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Before the weekend began its rapid descent into Monday, I made it over to the Astoria Bohemian Hall beer garden for some outdoor futbol action on the big screen. This Sunday was the quarterfinals and, while the beer garden's owned by Czechs, there were plenty of Italians and Spaniards on hand to celebrate one lucky team's victory in the Eurocup game. Every surface was covered with plates of bratwurst, plenty of Hoegaarden, and enough kraut to choke a horse- all of which was to be expected.

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