Category Archives: Mi Vida Loca

How Not To Get A Free Beer

By 5thape | January 21, 2009

Sit down at a table of strangers without asking.
Tell them to buy you a beer because it’s a holiday celebrating an important figure in U.S. history and you are the same race of said figure.
After 30 minutes of listening to you beg for a free beer, get angry when they ask you to leave them [...]

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Settling Into San Francisco

By 5thape | June 13, 2008

I’m finally (kinda) settled in. It’s weird how dependent we become to the internet. I really felt disconnected from the world for the two days I was without internet service. I’ve spent the past few days, rearranging my room, fixing my computer and organizing a kitchen that has no stove or oven.  [...]

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One Crazy Month

By 5thape | June 2, 2008

I’ve never mentioned it on this blog but I’ve been dreaming of opening my own brewpub for some time now.  I used to daydream about opening a restaurant, then after becoming a homebrewer, the restaurant became a brewpub.  So after the most hectic and turbulent month in my life, I’d like to announce that I’ll [...]

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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

By 5thape | January 12, 2007

I’d barely made it to work on fumes. Now, 11 hours later I’m in my Toyota, tapping the accelerator, my car slowly rolling across the plaza into the Chevron station. I pull up in front of a Lexus SUV. A teenage girl is pumping gas while her mother waits in the car reading a magazine. [...]

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I Stumble

By 5thape | February 19, 2006

Life is hard sometimes. I hate ambiguous posts too. Sorry.

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