Working Again and ENGAGED! to be married....

So first things first, IM ENGAGED!! Handsome Gentleman Friend is Handsome Gentleman Fiancee! We went to our favorite place Elevation 66, to try their new menu, and he totally surprised me on my way to the bathroom ;3 lol!! The ring is titanium and redwood, cause im a california girl, and on the inside it says "Remember, I love you!!" Because hes a big sweet sexy enchilada (so spicy and cheesy). The food was also awesome, I had morraccan chicken over roasted vegis, and holy COW. HGF had smoked gouda mac n cheese and of course there were delightful beers and after the proposal the waitress brought us champagne. Desert was ice cream with stout brownie and salted caramel, and of course tears of joy because I SAID YES but I think you figured that out. Now I have to plan not one, but two weddings because really all my people are here, and all his people are in Utah and what ever we just wanna party and eat nachos and get drunk. Yes, I want a nacho bar for my wedding. Your Welcome.

Next up, I have a job!! Im working for a company who does gift shops for special events, aquariums, zoos, and attractions, My position? Sales lead for the Hunger Games Exhibition!! Now when I started i knew NOTHING about the HG but now I do. its pretty cool, A bunch of origional costumes, interactive displays, plus all the butter cup plushies you can stand. Also my boss is awesome and the company seems super cool. Makes corporate petshop and corporate retail seems like...slave labor,

Now enjoy some pictures of HGF on the coast as we celebrated engagement and heart shaped pizzas for V Day!

Beer, Yosemite, San Diego, and an Art Show

Im terrible at keeping this up anymore... Sorry anyone who still reads! Since graduation I have had plenty of time but have been doing other things then blogging, someof which are:

Brewing beer- Steve and I have been brewing up a storm of beers such as Strawberry Hefe multiple times, a maple porter, Kentucky Common, a Barley Wine, and many more. so much awesome beer, and were doing the Strawberry hefe tonight :3

NHC- the National Homebrewers conference was FAN-FRICKING-Tastic!! San Diego was beautiful and perfect, we drank, shared the said Strawberry hefe, won tshirts and mugs and came home with so much swag. We got to see the White Labs brewery and taste just about everything. Then that handsome man of mine took me to the San Diego ZOO!! I saw Pandas!!! I also got a great collection of stuffies because Im a GROWN ASS WOMEN.

Family- Steves Family came to visit which was mom, grandma, and the niece and nephew. it was really fun and i got to do a bunch of awesome touristy things. Be a tourist in your town, do something you think might think is stupid and just do it with joy. Then Alicia came to visit and we hung out, did some shopping then headed to Yosemite for the Day!! So much fun, and absolutely stunning. The next night we had a Stuffy-Brave Little Toaster Party. It was great

My Art Show! My work is up at Elevation 66 until the end of October! Ya!! I spent like $50 on printing and another $70 on frames for 12 peices and consider that cheap... but Im so honored and excited and put a few new pieces in.

And My RedBubble store is up!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/izzycreates

Check it out! Thanks and I will have pictures and a pet update asap.

PS. Gunna see ZZTop on thursday!!

SF Beer Week!

I just have to start by saying all of the following pictures are blatantly stolen from the Dr. Mookie Love Blog .

And Happy SF Beer Week! Its a wonderful time of year when beer enthusiast can gather and drink and nerd out. We started off by attending Beer Talk, which is like Ted Talks but with more drinking. There were 7 speakers from various breweries, all of whom brought yummy things for us to drink while discussing important beer issues. Of all the beverages consumed my favorites above all were from 50/50, their bourbon barrel porter, Eclypse; and Anchors first IPA in 75 years. Deeeeelightful.

We headed out and off to the east bay to check out the Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room!

We tried some lovely brews, and as usual my favorite was a high octain barrel aged beauty. We also hit up Elevation 66, to try the Double Rye PA I helped brew a few weeks ago! Its really good, and they also had on tap the Barrel aged version of the Scotch Ale. So good!!

Sunday we hot up Steep brewery and tap room for Anchors Debute of the above mentioned IPA. We got to meet the brewers and chat them up. 

From there we headed to a fundraiser for our brew guilds master, he's trying to open a nano brewery and tap room!! People from the guild brought beers for people to try, all of which were really nice, the stand outs were a California Common by Jen and a Coco Brown. Oh, and there was Poutine!!

Happy Labor Day!!

Are you laboring away? lol. For possibly the 2nd time in my entire life I have been invited to a Labor day BBQ. Its at my Aunt's, but thats even better :)

Had a fantastic weekend. So Daiko Chinese resterant is FABULOUS!! The service is abrupt, but the food is MORE then worth it, and it will be my new place. Also, Mel-O-Dee's Lounge is a great place for Karaoke!! And Elevation 66 has a fantastic brew, Esther Vanilla Stout which every good beer drinker must try.

Also saw The Help. Go see it. NOW. I think I'm a Emma Stone fan. I keep wanting to hate her, because she comes from a generation of actresses that SUCK, but she keeps amazing me over and over. Plus I had that one dream... lol, nm! But the movie is great, I will never EVER look at chocolate pie the same way again.

So life is getting better. I tried to upload the road trip pictures but again the Corporate Coffee shop internet is to chocked out to work. But soon I will have my interwebs back and I can regail you all with tales of my adventure cross country, yet again. Plus oblogatory cat pictures, as well as gerbil update, hermit crab stories, plant tales and fish stuff. maybe I will do a once a week house hold update. That would work....

Plus more recipes! Coming soon.. I made apple butter, wanna try the scratch and sniff on your screen?