12 days, 3 flights, 8 hours on a bus, 4 cab rides, 5 different beds, 22 PowerPoint presentations, 10 exceptional meals, and about 250,000 calories [I honestly don't know what punctuation goes here] That was August 7th - August 19th. And it got off to a great start when I showed up at the airport 8 hours early on accident. Anyway, while my brain no longer recalls most of the highs and lows of the 12 days, I did get a few SHOTS to look back on:
Day 1 was spent in National Harbor, a place that apparently exists near Washington DC. Leslie and I rolled down there to check out Louisville Legend and Chef Edward Lee's southern style restaurant called Succotash, which called for the white dress pants!
The accents were brick, the lighting was Edison bulb, and the cocktails were supporting brands that put food on our table so yeah... we loved it. Leslie got the ribs because they were on the menu and I got a burger with pimiento cheese. Succotash gets an immediate vote into the Crabicurious Hall of Fame
Crabicurious Rating: 5 crabs out of 5
There was other stuff to do in National Harbor, but all I remember was that it was 103 degrees and I was wearing pants.
Days 2-5 were spent in the Windy City were they also have food and cocktails. Imagine that! The highlight of the trip was definitely the Wrigleyville rooftops, watching the Cubs while eating hot dogs and nachos (and a chicken sandwich). It probably ruined watching baseball in any other way. My job is hard sometimes... #WeAreWR
Days 6-10 were spent in The Greatest City in the World, Louisville, KY. Got to catch up with friends (shouts out to Ben (somebody tell Ben he got a shoutout since he doesn't read the blog)), celebrated Terry Goes Favre's birthday with the whole crew (Happy Birthday Dad!), and met 100+ new colleagues from all over the world at Global Orientation (I'm new here). Memory starts to get really fuzzy at this point as the trip started to get long.
Day 11 and 12 had some Nashville downtime! I didn't want to be the guy on Broadway taking shots between shots, so it looks like all I got was this picture of the hotel atrium. Compelling!
Finally the trip ended, but on a high note as I got to see the small town that is responsible for every drop of the world's number one whisky. It was awesome! My top 2 learnings:
- The trees around the distillery actually turn black due to alcohol in the air that attracts a special kind of mold.
- The current Jack Daniel's Master Distiller once almost shot my dad during a pheasant hunt...
You made it to the end! In the unlikely scenario in which you want more, check out some of the latest from... BRYSON, who judging by this prime real estate plug, must be an incredibly valuable member of the Crabicurous staff... no matter how much he tells Philip that Robert doesn't promote his work!
