beer.jpgLast night I decided I needed to kick the last weekend before classes off right, so I hopped on the Yellow train and headed to Cheeks in Uptown. If you’ve never been, Cheeks is pretty sweet—it still has that dive kind of feel, but it has a small stage, a decent size dance floor, and features a lot of local bands. They also only serve beers brewed in Western Pennsylvania, which kinda rocks my world. My family happens to be good friends with the owner, which is a good and a bad thing…and both come in a glass. ;)

Being a bartender myself, you’d think I’d know better than to go all out on a Friday, but whatev. Gretchen couldn’t make it, but I met up with some folks who were already there. The band playing that night was kickin, they were a funky, jazzy, crazy fusion type of deal. The Bonobos I’m pretty sure they were called. Good Stuff. Highly recommended.