This holiday season part two, this is how I’m giving thanks:
Beer, Turkey, and Pilgrims
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
Thanks to Tivo, I haven’t seen a commercial in years. But I sure did stop when I saw a few frames of cutie pie Masi Oka from Heroes and an even cuter white and green laptop. […]

Drouhin recalls all Beaujolais Nouveau in Washington. Try the 2006 Beaujolais Villages. Should be around $8-10 and has an earthy, strawberry jam flavor–without a hint of tin can. (Really cheap Beaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau always tastes like fruit out of a tin can to me, sorry.)
Le Sigh, there’s an update from Joseph Drouhin if you […]

It’s not often that we here in the backwater Northwest get to look to New York City, snicker, and roll our eyes. New York Times, I guffaw in your general direction. So what if I read and comment on the newspaper two days late? I’m a busy girl. That’s excusable. This is a blog. But […]

When I go out for a drink or something to eat, I always ask one question before I pass judgment: “What are they trying to be?” The implied follow up question is, of course, And how well do they achieve this? But lately, in my travels and around my own backyard, another question preempts this […]

Music informs everything I do, so it’s extremely difficult to pick just one way music and beer go together for me. The theme to this month’s session is “Beer & Music: A Message in a Bottle.”
So I’ll play sommelier for a moment, and think of a beer I’ve enjoyed recently…a bottle of Jolly Pumpkin Biere […]