Monday, July 07, 2008

No Cover All Summer!!!

Driving through Crosslake last week, we drove by the Exchange to see that Neil Diamond (aka some guy who plays a lot of ND) was there..and a big banner in the front stating "No Cover All Summer!" Good deal, eh? Unfortunately, they had a huge fire early Sunday morning and the place is a total loss. They literally have no roof...so I guess 'No Cover' now has a different meaning....get it? get it? Ok, so it's not nice to joke about it...people lost jobs. Luckily nobody was hurt (especially Neil Diamond!)
They have struggled for a year or two now to get teh bigger bands in there, as Manhattan Beach really stepped it up on their entertainment schedule...plus they are on the lake...so tough to compete with that.

On to the rest of our week off, we spend a lot of time just hanging out. Did a little biking, a little golfing, a little fishing. Other than that just relaxed, ate good food, took boat rides and did some swimming. On Saturday, there was a boat parade sponsored by the Tavern that was a lot of fun. I'll try to add some pictures from it once I get some from Karen or my Mom...as we didn't take any.

By the way, the Ox Tavern now has chicken wings....AWESOME wings. And from 3-6 daily, they are 25 cents a piece...so 3 bucks a dozen. Oh, and if you boat up to the Ox, you get a buck off a pitcher of mich golden. I have to admit, I was a little disappointed at first with the new ownership...specially since they wouldn't let us start a tab, etc. But the new kitchen (and new menu to go with it), the food is great, they have more beer selection, and food specials every night, it is still a great little spot that is away from all of the tourists and "I just turned 21" crowd.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Oh, and for justin, a programmers joke:

Q: Have you heard about the object-oriented way to become wealthy?
A: Inheritance.

8 comments:

J said...

Nice work...finally did your blog. Bummer about the Exchange. Not the worst place in the world.

Bearf*cker said...

Exchange this.....

Steve said...

If I could exchange you for a new brother-in-law...

Bearf*cker said...

You couldn't find a better brother-in-law.....so sit on it potsy

J said...

I dunno Justin. Mike is a pretty cool guy. So, maybe he doesn't need to find one.

Steve said...

Yeah...Mike was homecoming king! You can't GET cooler than that!

Bearf*cker said...

I was snow daze king.

J said...

Dead