The Brookston Family Blog
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Mark and Lisa dropped me off at the airport with plenty of time. As luck would have it, Amy and her husband Mark were on the same flight. Amy and I worked together at BevMo years ago and she’s currently the assistant beer buyer there and I’d seen them both at the festival on Thursday. We’d been over to their house a few times and even played golf together but had lost touch since I left BevMo and we both had kids so it was great to catch up with them on the flight home.

I got home about six and Porter came running out to me when I got home, which made me feel great. The four of us went for a swim to cool off and wash the airplane off of me.

Porter and me in the hot tub.

Saturday morning I woke up feeling refreshed and very glad I made the trip to Portland this year. It felt great to just let go and enjoy myself without worrying about the kids. Lisa and Mark took Tom and me to a really cool place for lunch called Concordia Ale House. Besides having a fabulous beer selection and great food, it had the added advantage of being on the way to the airport.

Me, Tom, Mark & Lisa in front of the three pink elephants. There’s an interesting story about the mural. It turns out that the building used to be a speakeasy called the Pink Elephant. The mural was discovered during renovations hidden behind several layers of wallpaper and paint along with an old matchbook that gave away the original name.