Ahhhh, the feeling of having an unlit Arturo Fuente Opus X in one's hand and the time to smoke it. This amazing combination is magical. Rarely do I smoke an Opus, but I am on the path to changing that. Many cigar shops only get the Opus only a few times a year, but mine has it year round thanks to a long friendship between the owner and Carlito Fuente.
Good Recipes From a Good Friend…. More To come
After spending way too much money on craft beer the past year, I had quite the revelation that this beer making thing could eventually lead me to save money (gasp). I figured if spend 9-11 dollars on a six pack of something tasty from the store and would go through around 8 or so beers during the course of the week (don't judge); inevitably the dollars added up.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Don and I were lucky enough to get a 30 minute phone interview with Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione, I started to transcribe the interview and realized that it was way too much content for a single post, so I’ve decided to break it into two parts. Plus it takes FOREVER to do the transcription, so I needed a break! This is part one of two…
I really got a kick out of hearing about this. Reader Mike Townsend just graduated to a dead author "mug club" at Bukowski's Tavern in Boston. The Challenge? Drink 136 beers in 180 days. You have to pay for the drinks yourself and the beers you drink will be marked down on a card. At the end of it all he recieved a GIANT custom beer mug that will have his graduate number and the name of the dead author of his choice (in his case Alexander Dumas).
