Last Friday, in the elevator on the way to a class I teach, I asked one of the graduate interns working in our department if she would mind sharing a little bit about her experience as a Psychology major. I indicated that I wanted her to do this, since her undergrad experience was much more recent than …
It was early Saturday morning, the end of our week at the beach. A week in which we fell into a new routine. One where the alarm didn’t go off and things were less hurried. Saturday marked the change in that routine, so we lingered long over the coffee in the gazebo overlooking the ocean. Neighbors climbed …
My friend Karen writes a regular column called Will Travel for Words. Recently, I was reflecting on trips I have taken (as one does when discussions begin to turn to summer vacation) and realized that if I were to write a travel column it would be titled, Will Travel for Beer. In case you feel like …
Looking for something other than a bottle of wine to take as a thank you to the host of that upcoming holiday party or New Years Eve dinner? Here are five ways to mix it up a little this season (and they won’t break the bank either):
Recently my friend (and awesome romance writer), Alexis Anne, shared with me that reading Neverending Beginnings made her want to make lasagna for dinner. (My main character in the novel repeats the same week over and over, and therefore makes lasagna over and over.) This has to be one of the coolest things anyone has told …
Two of my favorite things in the world are books and craft beer. Out of this grew the idea that maybe pairings aren’t just for the table anymore; perhaps there is a perfect beer for every book . . . I knew I was going to love Michelle Maisto’s memoir, The Gastronomy of Marriage, as …
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Two of my favorite things in the world are books and craft beer. Out of this grew the idea that maybe pairings aren’t just for the table anymore; perhaps there is a perfect beer for every book . . . About eight years ago, my husband and I bought the first floor of an old …
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Getting to finish off three quarters of this at the beer event because it was hiding behind a bunch of other bottles = awesome!
So whatever happened to those spent grain cooking projects and that stack of journals? How is the $3.00 tomato plant doing, anyway? I am sure you are all lying awake at night wondering about these things, so let me help you sleep through the night with a few updates: The brewer with whom I live …
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