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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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10 August 2003 - 11:30 pm
I was in Evansville this past weekend. While there I had the pleasure of attending the Volksfest event put on by the Germania Männerchor. Those of you who know German know that Volksfest translates into Festival of People, which is as good a description of this event as any. In years past I've only attended during the day, when the people there are mostly sober and mostly there to eat the bratwurst and sauerkraut. This year I visited in the evening. The Männerchor has a huge yard behind their club, and it seemed like everyone of drinking age and inclination was there on Friday night. I couldn't turn around with seeing someone I went to hs with or someone who worked at Whirlpool last summer when I was there. And then there's the ambiance. Let's just say that no on would have blinked an eye if you had shown up in Lederhosen (or as one gentleman did, in a gorilla costume). And there's something a bit kitschy about having to buy not only the beer that you plan on drinking, but the cup or pitcher as well. Which means that the thrifty Germans in attendance had saved their pitchers from previous years and had an extra dollar to spend on beer. I just have a quaint plastic Männerchor pitcher. I guess I'll just have to back next year if I want to turn my pitcher into a real investment.
Posted by on 10 August 2003 at 11:30 PM
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I hear Strassenfest is a hoot here in St Louis. I've been the the real thing in Germany and they make you buy your own glass there too. The beer is downright cheap though.
Posted by rkc on 17 August 2003 - 8:38 PM