Last night not only kicked off the 2003 Holiday Ale Festival in downtown PDX, but it also kicked our asses, as well. Let me tell you, I had a lot of "tasters" (which is beer-talk for a shot) and I soon found myself way too drunk. Two things tipped me off to about how drunk I was (apart from the terrible sickness later):

1. When I called for the cab, I said, "Yeah, Hi. I'd like a cab down at Pioneer Square." but what came out was, "My barb a cabb mat pioneer scare."
2. The fact that I was passed out on my couch at 9:30pm, and woke-up at 4:30am and realized that I never said goodbye to anyone, or really remember the cab ride home.

Anyway, While we tasted quite a bit last night, It did make me thankful to live in such an awesome town with such so many local beer companies. Matter of fact, I think the new state slogan is kinda lame ("Oregon: We Are Dreamers") - maybe considering all the NW microbrews it should unofficially be "Oregon: We Are Drinkers"