Outpost 505

Honestly, I’m surprised I had room for breakfast after eating all the toast at Merchant on our last full day in Madison.  As we walked to breakfast, rubbing the sleep and mild hangovers out of our eyes, Shane teased me about the stack of toast which somehow grew from 3-4 slices of crusty farmhouse bread [...]

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Seriously, Madison has too much good food to limit it to just one post. Which isn’t to say that everything we ate was wonderful – we had some downright lousy coffee, for example, and tried to get drinks at a couple of places that turned out to be too upscale (while also smelling really weird) [...]

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Madison has a lot going for it, that’s for sure. In addition to the zoo, you have the State Capitol, site of massive protests earlier in the year and ongoing protests by what appears to be a group of homeless men who have nothing to do other than yell RE-CALL-WALK-ER as loudly as possible at [...]

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Would you look at this fancy lady? Jackie’s birthday fell on the first full day of ACRL, so after my early morning presentation and a day of conferencing, we were determined to find some sort of mischief befitting two fancy ladies celebrating a special occasion. That is how we found ourselves at Varga Bar, which [...]

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Among the best beers in the world, and enjoyed by three of my favorite beer nerds this weekend. It was soooo good to have the dudes here, and I can’t wait to see them again in DC in a few weeks. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

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For the third year in a row, I was nominated to the Yelp Elite Squad.  I’m not entirely sure how that works, but since moving to A2, we’ve attended a few Elite events which have all featured free food, drink, merriment, and Yelp swag.  Thursday night’s event at Woodruff’s was no exception. Food: wee sandwiches, [...]

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Photo by stevendepolo There was a Founders event at Ashley’s tonight. We drank excellent beers and shared a table with strangers because the bar was so crowded. Shane had his first Black Biscuit – or at least the first in a long time – and I sipped a Canadian Breakfast Stout. What more can I [...]

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Photo by ryanbmolloy I’m really having a hard time figuring out the best part of tonight. Was it the red chile tofu sandwich at Jolly Pumpkin? The trio of dips split by a trio of friends? The fact that I successfully ate something other than oatmeal or soup? Perhaps it was Shane’s walleye, which he [...]

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With the conference over at noon, I found myself with a free day and nothing to do. Another epic walk was in order, but my first stop was the High Museum, where I had a very important date with my friend Dalí. It was Bank of America’s Museums on Us weekend, so while I would’ve [...]

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I’m in Atlanta for a few days for the LITA National Forum – my first opportunity for professional development since leaving GW more than a year ago.  It’s also my first time in Atlanta, so I’m hoping to see as much as I can during/around the conference sessions. That said, I arrived with no actual [...]

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