Hi, y'all. Here's some mildly boring pictures of Eleanor and me in England!
Yeah, we got back a long time ago. I just haven't had any art I could post up recently, so I've been keeping quiet. What did we do in England? Went to about ten million pubs, and drank about a million pints of bitter! It was great. You don't even have to tip in bars in England, apparently - though everything is about twice as expensive as here so you don't really save any money. We did a few other things there too, but I'll let you look at the pictures.
I didn't crack my sketchbook the whole time there, though. I've got to start being more disciplined.
OH HEY YEAH, the FLUKE anthology deadline! That was actually up a few days ago, but if you've been working on something and still want to submit it, drop me a line ( drew "at" drewweing "dot com" ) and let me know. Unless you already did. Or I emailed you.Labels: beer, eleanor, fluke anthology, trips
The story so far...We've had some exciting adventures the last couple days. Yesterday we ventured down a ravine on the north side of town, finding all sorts of lovely glades and nooks. All sorts of debris had washed down along the sides of the little creek - plenty of bricks, pipes, and bits of old buildings. We even found a muddy backpack, with somebody's pulped-up books and personal knick-knacks. At one point, there was a very short drain tunnel big enough to fit us, so we crawled through and popped up in the middle of a field behind a school. At the end of the ravine there were a couple of railroad bridges, with some pretty excellent graffiti underneath. Some artiste-type had even executed a mosaic out of bits of broken mirror and spraypainted plywood. For dinner that night I made a sort of black bean stew, cornbread, and we tried frying up some plantain slices.
Today we took a long walk and enjoyed the hell out of some spring flowers and ended up at a Mexican restaurant called "La Estrella," where we had a pretty excellent "7 Mares" soup and a whole grilled fish.
Tomorrow's bottling day for the porter! Did I say the Kolsch came out excellent? Cause it did. I don't know how "authentic" these beers are turning out, but they are very tasty to drink.
Labels: athens, beer, dinner, eleanor, set to sea
The story so far...Eleanor spent the last couple days making herself a new drawing desk out of two-by-fours and such. She's been working in an armchair for the last couple months. I helped! I sawed at least five or six boards. We've both been getting excited by the possibilities of
pegboard, which you can get really cheap at any hardware-type store.
Eleanor's also been getting a lot of
internet press recently. Hmm. Perhaps she must be stopped?
I've got a porter-type beer bubbling away in the bucket in the closet. I'm taking a wild stab in the dark at trying to somewhat recreate the
Captain's Porter from Moon River in Savannah. Hopefully it will be ready for tasting in time for
Fluke!
Labels: beer, eleanor, fluke, set to sea
The story so far...They're doing some drankin'!
I hope you had a tolerable Valentime's. We made hand-done cards for each other as has been our tradition for four years running. You will never see these cards, as they are far too embarrassing.
We have been reading
Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the World series. You should check them out, especially if your grip on world history is as hazy as ours.
This
Of Montreal song is set about three blocks from our house.
I'm about to try making a
Kolsch!
Labels: beer, comic recommendations, set to sea, valentine's day
