It's been a while since I've posted. Just haven't been interested in writing much. Things have also been fairly quiet here. This weekend turned out to be busier and full of blog-worthy activities.
It started Thursday evening when the Matron of Honor (MoH) and the Best Man (BM) came down to visit. We celebrated their arrival with a delicious burger dinner at
Stella's and a visit to a tap room (
Kros Strain Brewing).
On Friday The Wife and MoH went to a spa for facials in the late morning. In the afternoon we had a leisurely lunch at
Blatt Beer & Table across from the College World Series stadium in the north downtown area of Omaha. The restaurant is named after Rosenblatt the former College World Series stadium. The Beer Nuts enjoyed the beer and I enjoyed the chicken and waffles.
After our lazy lunch we went to the
House of Conundrum (HoC). HoC is an escape room. You can enter one of seven rooms and you have an hour to solve puzzles to get out. We ended up doing the
20,000 Leaks Under the Sea room. This was our first escape room but the MoH and I have both played online room escape games so we had some idea of what needs to be done (my favorite online escape rooms games are those by
Rusty Lake and
Forgotten Hill). We ended up needing only one clue from the HoC employee and we ended up solving everything with a short minute to spare. We all left the House of Conundrum thoroughly entertained.
Friday ended with some Winter Olympic open ceremonies, snacks, and lots of good conversation.
On Saturday, after clearing away the two to three inches of snow we had overnight, we tried to go the the
Early Bird for a late brunch but the wait was too long so we ended up at the
11-Worth cafe instead. After a hearty brunch we spent some time at another tap room in the Blackstone district called the
Scriptown Brewery. The MoH and BM had three tap rooms/bars on their list to visit and we successfully hit all three.
The main event for Saturday, and the whole weekend frankly, was the charity trivia contest at the Wife's school. The Wife and I were joined by the MoH, BM, the Brother-in-Law, his wife, their three daughters and two boyfriends. They had changed the rules of the trivia game since we participated a couple years ago. The changes (No buying of answers. No jail) were all improvements. The questions were challenging. After winning the first trivia in 2014, coming in second in 2015, and not doing well at all in 2016, we ended up in sixth (out of twenty) which we consider an improvement. If we'd just gone with our guts more we would have ended in the top three at least. We all had a good time and I'm sure we will be participating again next year.
As an added bonus, the Wife won the fifty-fifty game which paid out some good cash - More than the second place trivia team won and more than enough to pay for the today's breakfast.
Today we went to mass at a nice chapel at the
Poor Clare Monastery before heading to
Le Peep for breakfast. Unfortunately there are more than one Le Peep and some went to the one off Dodge while the Wife and I went to the one off of West Center. We realized the error and we joined the others for a good breakfast.
After breakfast we all scattered heading home in a several directions. The Wife and I promptly took naps as we don't have the stamina we used to have. The last four days wore me out but the trivia contest, escape room, and all the good food (and way too much caffeine) made for a great time with family.
Time to recuperate and catch up on some Winter Olympic sport.