Tend To Be

Gillians tend to be brunette, motherly, and surprisingly into athletics.
Jillians tend to be blond, with a youthful energy.

Sarahs tend to be bookish, yet very sexual.
Sara's tend to be spunky and might punch you solidly when horsing around.

Kenny Kohle

Have you ever had your dreams come true one second, and then your heartbroken the next?

It happened to me yesterday as I perused the correspondence section of RollingStone Issue #1101. There it was: I had a letter published in the magazine I grew up on! ... and they misspelled my name!

And the real kick in the penis is that they e-mailed me a few weeks ago to confirm the correct spelling of my name. Tragic.

Still, I'm pretty happy, especially since my letter contained references to LOST and The Jersey Shore.

I have a remedy though: I will be taking the necessary steps to legally change my name to "Kenny Kohle" (I envision it being pronounced like "Coal", but some of my co-workers imagine it to be "Colé" ... that might be too exotic for a German / Irish boy like me).

Philly Craft Beer Festival

I attended the Philly Craft Beer Festival (my first beer festival) on Saturday and it was, I have to say, pretty remarkable. What's also remarkable is that I kept myself intact. Here's what went down (literally):

Note: an "*" denotes a brew I recall especially liking...

Stone Brewing Company - Stone Smoked Porter
Thomas Hooker - Watermelon Ale
Coronado Brewing Company - Mermaids Red Ale *
Brew Dog Beer - Dogma Heather Honey Infused Ale
Boulder Beer - Planet Porter
Hometown Beverages - Pennsylvania Lager
Manayunk Brewery - California Dreamin'
Caldera Brewing Company - Ashland Amber *
Magic Hat Brewing Company - Vinyl Lager *
Troegs Brewing Company - Pale Ale
Doc's Draft Hard Cider - Hard Apple Cider
Doc's Draft Hard Cider - Hard Pear Cider *
Ballast Point - Calico Amber Ale
Sixpoint Craft Ales - Mason Black Wheat
The Bruery - Orchard White *
Beer Valley Brewing Company - Black Flag American Style Imperial Stout
Atomium Beer - Het A Hernitef Hik Brune *
Blue Point Brewing Company - Rastafar Rye Ale *
River Horse Brewing Company - Brewer's Reserve Double White Belgian Style Ale *
Voodoo Brewery - Pilzilla
Original Sin Hard Cider - Pear Cider
Lakefront Brewery - Fuel Cafe
Cigar City Brewing - Jai Alai India Pale Ale *
Intercourse Brewing Company - Bareville Pilsner
Roy Pitz Brewing Company - Best Blonde Ale *
Dark Horse Brewing Company - One Oatmeal Stout

Afterwards we ventured out for some additional food and drinks so while I'm "link-happy" I'd like to shout out the Lucky 13 Pub for their awesome juke box, delicious food, and hospitable owner, Clark.

Cantina Los Caballitos was quite amazing as well, although by that point my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I'll be enjoying my pork and chicken taco leftovers tonight.

Surfer Blood

Surfer Blood at the Barbary was awesome! For such a hyped band it was cool to see they were having fun on stage and not worried about playing perfectly. Here are 2 videos I shot last night:

"Swim", their "single":


"Anchorage", my personal favorite: