woodstock – ME SO HUNGRY

Winchell’s Pizza & BBQ (Shokan, NY)

We went up to Woodstock for Ike’s 3rd birthday party. It was fun. I did a few more magic tricks. Little did we know that Ike was going to have a new baby brother that night. We went to sleep and Michelle gave birth in the bedroom. I moved downstairs to be out of the way and I could see the bedroom door openingÂ throughoutÂ the night from my angle. I could see Michele’s feet. It was like out of a movie.

I’ve never been so close to someone in labor. I want to say it seemed so easy. I just go to bed and then a baby is birthed. Congrats Michelle and Dan and Ike.

Introducing Calvin Rye Forbes…

We were all going to go fishing the next day, but figured Dan should probably stay home with the family. The rest of us went. Didn’t catch anything, but did see a snake and a Wooly Bear caterpillar.

Afterwards, we hit up Winchell’s Pizza & BBQ. The pizza slice is huge. I really really liked the Onion & Garlic Deep Dish pizza. Tasted like a garlic knot that was a pizza slice.

Winchell’s Pizza & BBQ – 3187 New York 28, Shokan, NY 12481

Grandma Brown’s Seven Pound Can of Baked Beans

Pitched a tent at Chris Maxwell’s for the Fourth of July weekend in Woodstock …I screamed “oh shit” when I saw a seven pound can of Grandma Brown’s Baked Beans at a Kingston supermarket –an even larger version of the most amazing beans from a can we had at Seth’s bachelor party up near Lake George. I got some looks from my cussing. They just didn’t understand.

Granted we had some amazing beans that Kelly made with delicious pork earlier in the night and Chris’ brisket was mouth melting …the Grandma Brown’s was sure to be a late night thing where we throw seven pounds of beans on the fire. Throw some weenies into the mix and it was great night. I turned into a monster.

Photos by Jasper Patch