Allan Jenkins (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Beer is the third-most-consumed liquid in the world (after water and tea), but not long ago it was still surprisingly hard to find a decent beer bar in Los Angeles. No, not an ultra lounge cordoned off by velvet ropes and cologne-soaked bouncers or a high-end speakeasy specializing in retro cocktails. A bar. One [...]
TheDodBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
On seeing these my first thought was that there must be an Irish pub nearby and yes there was. I passed it by as I had better things to do then have a discussion on the Ireland-France football game. Maybe next time.
Beer in Baltimore (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I'm just stumbling over beer news in my normal news perusal, so here, look over mu shoulder: BBC News: the seemingly weekly news of booze being healthy : "Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests. The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
FIRE has damaged the kitchen of Harrigan's Irish Pub at Pokolbin, but firefighters were able to save the rest of the building and nearby accomodation.
Fightin' Mad Mary and Q! (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Mom wanted show us the new casino that was built in an old steel mill in Bethlehem PA. It was very busy for a Thursday afternoon. Mom played the penny slots and broke even. We also had a few beers and an Irish wiskey in the Irish pub in the casino. It was a nice relaxing afternoon. Now we're on our way to the Oyster House in Milford for dinner. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
The Pub Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I can’t help thinking that Chris Maclean is looking at the pub trade through rose-tinted spectacles when he says he thinks the worst is now over and there are great opportunities out there. He is entirely right, of course, about the vicious circle of decline – falling trade leading to shorter opening hours, reduced facilities and lower standards of service and cleanliness. But putting all...
freecounterpoint (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WIsh I could drink Brit beer here. A bit of clarity would be nice.The bitterness makes it well enough though.
Adobe Blogs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I'm going to be in Portland, Oregon this Friday. At 10:30 I'll be on a panel at the Supercomputing 2009 conference with folks from Intel, NVidia, AMD, Dreamworks and Contra Costa College talking about preparing developers for new parallel programming paradigms. At 3pm, I'll be at Kells Irish Pub in the Pearl District for a Pixel Bender tweetup. Portland Pixel Bender Developers (or interested folk),...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Waxy O'Connor's, 690 SW First Ct., Miami, celebrates its grand opening with Irish bagpipers, Celtic dancers, a U2 tribute band, free eats and drink specials from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday. On Wednesdays, the Irish pub has added a rotating roster of reggae bands, singers and DJs beginning at 10 p.m. with no cover and discounted brews; 786-871-7660.
News From Nowhere (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
And so we went to Wales. We headed along the North Wales coast road to the City of Bangor which is about a two and a half hour drive away from where we live in Yorkshire. Bangor stands proud keeping watch over the Menai Straights and the island of Anglesey in the north-west corner of Wales. It is an ancient city and home to a thriving university. It is also home to a thriving branch our family. It...
gamboling (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
He is sitting on his high bar stool, supping. Reading his newspaper that he has folded in half, drinking his half pint of beer. He looks the most self-assured man in the world, because he doesn't need anyone, or anything. And he's just about arrogant enough to believe it. Years ago, he made a choice when she left, he chose to not rely on anyone. He decided he would be fine with it. And he was. He came...
Lost City (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Shakespeare's Sister, the gift shop that sat on Court Street for nearly 15 years before closing in summer 2008, has been sitting empty for more than a year. But lately the storefront has been enveloped in plywood, a sure sign of progress. Now, the word on the street is that the people behind Nectar, the juice-ice cream-sandwich-whatsit place a little further north up Court, will be taking over the...
Yours for Good Fermentables ™ (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Clamps and Gaskets is a weekly wrap-up of stories that I have not posted at Yours For Good Fermentables.com , but that, nevertheless, I find interesting or germane. Most of the pieces deal with beer (or wine, or whisky); some do not. But all are brief, and many are re-posts from my Twitter account: twitter.com/cizauskas . This is Week 45: 8 November - 14 November 2009 2009.11.14 A Google-based map...
WaitingForNextYear (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
So the Cavs are playing the Wiz this Wednesday in DC, which means it’s time for the local chapter of WFNY East to meet up and drink the beer realize that we are real, actual people and not internet entities. So, here are the deets: Meetup Location: Fado Irish Pub – 808 7th St NW [...]
Army of Mom (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Unless, of course, you want to see the hippie pictures. I didn't post any of them here. I got a couple of winners, too. These pics are from the Muir Woods. These are the redwoods in this part of California. Gorgeous. And, the view from the mountain above Muir Woods, where we got lost when we missed our turn. Mom and I looking down on San Francisco. Sunrise over the Bay. The penguins at the Puma store...
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