Comments on: Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful – But the Beer is So Delightful http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/11/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful-but-the-beer-is-so-delightful/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:46:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: greg passmore http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/11/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful-but-the-beer-is-so-delightful/comment-page-1/#comment-5379 greg passmore Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:48:46 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/11/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful-but-the-beer-is-so-delightful/#comment-5379 I'll be there swilling a pint or two! I always feel bad for the kids that get dragged to these things..... it just seems incredibly boring for the kids. You can only get so much joy out of a free root beer garden before you have to pry the kids away from the sugar water. I’ll be there swilling a pint or two! I always feel bad for the kids that get dragged to these things….. it just seems incredibly boring for the kids. You can only get so much joy out of a free root beer garden before you have to pry the kids away from the sugar water.

]]> By: Betsy http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/11/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful-but-the-beer-is-so-delightful/comment-page-1/#comment-5378 Betsy Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:49:41 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2006/11/28/oh-the-weather-outside-is-frightful-but-the-beer-is-so-delightful/#comment-5378 See, I don't much think kids should be at the spring and/or summer beerfests either - and I *have* kids! Nope, it's not about keeping their unsullied minds away from demon alcohol. In fact, I tried taking my kids to the beer festival one Sunday way back when. But I realized I'd rather keep it as an adult-only activity - and my kids hated getting dragged to a beer festival on a weekend afternoon. It's an oil and water situation, in my opinion... See, I don’t much think kids should be at the spring and/or summer beerfests either – and I *have* kids!

Nope, it’s not about keeping their unsullied minds away from demon alcohol. In fact, I tried taking my kids to the beer festival one Sunday way back when.

But I realized I’d rather keep it as an adult-only activity – and my kids hated getting dragged to a beer festival on a weekend afternoon. It’s an oil and water situation, in my opinion…

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