Oktoberfest in San Francisco...Chug-a-lug!

Chris' birthday is tomorrow (Monday) and a group of 10 of us went out last night to Suppenkuche, an awesome, fun German restaurant in SF. This restaurant is the Mullet of German festivities...business in the front (with casual yet loud communal tables) and party in the back (where they put large groups to basically wile' out). The scene is a la Oktoberfest...or at least how I imagine it. The back room fits three groups, which was filled to the brim with three birthday parties including ours.


Scene in the back room of Suppenkuche

Suppenkuche has multiple beer size options, one of which is a 3-Liter "man-size" that each table embarked upon (for those of us not fluent in metrics, 3 liters = just over 6 pints or about 8 1/2 cans of beer).


Birthday Boy Chris tackling a 3-Liter of Beer

Before you know it, we've decided that the three groups need to compete in a chugging contest of the 3L beer. The girls of our group were automatically eliminated for our lack of chugging skillz (yes, disappointing but true), so that left our five guys to fend for the team.


Our Team


Dave's Successful Quest to Ruin his new Barney's Shirt with Beer

Finally, the contest began. We unfortunately lost...horribly. You can see the 1st place winners in the back left of the screen (even though it's super dark). So sad.


Complete Mayhem in the Back Room


Jen and Alex Celebrating their European Heritage


Dave and me loving every moment


Happy Birthday, Chris!

Nonetheless, we made friends with the table next to us (the 2nd place team...yes, we were undoubtedly 3rd place) and decided to continue the party at a bar down the street. Our group didn't last long and Dave and I decided to continue our own dance party at Gravity back in the Marina. We don't often go to a dance club solo, so it was a lot of fun to just get down without knowing a soul around!

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To the chugging pros of our lives...Meg, husband Marco, bro-in-law Jon...don't judge us. Some of us weren't chugging from the womb and we can only hope to achieve your level or professionalism in life. xoxo