Saturday night Julie and I met Nick at Southport Lanes for some shady bowling. If you’ve never been, I recommend. The lanes are manually operated by ‘pin monkey’s’ which you can tip to gain favor. Basically rolling a ball down the gutter with a dollar bill rolled up inside can get you a strike no matter how many pins you hit. This only complicated the fact that we have no idea how to keep score.
Yesterday Julie and I hosted our Fifth of July BBQ. I spent the better part of the day smoking 8 racks of ribs which went off pretty well considering it was only my second attempt (I think they could have gone a little longer).
We had a pretty good turnout, Dan offered up a keg of beer which is never a bad idea, Jen brought cupcakes that were inhaled and there was only one casualty (a plastic chair). Thanks to everyone who brought food.
A good time was had by all.
- The rest of the photographs are on Flickr.
- I marinated the Ribs for 24 hours with a rub that I had shipped from Dinosaur BBQ in NYC and I roughly followed these directions regarding the grill.
Last night I was graced with the presence of the legendary Sal Pisconeri of WOSU fame and his co-fantasy All Sport owner Scott. Of course there was some drama the day before Sal’s departure from Columbus that put this entire gathering in jeopardy. Thankfully he did the right thing and ‘made it happen’.
With their timely arrival we opted out of the Cubs game and headed to Finley Dunnes for beer and wings. I would say it was quite successful. Of course we spent a good portion of the night discussing the Cleveland Browns 11th consecutive Spring AFC North Title.
But that’s what you do when you drink with a man from Cleveland.