For this year’s Spring Break boondoggle, we headed out to Las Vegas for a few days and then ventured up to Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah. After a hard day of clamoring up and over natural obstacles, we stopped at Zion Pizza & Noodle for well, um, pizza and […]
If you pay a visit to the Ballast Point website, you wouldn’t be wrong to think that you mistakenly navigated to the website of a fresh fruit purveyor. Pineapple, watermelon, mango, grapefruit, and habanero. These ingredients are used in five of the first six beers listed on their […]
“I’m so hungry that I could eat my own arm!” – Mrs. G-LO Why was Mrs. G-LO so hungry on March 13, 2016 that she almost resorted to cannibalism? Here’s the answer… On March 11th and March 12th, Mrs. G-LO and I had the good fortune of enjoying […]
I wasn’t a Girl Scout as a kid. I’m not quite sure why since most of my friends were, but I did love the cookies they sold. Especially those Thin Mints. Being a huge fan of Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream, Thin Mints were a no-brainer choice when I got […]
A couple of weeks ago, we received two sample bottles of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer. Since I already reviewed this grown-up soda, I decided that I’d try it in a cocktail. The obvious cocktail choice would have been a Dark’N’Stormy or a Moscow Mule, but I decided to […]
The color of Sixpoint’s C.R.E.A.M. is quite peculiar. It has an odd orangey glow to it (not to be confused with Orange Glo). Magda from There’s Something About Mary comes to mind. You remember Magda! She was the little old lady that spent too much time at the […]
How do you say Gose? Repeat after me: GOH-zuh. I have yet to try a German version, But I’ve had several American versions. Four of them to be exact. My first Gose was made with blood oranges. My second was made with cherries. My third was closer to […]
AK: Well, Señor, we meet again for another Friday night Siesta y Fiesta! G-LO: Hola, Mi Amigo! Where we headed tonight? AK: We are headed, my friend, to España! Via Scotland. G-LO: Muy bueno! It’s been many moons since I set foot on Spanish soil. I dig it! […]
Just before the start of 2016, we received an email from Brass Ring Spirit Brands of Greenville, SC asking if we were interested in reviewing their new line of flavored whiskies called Whiskey Girl. Given our past experiences with flavored whiskies, I was hesitant to accept their offer, […]
The Millennium Biltmore Hotel is an imposing structure in Downtown Los Angeles that makes one think of swank charity balls for the latest disease du jour, catering for a thousand well-dressed business types, and a room service menu with $12.00 bagels for those who need $12.00 bagels after […]