no more bedhead

Ladies and gentlemen, we have Bready Topper!



I made it. My experiment with beer bread has culminated in a loaf made with the best beer I have ever had - Heady Topper.  It came out almost perfect - maybe a skosh too long so the peaks in the crust were a little browner that I was shooting for.  But, the flavor is awesome!  Tastes just like the beer, with that rich, hoppy flavor to it. Definitely not one to make sandwiches with*, but a nice slab of bread washed down with a tasty beverage - yum!

* Now that I say that, I'm starting to wonder - would this be good with, say, corned beef?  Or would I make a stout bread for that?  Hmmm...I wonder what meat/cheese combo goes well with beer bread? I may have my next experiment!

We had Chinese food for dinner the other night.  After dinner, we had fortune cookies.  This is the one I got:

Back in February, we went to the International Motorcycle Show.  It was awesome.  (I got to sit on a 2014 Indian Chief Vintage - totally want!)  While there, we visited all the different manufacturers and many of them had cards to fill out so they could get your contact information, usually in the guise of running a contest of some sort. Triumph Motorcycles was no exception.

I wasn't all that impressed with the Triumph lineup, but the cruisers did catch my eye. Of those, I especially liked the Thunderbird LT. I dutifully filled out my contact card, listing that as the bike that I'd like to test ride.

Last week I got an email from someone at Triumph stating that I had indicated I was interested in a test ride, but hadn't listed a model. I emailed back that I was interested in the Thunderbird LT, and got a follow up email that she would contact "her counterpart" who would arrange for a test ride.

Yesterday morning I got an email from him (the counterpart) who said he had spoken with a salesman at the closest Triumph dealer and that guy would be contacting me. His email went on to say that unfortunately the dealership didn't have any Thunderbird LTs in stock.  About an hour later I got a call from the dealership and was told that they had, just 20 minutes earlier, gotten one on the sales floor. Psyched, I made arrangements to go in on Saturday for a test ride.

Perhaps 10 minutes later, the phone rang again. It was the salesman calling to report that he is not allowed to let people test drive that bike, but he could make me a good deal on one if I still wanted to stop by. Ummmm...yeah.

So, I saved myself $17,000 and I got this crappy Triumph pen from the motorcycle show.