Getting My Backyard Sanctuary Together

Rope Curtain Tiebacks and Rods For a total change of pace, I’m posting a DYI project.  This may seem totally unlike me but actually, I am a handyman at heart and have done quite a few fun home improvement projects before starting this blog. Now I’m gonna share ’em wit yous! (Pittsburgh speak/plural for more […]

My Annual Summer Beer Fest

I’m FINALLY posting about the 18th Annual Summer Beer Fest which happened July 24th and 25th in Ypsilanti, MI at Riverside Park. This place was…IS…the PERFECT place to hold a festival. I try to go to this event every year because of the awesome location and the spaciousness and superb placement of the booths. There were […]

Getting Old Is For The Birds

Do I really need to type more than this? Well…to really make you sad, how about some aging celebrities! They have the money, power AND fame to stop time…AND CAN’T!!! The rest of us have no hope. No hope at all… *chugs glass of wine* In order… Boy George (who I love with all my […]

Avocado Brown Rice Stuffed Peppers: See? I Can Cook Without Beer!

I’m posting this because this recipe was…IS delicious. I took a little bit from a whole bunch of different recipes I could remember and put them together.  I now present to you… Avocado Brown Rice Stuffed Peppers! The measurements are huge because I made a ton of this for the week and please feel free to […]

I Swear This Is My First Time! (A Look Back To My First Beer)

Yes. This is a picture of Athens. Yes. I went to OU. Yes. The parties were as good as Playboy says. Onto the story. My first experience into beer drinking. College. I could end the post right here and everyone would get it.  I think we all have a lot of “firsts” when we go to […]

New York, Melting Pot or Melting Pit: The Last 60 Minutes To My Hotel

Throwback post to a time in my beloved home away from home.  New York. I think you all know I’m in NY right now working. No…no Korean Spa…well…maybe later.  Anyway…So when I realized the train was a block from my hotel, I HAD to scoot on over to see if I could catch a musical in Times […]

Milk Does The Body Good, But Only If It Is Real Milk

Yes. This milk is in a box. Yes. I got it for one dollar at Dollar Tree. Yes. It was sitting on a shelf next to the fake Coke (Foka Cola). Not refrigerated. Yes. It says it can sit in your pantry until 3/16. Yes. I said March of 2016. Yes. It smells odd. Yes. […]

Yes. I Get Paid For This.

Not everything on this site is about beer or naked old ladies.  Some posts are about my career…well…what I do to make money.   On an exciting note, I had the pleasure of acting in an episode of the kid’s tv show “The Wannabes”.  I played a cranky bouncer in the tween dance club called “Moxi”.  The great […]

Tasting Beer With Everything You Have!

If you are a lover of craft beer and you haven’t seen this short video from Sam Calagione, the founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, You are sorely missing out. Because I’m a beer snob..or maybe just a snob, I drink with my five senses every time I have a beer.  It never gets old to me […]