St. Paddy's Day 2nd Annual Costello Beer O'Lypmics Re-Cap!!!!

Zach: How's the Madness treating ya out there ya big ol' batch ah cheaters! Aaaaaah! March! It's the best time of the year is it not? Ya got the stupidest, yet most amusing holiday in St. Patrick's Day, you got the trickling out of the SHITTY weather, and you've got my personal favorite sporting event, the college hoops March Madness Basketball tournament. My Bracket is not yet completely busted! I did pick a decent upset that no one saw coming, Dayton. But there are just too many god damn upsets now!

I love March Madness because I was raised a KU Basketball fan. It's like being a Yankee fan. They are always good. I am a Jayhawks fan because my dad grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and then went to school there. I am also a VCU Rams fan, as VCU is my alma mater. VCU has been an excellent presence in the tournament since Eric Maynor hit an ice cold 3-point shot to knock out Duke a few years back while I was going through my Senior Year. I am VERY excited about the tournament this year. But enough about that…I can talk about it for weeks to come! (hopefully I will want to) Rock Chalk Cheaters!

Last Cheat Day the lovely lady Marie Weigle hosted her 2nd Annual Costello Beer O'Lympics! I missed them last year because of an audition. There is no way in HELL I was going to miss them this year. Plus, this year the Beer O'Lympics was on CHEAT DAY EM-EFFERS! And for anyone who's ever done the slow carb diet they know that BEER is one of the hardest fucking things to give up. So this event allowed me to spend Cheat Day pounding plastic cup after plastic cup of GREEN Beer. The green Keg O'Choice at the event was Budweiser. It's all good as long as it's green on St. Paddy's Day!

I hoped right onto Marie's Green Team. Our team was the fiestiest featuring Marie, Myself, Jon Wikholm, and Mike Hamilton. In fact Judge Brian Gartland gave us an honorary award as being most spirited.

We started off rusty placing last in the first event of beer ball. I cemented the loss when I went to the ground for the ball and arose rapidly, jamming my right shoulder into the underside of the table and flipping it right over. It was a clutzy, Chris Farley-esque, moment and I was devastated and embarassed. I came to win!

We CHAMPIONED the next event, Beer Pong, making all things even. Next came flip cup. I had one of those intensely awesome come from behind flip cup moments where your opponent is frantically flipping away while you chug your whole beer, set the cup, flip it once and land it like you drained that final 3-point jumper in the last second of the game! That move got us to the flip cup finals where it was the exact same situation only reversed on us and we lost it womp womp womp.

Finally was a non-drinking game to round it all out called heads-up. I think Ellen Degeneres sponsors this game which you can get on any iPad, iPhone, or Android device. The Green Team SUCKED ASS at this game as each guesser with the iPad on their head was yelled incoherent drunken clues by the entire rest of the team. In hindsight it would've been better to let just one person give clues while just one person guessed.

We we lost, the white team won…again…even without Tony Giamichael. Either way I had a blast. The Beer O'Lympics is a great event and I hope it continues for years to come!

Declining Offerings Gracefully…the holidays are over everyone!

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Zach: What up my CHEATERz?! Zachy F in da house!!!!!! Okay that was dumb. So last Saturday Liz and I went to DMK Burger off of the Wellington Brown line stop. It definitely lived up to the hype. I had a DOUBLE #3 Mother Effers. Now that thing is like a double burger plus a Reuben sandwich, meaning it was stuffed with pastrami and kraut, and a 1,000 island dressing substitute. YES, my heart certainly did skip a beat and YES I did mistake it for a heart attack!

'Sconsin Cheddar fries (loyolaphoenix.com)

I also ordered Wisconsin Cheddar and Scallion fries. The melty wisconsin cheddar was so soft and mild it made me want to never stop eating, but my newly puny stomach could not, would not have been able to handle it. Especially since Liz decided to order a HUGE order of Parmesan with Truffle Cream fries…which were also out of this world. I swear you just put truffle cream on anything and it makes me wanna….aaaaaauuuuuuugggggghhhhh….

Liz ordered a #9, The Patty Melt, as her burger….I got to try some…cause…ya know, I said "LIZ! Look over there!" (yoink, nom nom nom, heh heh heh) It was awesome, better than my burger. I offered a trade but no dice, she agreed that hers was better and then smacked my face for the thievery. This patty melt had burger with smoked bacon, smoked swiss, burnt onions, that 1,000 island substitute "Leroy's Remoulade," and it was all in between panini style grilled rye bread. DE-LICIOUS.

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Our Good Buddy Brian Gartland met us there before he had to go to work. he ordered the not so standard #1. It looked as delicious as he said it was. All in all we had a good time. The service was on point and it wasn't too bad waiting at the bar for our table to clear up…get us a little drunk. This place is busy, but give it a try…mmmmaybe during the weekday.

I am looking forward to another cheat meal this Saturday although I've got no idea where it'll be… As for the title of this post…let me just say I am VERY happy the holidays are over and I don't have to turn down as many delicious offerings from sweet old ladies, or friends, or coworkers. It was getting REALLY hard to not eat all the chocolate or brownies or cakes or philly cheesesteaks or EVERYTHING! Here's a tip for people thinking about dieting and you are finding it hard to turn down all the free treats and offering from people: talk about your diet EVERY TIME someone bugs you to eat something, TRUST ME, they will get bored and leave you alone. I do it all the time and I find it hilarious. I make sure I say the same things each time I explain it. Then tell them to look you up on Cheat Days! Happy cheating everyone!