Another Burlington Weekend [beer and cider included]

Why yes we were up in Burlington again for what seems like the millionth time this summer but we do love it and this time it was to meet up with family. My younger brother is starting a course at Yestermorrow Design/Build School so my parents swung over to Burlington after dropping him off to see us [aka the grandkids] before heading back to NY.

 

We, admittedly, have never been to Citizen Cider on Pine St. even though we pass it every time we come to Burlington and this time we decided to stop. We may have also only stopped because Declan was asleep so managing one kid at a restaurant/brewery is muuuch simpler than two so it was also out of convenience. Don't get me wrong, we love cider but we are first beer lovers so we are picky cider drinkers. Our problem with ciders is that we feel like they all taste the same even when they say they are all vastly different. Let me just say that Citizen Cider is a beer drinkers cider [they may or may not hate that I just said that] and each one tasted vastly different from the rest and I honestly liked each one and even loved a few. We always chose Citizen when we get cider at the store but usually just their flagship [which is amazing and we do get it very often] but we will for sure be venturing out and trying each and every one of theirs. They will also be on our "must stop while in Burlington" list from now on too!

Slept the entire time...

 

An open, family style tasting/restaurant room with some tables outside too.

 

We stayed the night at the Marriot [my dad travels for work and has points or else we'd be AirBnbing it] which by the way is an awesome location right next to Hotel Vermont on the water. On our way back to Rutland we stopped at the ReUse materials store on Pine St. [they have an actual store and a materials store] and found my dream sink for our new house. We also got all the hardware for our kitchen cabinets [$1 a piece I may add] and a few other things that would have cost us a couple hundred dollars brand new and instead cost us $20 and are exactly what I wanted. Below is our 1962 Kohler cast iron white enameled sink with drain tray that I love.

That's enough typing..below are some pictures from the weekend where we stopped at [in no particular order, just as I can remember them] Burlington Beer Co., Citizen Cider, Once Upon a Child Consignment shop, ate at American Flatbread, had a family run on the bike trail, and of course walked Church Street while eating pizza larger than our heads. Enjoy!


Burlington Beer Co. is a family favorite with tons of old school games that the boys love.

Finn pretending to be a beer maker - I have to brag that he knows the beer goes through a masher, aka the mash tun :)

Our Vermont Weekend: Take 2

On the road again this past weekend but this time all the way up north to Burlington. It's a 1hr 45min drive straight up Route 7 and is super easy. We almost always make it a day trip and thankfully the boys (usually) fall asleep both ways.
[ There is info on a new brewery so keep reading through my shameless Credit Union speech. ]
We planned our trip around the inaugural meeting for The Credit Union Young Professionals of Vermont that I helped my friend and mentor plan. I'm a typical millennial and want my career to have meaning, I'm not just in it for the money to pay bills [a little bit of a lie since our student loans are hell]. My time away from my family has to be for good reason and working for our Credit Union does just that. Not to get all philosophical but credit unions are for the people, they are a co-op and are there to help the community and especially the underbanked.
There's my shameless plug for the day and on-to the pictures of my kids that the grandparents will love :P

A group of the smartest, hardest-working women and the future of our Credit Unions!

The newest brewery just opened up in Burlington so we had to stop in and try it. Foam Brewers is right on the water, just down from Skinny Pancake and totally makes me wish we lived closer and had a nanny that could chase after our kids as we sat and drank beer. It seems to attract a younger crowd but seeing as it is a bit of a college town that's to be expected, although it did make me feel especially old :(

 

We topped off our day with a quick visit to Echo Aquarium - also right on the water and .25miles from the brewery. We're members so we love to just stop in for a half hour, look at some fish and then head out and we never feel like we wasted our entrance fee. FYI - if you're a member you also get free entry into a ton of museums around the country including the Boston Kids Museum, the Boston Natural History Museum, Syracuse MOST, and 3 different museums in Ithaca as well. It's so worth it and one of the best kept secrets there is.

 

Well that was our weekend. This weekend we have an open house to sell our tiny home in the city in hopes of a little more land for our kids and dog to run around on. Wish us luck!