Grumpy Beer Geek

My photo site has finally been launched. But I’m not completely happy with it. So there will be some changes over the next few months.

It’s here: http://www.scottdigital.com

The Grafarc.org site chronicles some of the graffiti changes at certain location in San Francisco. It’s a very well put together flash site. Take a look.

Here are some pictures from the BABC Holiday Party. Even though it was 4 months ago, the mental and physical scars have just started to heal. So I thought I would post these pictures…

Jenny and I took a little trip to Kauai last fall. It was a really good time to go — not crowded but the weather was still pretty nice — but a little cool at night.

Truely a wonderful place.

I took more than a few pictures, and I posted my favorites.

Golden Gate Park is in bloom. Actually it has been for a while now. These pictures were taken in February, 2003.

Musee Mechanique, my favorite place in San Francisco, has re-opened at it’s new location near fisherman’s wharf. They are now located at Pier 45 (Shed A at the end of Taylor Street).

They have a 2 1/2 year lease but hope to extend it further. The collection is rather fragile. They didn’t lose anything during the last move, but there were a few items damaged.

Stop by and take a look if you are in the area. It’s a fantastic place. I also have a few pictures up as well.

I finally updated my photos — I am indeed the laziest person I know.

Read more for some of the hilights or click on “All My Photos” to the right to go to the full set.
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I’m working through some photo updates.

This time I’ve got added pictures from:

• Seattle (including pictures from the Experience Music Project)
  
• Holidays in the North Georgia Hills
  
• Some new pictures from my favorite place in the world - Musee Mechanique

Photos Updated (finally)

I’ve finally updated my photos section — the good news there are about 1200 photos in there now.I’ve finally updated my photos section — the good news there are about 1200 photos in there now.

The bad news — any older links don’t work.

I’ve included a few of me as a kid and some that I use as desktop backgrounds on my computer.

Start here: http://www.beergeek.com/photos

Jenny and I took a trip to Yosemite in January. As is usual in winter in central California, it was absolutely beautiful one day and raining / snowing the next.

Our homebrewing club, the Bay Area Brew Crew had a Barleywine brew-off in January. Interesting, but not as much fun as it will be to taste the results in a few months.

We’ve tried to start to explore more of San Francisco. It’s one of those things, you ignore what’s close sometimes. SFMOMA is a beautiful building. There’s always time to go to another museum. Magnolia Pub and Brewery continues to make some of the best beer in the bay area.

Our February trip was to good old Monterey. The Monterey Bay / Santa Cruz is a great place to spend time. And of course the Monterey Bay Aquarium is a great place to spend some time.

Our local park in San Mateo has a great park, Central Park with a fabulous Tea Garden.

The new home of the San Francisco Giants, Pacific Bell Park opened in March.

In April, we took a long weekend and went to Cambria, a coastal city about half way between San Francisco and LA. The area is best known as the home to the amazingly exhorbinant Hearst Castle.

I went to the annual Craft Brewer’s Conference in Milwaukee recently. It was, as always a good time, but a lot of work. Real Beer had another successful Stogie and Stout party at the Rock Bottom.

Nae, Darren and Gus Benjamin Gourley visited us in May. We went all around the city. We took a short boat trip on the bay around the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. Then we stopped at Fort Point for a look around. Next stop was the Lands End area for a stop ay my favorite area, Cliff House, home to the Camera Obscura and Musee Mecanique.