course of a week isn’t that bad and I don’t drink at all.
I wouldn’t mind if Starbuck called me, but would prefer that Dualla call. Hell, she could even bring Lee if she wanted.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Dating Starbuck would make every straight guy jealous?!
Did I miss something?!
I mean, she is not only a trashy homewrecker on the show, but she definitely is NOT beautiful and the object of every straight man’s desires!
And John, I enjoy reading, writing, playing guitar, singing, watching the few shows that I love, and especially going to school! Stuff like that.
August 8th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Okay, there is no such thing as too snarky. Dave S. made me laugh out loud so his snark level is pretty much about right I’d say.
August 9th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Glad to see you decided to “embrace” the shoulder hair. (At least that’s what it looks like in the bed pic). But then, you would be adorable regardless.