SHARK WEEKS COMING - I know I missed probably one of the best TV movies of the year last night...Sharknado which ended up trending on Twitter and seems to have captured everyones attention. No worries though, I've recorded it and hope to watch that masterpiece this weekend (tongue firmly in cheek). In the meantime, Coldstone is gearing up for Shark Week which starts August 4th by offering some new ice cream delights pictured to the left. I think anything with gummy Sharks a kids gonna like. Hmm...maybe I'll like it too. And if you need a countdown calendar to Shark Week go here.
BEER IN A CAN - The beer can turned 80 recently. I'm sure college kids everywhere went out to celebrate...by buying a few kegs. Drinking beer out of cans has become very low class these days. It seems beer needs to be made at home or come in a bottle from some Microbrewery for it to have any status among beer drinking folks. New technology though is starting to make beer in cans mainstream again. From wider openings (which force your mouth open more so your nose gets closer to the smell enhancing your beer drinking experience-no folks I don't make this stuff up) to lids that peel off, manufacturers are spending a ton of money (Sam Adams just spend a million bucks trying to find the perfect can) to find the right can for beer.
BOW BEER - I think that canned beer manufactures also think that by making the can "hip" they can get beer drinkers back to getting plastered drinking out of cans. Did you know that Budweiser actually makes a beer can that is in the shape of a bow? Okay, raise your hands, how many of you even noticed that the label on a can or bottle of Budweiser actually had a bow? Yeah, me either, but now that the actual can is bow shaped I have one very important question. Will the bowed can crush normally when some college kid decides to smash it against his head?
WEARABLE FLASK - Okay, I'll admit. I'm not a beer drinker. I completely flunked my college days by not going to all those beer parties. I was more into rum or vodka (my tequila days came later). And lets be honest, trying to sneak a six pack of beer into a theater or concert is not the easiest thing to do. But sneaking in some rum? Not telling you my secrets, but it was done with ease. Designer Cynthia Rowley has not only made it easier to sneak alcohol into events, she's made it downright fashionable. Her stainless steel Flask Bangle (which sells for $225) also dubbed "The Incredible Wearable Bar" can be seen on the most fashionable ladies. You can check out the bangle flask here.
So I'm taking bets, how many of you, the next time you see me at a concert or movie, will be checking to see if I'm drinking out of my wrist?
LOL, you reminded me of something. When I was in high school or maybe freshman year in college, I took a meat coat and died it purple to match my Chuck Taylors. The meat coats are knee length and have fake pockets on the sides. I wore it to the theater and my hand through the pocket slit holding a 6 pack of bottles under the coat. Things worked great until my buddy knocked over his bottle in the theater and it rolled all the way to the front on a concrete floor, quite loudly.
Posted by: Chris | July 22, 2013 at 08:11 AM
Chris - I've been in an old theater where the floors were basically smooth angled to the front...and heard a beer bottle roll from top to bottom! (I even remember the movie, we were at a showing of Rear Window). People didn't start laughing until the bottle got to the bottom and then everyone just cracked up. You are right...that is a very loud sound!
Posted by: Mrs. L | July 22, 2013 at 12:10 PM