I’m not much of a sports fan, but I do love auto racing, so whenever I approach an event like WhiskyLIVE, I try to formulate a “race strategy” beforehand, and then try my best to stick to that “race strategy” (this helps to avoid those “I’m never drinking […]
This past Sunday, The Wookie, our friend Mike (an honorary Booze Dancer), and I attended Fair Food Philly’s annual Brewer’s Plate event at the National Constitution Center. This would be The Wookie’s second time attending this event (click here to read his review of last year’s event), and a […]
On Wednesday, February 27th (i.e. two nights ago), Limpd and I attended the American Spirits Bartender Competition at the Stratus Rooftop Lounge which is located on the top floor of the Hotel Monaco in Old City Philadelphia. This event was sponsored by the National Constitution Center as part […]
The above photo is my submission for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge from WordPress’s The Daily Post Blog. This week’s theme is Illumination. And below are a couple more shots that hopefully illustrate this theme (one of them even won an award!).
The last time the holiday gathering that we call Crafty Day was written about on this blog was way back in December of 2010. That is not to say that we didn’t celebrate Crafty Day in 2011, I just never got around to writing about it. In a nutshell, […]
Jersey Week is that week in November where schools are closed on Tuesday for Election Day and then Thursday and Friday for the NJEA convention. Some school districts close for the entire week while other hold classes (albeit poorly attended) on Monday and Wednesday. Each year, we use this week […]
During the last twelve months I have gone on three family vacations. The first of these vacations held out a promise of Craft Brewery tours (last summer’s trip to Maine), and the second one held out a promise of acquiring some hard to find Cigar City Craft Beers […]
Every October for the past five years (2006 to 2011), the boys and I have attended the Fall edition of The Single Malt & Scotch Whisky Extravaganza that’s been held at The Union League in Center City Philadelphia. During our 2011 excursion to this event, we noticed a […]
Our favorite South Jersey craft beer bar, The Pourhouse in Westmont, NJ, has been celebrating “Hoppy Easter!” since this past Thursday (check out their Twitter feed to read more about it). In
Two weeks ago, Mrs. G-LO and I spent the weekend in Manhattan to celebrate a birthday (my 45th) and a wedding anniversary (our 13th). Although this would be our third such trip in three years, we (by “we” I mean Mrs. G-LO) decided to mix things up a […]