June July Blog

June/July 2009

 

Bierstube Summerfest Tent Party! Date & bands set: JW's Bierstube in Oakdale is having our 9^th annual Summerfest tent party Friday, June 12^th and Saturday June 13^th. Friday we're featuring the East Side locals and HUGELY popular "UNCLE CHUNK" and Saturday the HOTTEST band in the state "HAIRBALL!" Mark you calendars now! For more details, call (651)731-8381.

 

Customer Appreciation Pig Roast Sunday June 14, NOON until it's gone! Complimentary succulent, juicy pig while it lasts! Fun, games & prizes for the whole family!

 

Kids Eat FREE!: JW's in Oakdale & JJ's in White Bear Lake just started kids east FREE on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Check us out! Some restrictions apply. Other Bierstubes are also considering it.

 

Leonard Schaffer Memorial (LW's) Bierstube Golf Tournament: Is coming up fast! New date & time, Monday, July 27^th, Noon shotgun at River Oaks. Last years tournament raised more than $1,600! 100% of all proceeds go directly towards medical bills for Hannah O'Halloran. She is Leonard's great granddaughter & LW's manager Cindy's granddaughter. She is 2 ½ & was born very premature. She has accumulated unbelievable medical bills. If you are unable to participate in this very worthy fundraiser for her, but would like to help, please contact Cindy at (651)428-1361. Your participation &/or help is VERY APPRECIATED!!!

 

True Story: A Boston bar is serving an A-Roid cocktail: a shot of tequila with a spicy tomato juice chaser served in a syringe.  

 

Even Better True Story: ( from Sports Illustrated, Scorecard, May 11, 2009) "For the Record. Died at age 85 after suffering a stroke, former infielder Jack (Lucky) Lohrke. A .242 hitter over seven big league seasons, Lohrke was better known for the tragic circumstances that led to his nickname. Lohrke fought at Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge. He emerged unscathed, but four times a soldier next to him was killed. When he shipped home in 1945, Lohrke was bumped form a transport flight at the last minute; the plane crashed, killing everyone on board. The next year, after he resumed his baseball career, Lohrke was traveling with the Class B Spokane Indians on a bus tip across Washington. During a stop for food, he found out he had been promoted to Triple A, so he took his gear and hitchhiked to Spokane. Hours later the Indians' bus crashed into a canyon, killing nine of his former teammates. He was called Lucky from that point on, though he never thought much of the nickname. 'I'll tell you this: Nobody outside of baseball calls me Lucky Lohrke these days,' he told SI in 1994. 'The name is Jack. Jack Lohrke.'"

 

Joe Mauer or Justin Morneau?: For the last few years, that was very easily Justin Morneau. He not only hit 3 times the homeruns as Joe, but also maintains a good average & produces many more runs. Now this year since Joe has been back, he's easily the choice, with his new found power, his .450 batting average & his incredible game calling & defensive skills make him (right now) the more valuable of the two. His month of May will go down as one of the greatest months by any player of all time. How much fun would it be if he flirted with .400 (alla Rod Carew in 1977) late into the season. If there's anyone in all of baseball that could finally do it, it would be him.  

 

Sir Francis the Jealous: Fran Tarkenton's recent remarks are not surprisingly negative towards the idea of Brett Favre in Purple. He talks about how "despicable his behavior & treatment has been to his long time loyal, dependable & supportive employers, the Green Bay Packers." He also says "I kind of hope it happens so he can fail." And if the Vikings do end up biting on the selfish Prima Donna that's not a team player because he supposedly has his own changing area, well God bless them. Fran, if he's such a bad guy & washed up player why do you care so much whether he comes back or not? With his advanced age & deteriorating skills, there's no way he can pass you in virtually any Viking statistical category. Oh wait, I did forget one King Kong category. Brett Favre could possibly help the entire Vikings organization by lifting the perverbally giant monkey off their backs & actually win a Superbowl. Let's see, Brett Favre one or two years with the Vikings & one Superbowl victory. Fran Tarkenton a couple 13/14 years with the Vikings & let me see, OH, ZERO Superbowl victories! Hmmm, it's all starting to become very clear to me. The scrambler is still as big of an egomaniac as he was in his playing days. And I'm not writing this just because in 1977, when I was a 13/14-year-old boy, he shunned me for an autograph at a secret exit at the old Met.  Even if the long time Packer Great is able to accomplish in one year what you weren't able to in 14 years, grow up Fran, it's just a game.   

 

Kids Korner! On Easter, we brought our pet bunny with to our aunt & uncle's house so the kids could take pictures with a bunny. All the kids were in the living room & Sammy was getting frustrated with his little cousin & says, with his hands up in the air, "No! He's not the real Easter Bunny! Does he look like he can carry eggs?"