Is it ever more fun to pop a bottle top than in mid-July? Holding a cool bottle of goodness on a steamy-hot day… Come on. What beats that?
Recently I started popping my tops with the most super-awesome bottle opener ever.
And, once again, this little treasure was discovered right here in R-house—actually, in R-garage. Our home’s original owners left a huge tackle box in the garage attic, filled with dozens of vintage fishing lures. Perhaps I’ll give you a peek at those one day soon, but this bottle opener was one of my favorite (and definitely most-used) finds in that box.
It’s straight from Minnesota’s own Grain Belt brewery and I love that it’s just so satisfyingly functional. With words! Plus it’s metal and, well, you know. I kind of have a thing for metal.
Here’s to enjoying any little scrap of metal you might find laying around your house. If you’re lucky, it will be as cool as mine. Ha! Cheers.
by julie rybarczyk

















