Scott's Burfday Weekend

I shall dedicate this blog post to "meine bessere hälfte" (my love, husband, best pal and spiritual life partner :)  Since I thoughtfully neglected to post a long adoring wall comment on Facebook, this should suffice:  

Happy Birthday Scotty 

(pronounced in my finest Pittsburgh accent - Sk-hoo-tee) 

 I LOVE YOU!

Thursday Feb 21st - the actual day of birth - We went to dinner with Sera (from Memphis) and her German husband Toby, who is the 3rd Toby I have encountered (evidently it's a popular German name and J.I. resident Toby Strasenburgh hasn't been exaggerating about his Nazi roots)

We had dinner at a Korean joint called EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN

The website says the name is from a Confucius quote (not to be confused with the 1994 Ang Lee film)

The food was great especially the kimchi and spicy grilled octopus.

Photography must be forbidden because the waitress attacked me like bald Britney Spears and the paparazzi!

(see # 11 http://dailyfill.com/when-celebrities-attack-the-history-of-paparazzi-beat-downs-71380)

Birthday boy with his fav beer - Dinkel (aka dark beer)

After dinner, we walked back to our place for my semi homeade carrot cake (fresh carrots, coconut, and walnuts added to increase deliciousness)

Scoots blowing out candles while wishing for a new tiger tooth necklace

The next night we had a mission to explore our neighborhood- Stuttgart West 

Our first stop was Ackermans Pub which is known for it's extensive whiskey selection.

Euro Scoots pretends to like cigarettes to blend in with the locals 

Next stop dinner at Goldfish (Asian fusion)

Couple up front Mike & Julia- from Charleston, Couple back right -Mariel & Joe- newlyweds

After dinner, we met up with Scott's co workers who took us out way past my bedtime.

Fishlabour is a unique bar with giant cheap beers

 WC at Fishlabour

Yes the urinals have headrests!  German ingenuity at its finest

Next, we went to Troll Bar (a true hole)

It was grungy but charming; bartenders throw peanuts on the tables at midnight (brilliant)!

Flights of beer = samples  = Happy frau

Birthday weekend concluded Sunday with a wonderful ski trip to Montafon, Austria.

Happy Birthday again to my older and more mature husband 
I admire how you truly embrace every birthday, growing older and "wiser" every year!