Below is some VERY important information about one of our favorite Philadelphia events, i.e. the one and only The Brewer’s Plate (click here to read about our experiences in 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012)… PHILADELPHIA, PA—One of Philadelphia’s most anticipated local food and drink pairing events is pleased to […]
Death By Coconut. This should be the title for the final episode of a Gilligan’s Island re-boot. I’m thinking a 13 episode mini-series for Netflix or Amazon Prime, written by David Lynch and directed by Michel Gondry. The cast would be as follows: Jason Segal as Gilligan John Carroll […]
Once again, I walked out to the mail box and found that the utility companies still want to be paid for services. G-LO on the other hand found two bottles of Bas-Armagnac. I must live on the wrong block, or maybe the postman is a little sweet on […]
There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying, “I don’t know”. In a world filled with “experts”, I find it refreshing when someone is honest enough to know the limits of their knowledge or skill set. “I don’t know” was the subject of a 2014 Freakonomics podcast titled “The […]
My boy G-LO is a big fan of the cocktail, and on those rare occasions when he’s motivated enough to don his bartender’s cap, he’ll expend a great deal of effort to throw together a respectable and representable version of whatever cocktail he’s been inspired to make. I […]
As I’ve previously noted, I’m a big fan of the beer flight and have had them served to me many different ways. This one time, I had a flight served to me on a paddle. This other time, I had a flight served to me on a ski. […]
See that little Lego guy in the above photo (I call him Seamus) that’s carrying a camera in one hand, and a pretzel in the other one? He was behind Door #2 of this year’s 2015 Lego Advent Calendar. While there’s no denying that the Lego Advent Calendar […]
This post was supposed to be one of those unboxing videos that are all the rage on YouTube. Here’s an example of a very popular one: That video has been viewed over 63 MILLION TIMES! I should be grateful that two of those views weren’t made by my two […]
I’m a big fan of the beer sampler as I find that it’s a great way to try a variety of beers either from a single brewer or from a variety of local brewers. This was the case when at Smugglers’ Notch, I had the opportunity to try an IPA from […]
V is for Victory Brewing Company, the maker of the beer in the above photo. I is for IPA, the top selling Craft Beer style in 2014. T is for taste. It’s why I switched from drinking mass market beer to drinking beer from breweries such as Victory. […]