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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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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I’ll just come right out and say it: we’re not good at relaxing. We’re good at doing nothing. We’re good at procrastinating. But we’re not good at relaxing. We went to the beach a couple of years ago and managed 15 minutes of sitting by the ocean before we got bored and reverted to walking [...]

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Given our failure to make drinkable coffee, our first stop after packing up camp was Kavarna Coffeehouse in Green Bay – yet another example of the sort of place I wish existed in Ann Arbor. Photo by paul goyette Good coffee, a delicious-looking menu, and ample seating on two levels for those wanting to put [...]

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I might have mentioned before that we’re not good at road tripping. Which is to say: we don’t enjoy driving. Long drives almost always mean traffic, construction, excessive junk food, and, if we’re visiting my family, terrible weather. Seriously, it … Continue reading →

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The first in a series of posts about the exceptional food I ate in 2.5 days in New York. We’re Mario Batali fans around here, so Eataly was at the top of my To Do list upon arriving in New York Friday night.  Opened in 2010 in partnership with Lidia Bastianich and others, Eataly is [...]

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So, despite the fact that I won the pi/e day competition at Gelman two years ago, I’d never made a pie entirely from scratch until last week.  Sure, I’ve made lots of scratch-filling pies, but I’ve always relied on the trusty roll-out Pillsbury crusts from a box.  Lazy, I know, but why mess with a [...]

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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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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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I’m the wrong person to write a post about Russian River. I really am. I can’t do it justice, and for that, I’m sorry. I can, however, tell you that the Russian River brewpub is located on a quiet street in a cute downtown area – quiet and cute in the middle of a Tuesday, [...]

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