Time to Celebrate Lincoln!

I'm excited because this weekend is the annual Celebrate Lincoln event downtown.

Every year Celebrate Lincoln closes down "N" Street from 14th to 12th and 13th from "N" to "O." From the looks of the map, this one is going to be bigger this year as 12th from "N" to "O" is also blocked off.

Plenty of amazing ethnic food, good music, and the ability to walk with a beer down the middle of a downtown Lincoln street without Chief Cassidy tackling you and putting you in a headlock.

I'm probably going to start off with some food - maybe a little Mexican food from La Paloma. Then I'll head over to the velcro wall. After that, I'll probably chill out with a beer and some Indian food from The Peacock and listen to some music for awhile. Once my food has settled, I'm planning on giving the mechanical bull a try and then I'll finish up with a taste of some Greek pastry from the Parthenon.

It's going to be a good time!

In Lincoln, Air Conditioning is a Good Thing

Hoo wee, it's hot!

We jumped straight from a sweet cool spring to 90+ degrees and I'm very happy that the house is closed up and the air conditioning is fired up.

John Henry's has to be the best Lincoln air conditioning company. You see their white vans everywhere in town and the guys that have come out are always polite and get the job done as quickly as possible... without flashing the classic plumbers crack!

They came out and did an inspection of the air conditioner about a month ago and now it's working like a charm.

Duffy's Tavern for Lunch?

One of my favorite bars in Lincoln - Duffy's Tavern - was featured in the LJS' Ground Zero last week for starting to serve lunch from Skeeter Barnes on Thursdays and Fridays.

I guess on Thursdays they have a $5 BBQ pork or brisket sandwich with their sweet potato chips. On Fridays you can get three ribs and the chips for $6. It's only $1 extra to upgrade and get one of their sides of cole slaw, baked beans, potato salad.

I had never eaten at Skeeter Barnes until a couple months ago and was amazed at how ridiculously good their brisket sandwiches are. The sauce is

This is a great idea! Like the article says,

The move is a win for both businesses. Skeeter can sell its food without the overhead, while Duffy’s can make some quick cash off beverage sales.

I think I'm going to have to slip out to Duffy's tomorrow for lunch and have a BBQ brisket sandwich and a cool one back in the beer garden.

Read the whole article here.