My very first blog... ever!

It was my birthday last week so I celebrated it three days in a row. Not that excessive you may think but it started with Thirsty Thursday, which means drinks are provided by the company I work for, starting at 5pm and ending with the last person standing. After much (free) beer & wine we decanted to a local pub then on to a wine bar before being swept out at closing time. That was day one. Day two was a Friday so that started at lunchtime, then on to a friend's birthday drink (happy hour, cheap cocktails!) before finishing at the inaugural Tweet Up I co-organised in my local Greenwich pub. This was a late-ish finish at 1am-ish but thankfully a short stagger to my house. Saturday was a bit easier as it was a dinner party at our house with my parents. With wine of course.

Anyway, I thought after this I would give my liver a rest as I coincidentally had another three day in a row at the end of this week. This was short-lived as I was invited at late notice to birthday drinks and a meal at a French gypsy jazz venue called Le QuecumBar in Battersea on Monday night. Very nice it was too, much red wine was drunk and we ended with absinthe, proper French style. Yesterday I decided, at late notice, to try the Bavarian Beerhouse near Tower Hill as I had been to Oktoberfest and wondered how authentic it was in comparison. I can say it is quite authentic, a very pleasant experience and I shall be returning.

Which brings me on to this evening; I vowed today would be alcohol-free (the only day this week) and I would go to the gym. So what happens? At very short noticed I am informed my work colleagues are going to a pub I can almost see through the window by my desk. Sigh. My resolve held and I declined.

 

This short story serves as a window to my world, the “beer & beyond” bit of my blog. As you can see it often happens at short notice. In between there was some very serious agile software stuff, of which I shall talk about in my next blog.

I'm off to the gym now. Stay classy San Diego.