Oh yeeeaaaah

Oktoberfest in Duluth. AKA: duh.

Back home

Out for the evening in Minnesota again. I'm enjoying the stellar vocals of one coworker while laughing hysterically at another's jokes and bonding with a third that reminds me of one of my brothers. Good segue indeed.

Departure

Keeping in fashion with my last minute moments with Damien before leaving for Minnesota, we started shooting ridiculous stuff an hour before I headed for the airport. Pics to come, it turned out pretty great.

State of the Household

Currently surfing the web near the new bride herself as the new groom is passed out in a bed on the floor above us. The tracks posted earlier play in the background and I'm enjoying what are likely my last brews of the trip. This afternoon I said goodbye to one of my best friends and his lady while this evening saying goodbye to a handful of new friends and theirs. Now, after sharing my fake speech and reviewing yesterday's photos the new couple and I are in a State of Relax. I have a revived interest in visiting NYC as well.

Tomorrow I return a pricey lens, grab my last Detour brunch of 2011 and prep my leaving. Usually I'm completely soured by impending departures but I feel as content as a customer after a solid brunch; the platter was so good I wish I could keep consuming it but I'm also completely & pleasantly full. Everything was so great that I simply can't complain.

Reminiscences related to previous posts: Two nights ago upon returning to the fancy hotel near the wedding everyone began the cocktail hour proper, singing a cappella standards on the smoking porch, then helping the sole bartender pack up for the night which led to said bartender offering a free round of shots to the group, followed by shenanigans in individual hotel rooms consisting of multiple introductions to the same folks and more a cappella shouts on the back porches of random rooms (I'm not so bad at Beyond the Sea it turns out, at least I don't think I am under certain circumstances).
It's been said I have a great DJ voice since yesterday's performance, yet it's negated due to my intentional hamming/imitation-ing it up. Or maybe it's justified because of it. Regardless, I will never seriously use that weapon for monetary purposes. Hot dog, we have a wiener.

Okay. Bride headed up to bed and groom came down to help with pics, though he's since passed out. Once again I am the man of the evening, if only strictly due to my personal dedication and endurance.

And to that I say adieu.

Noted

If I die suddenly in the next few weeks, it's prolly due to this very trip.

Donut'd

So you know, I just enjoyed my first Voodoo Donut. Not too shabby.

See me rollin...and hatin'

So much driving this week! After a mostly bland breakfast and checking out me bear and Mel headed up the coast, played in the ocean (see: gingerly touched the frigid water with our toes), ate some seafood and walked around the cheese factory. A pretty good closing to their trip I figure/hope.

Between each location I spent my time explaining how I hoped the bad drivers along the way would die. It was pretty fun.

"Cheeeese!"

No trip to the Northwest is complete until you've visited here.

Coastal flavor

DJ Tanner

Playing tunes at the wedding. I like to think I'm making my dad proud.