What I learned this week, November 30, 2012
D Magazine: Why Does Dallas Hate Cyclists? Bicycling in Dallas is too difficult and too dangerous. Bicycling magazine called Dallas the worst city for cyclists—twice (in 2008 and 2012). As a result,...
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Why The Hot Sauce Industry Is The New Craft Beer Industry and Hot Sauce Goes Mainstream 11 Foods You Can’t Buy Anywhere Anymore How to Make Beer Check out this beautiful 1933 brewing guide from the...
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Dallas Tweed Ride Save the Date: The Official Dallas Tweed Ride, February 9th **Updated Date** Be there or be square. I’m stoked. Tabasco Gumbo Recipes 10 Beautifully Designed Beer Products It’s the...
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I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow I’m drunk and dirty don’t ya know, and I’m still, willin’ Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light Alice, Dallas Alice —-...
View ArticleWhat I learned this week, March 08, 2013
The True-Life Horror that Inspired Moby-Dick Call Me Ishmael What’s on Tap: Proposed laws good for beer – and Texas 10 biggest fast food failures I remember looking at a bag of potato chips and...
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Burgers and Beer Smashburger and Deep Ellum Brewing Co Pairing Menu Turandot at the Death Star Creates Device that Harvests Energy From Air The 8 Most Incredible Stop-Motion Animation Music Videos...
View ArticleWhat I learned this week, April 19, 2013
As I’ve said before, I strongly support Amir Omar for the upcoming Mayoral election in Richardson. Here’s an interesting article from D Magazine on the election: An Outsider Takes on Richardson’s Old...
View ArticleWhat I learned this week, April 26, 2013
The Worst #1 songs of the 1980′s The Worst #1 songs of the 1970′s The Worst #1 songs of the 1960′s Music is definitely getting worse over the years. There are a couple on the 1960′s list that I...
View ArticleFriends of the Santa Fe Trail Bike Ride & Pub Crawl
This weekend, I wanted a nice, longish, slow bike ride – something through some varied spots of city and where I could make a stop or two for a rest and maybe a beer. There was a very strong southerly...
View ArticleZombies and Cops
Looking at my schedule on Thursday, I had a lot that I wanted to do that evening and on Friday, so I decided to take a vacation day and try and squeeze in as much as I could. After changing into...
View ArticleStuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
“‘Twas in another lifetime One of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue The road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness A creature void of form Come in she said I’ll give ya Shelter from...
View ArticleBicycle Brewery Tour
“Good people drink good beer.” —-Hunter S Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Back in February I went on a bike ride organized by Bike Friendly Oak Cliff that went from Klyde Warren Park to a...
View ArticleCommunity Beer Bicycle Swap Meet
October in Texas is a special time. With the killer summer heat broken – we have a short time of pleasant, comfortable weather… no more than a few weeks before the violent swings of winter set in....
View ArticleSanta Fe Fall Pub Ride
It seems longer ago – but it was only last May that I rode a fun bike ride sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe Trail (my favorite bike trail in the Metroplex). Today they were doing another one…...
View ArticleBourbon Barrel Temptress
The ice storm was more than a full day past and I hadn’t left the house except for a short visit to the yard. But it was time to go, time to get out, time to visit the world… at least a little bit. It...
View ArticleWhat I learned this week, February 14, 2013
10 Gorgeous Growlers A pint of beer is delicious, but not as delicious as four pints…poured into a massive bottle…that you can take with you. I’m talking growlers, people—everybody’s favorite Big Boy...
View ArticleTaking Flight
A “Heavy Hitter” flight at Luck, in Trinity Groves. Heavy Hitter beer flight at Luck, in Trinity Groves, Dallas, Texas From left to right: Velvet Hammer, from Peticolas Brewing Company – One of my...
View ArticleWhat I learned this week, March 14, 2014
10 underrated novels from great authors I have always loved “The Crossing” by McCarthy more than some of his more ballyhooed works. “The second chapter in McCarthy’s Border Trilogy is also, at least in...
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