Ah, that time in 2013 when I needed the safe in my hotel room for work documents, but it was locked so the security guy came to unlock it for me, and we found two cans of Bud Light inside the safe and then stood there and wondered aloud for a good five minutes about […]
I felt right at home inside the bar. Now that might sound like old news to people who know me well, but this situation had a different element. The bar in question was in Cambridge, Mass., and I had never visited the place before. When I exited the subway station, I had to walk down […]
When I woke up last Friday, I knew we had a problem on our hands. The morning of our last full day at the beach brought a whole lot of rain. We had already weathered the storm – literally. The rain came the day before as well, but we filled the time with crafts, Bingo […]
I loved hearing the news earlier this year that Colorado-based brewer New Belgium would bring its products to Maryland in 2011. I love their well-known Fat Tire Ale and look forward to bootlegging it since Pennsylvania was not on the list of states added to the distribution. Signs have appeared advertising the beers, but they only […]
Congress does its best to avoid every chance it has to show us that the two sides can work together. Thankfully, we have found an example of bi-partisanship on an issue which truly can transform our country. Move over, Sam Adams: Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) want to make it easier for […]
One of the key aims of Pennsylvania’s new governor is to get the state out of the liquor store business. Currently, all liquor and wine is sold at state-run stores. The plan is to auction off those licenses to raise money and open up the marketplace. This will eliminate one of the problems with the […]
I have been on the road the last few days for work, attending a conference in Indianapolis. As is my custom when I travel. I tried to limit myself to new beers on the trip. The only time I had to change from that strategy was at the Indiana Pacers game I went to one […]
I discovered Yuengling beer sometime in 1992. That’s when I moved to central Pennsylvania. back then, I thought splurging for beer meant getting Budweiser. In bottles. That was top-shelf. Now I’m a minor beer snob and try to avoid most A-B, Miller and Coors products at all costs. But I still loves me some Yuengling, […]
I like to drink good beer. To further this quest, I like to try new beers from breweries I usually don’t get to sample. That led me to a sampler case (since Pennsylvania’s stupid laws make it almost impossible to just buy a 6-pack of anything except macro-brews) from the Philadelphia Brewing Co. First, a […]
I started to think about something the other day when I posted something about “Jersey Shore,” aka the greatest television show ever created. I have enjoyed watching The Situation so much, I decided he ranked among the top five people I wanted to have a beer with. I remember a guy I went to college […]