Ah Oktoberfest, yet another US adopted "holiday" with the soul purpose(in the US that is) to get drunk. Boy we sure do love our excuses to get drunk here in the States. St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo and of course, Oktoberfest(which is even better since that lasts for 16 days). Now if you ask anyone at your local pub what any of these holiday/festivals are for Oktoberfest is the only one that they seem to come close to knowing about...but usually they just say it's about drinking beer. Which is close enough :) . So one would assume that my tribute to Oktoberfest would involve beer. You would be wrong. I went to my first Oktoberfest when I was 15 years old. The oh so authentic version of course.....it was a giant tent(with the traditional Budweiser logo on it) in the middle of a parking lot with a really bad polka band playing. That is Oktoberfest in Phoenix, AZ ladies and gentlemen. We sat at long picnic tables decorated in spilled beer and I sat  and wondered what was so … [Read more...]