Bees and Beers

Today's highlight was checking out my friend Roger's drone race at Watts Brewing Company in Woodinville, Washington.

It was actually really cool. They had set up sort of an obstacle course that tiny little drones had to traverse. Each drone had a tiny camera mounted on top and each racer had a virtual reality-looking headset that they used to see a drone's eye view. 

To add to the futuristic vibe to the whole thing one of the guys used his 3d printer to make race awards.

Not only was it a brewery but it had an insect theme! The place was devoted to mason bees. You could order a nest of them and host them at your house.

Much of the woodwork in the bar was constructed out of the wooden beehives.

Urban Crafts

Today we went to Urban Family Brewing Co. because Zoe was selling her punny greeting cards at a craft fair they were hosting.

I was pretty excited about an ube beer they had on tap. People here's beer taste is a bit IPA and boring for me so I get extra excited when there's a cool flavor. I should have bought some of this to take home.

My friend Danny sent me this picture of us... I think on our high school Europe trip. I'm glad they fixed the red eye thing because pretty much every old picture of me looks like crap.

Ern the Technophile

Ern has been having fun and making friends at school.

My mom liked this picture so much she has it framed in her house.

Ern wanted to play with my computer so I've been giving him a spare keyboard to pound his hammy fists upon.

He will also snatch your phone if you aren't watching.

PT Cruiser

We visited the robot at the Tesla store in Bellevue Square Mall.

I got a little champagne education at Total Wine & More today. Typically champagnes are made of a blend of three grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Well this particular bottle is made from 100% Chardonnay grapes, and so is called "blanc de blancs", literally "white from whites".

Oat Scare

We had a scare today because Ernie's daycare fed him oats despite that we've notified them that he's allergic. Luckily he didn't seem to have a bad reaction but we were still pretty mad at the staff's nonchalance.