Risking sobriety for one little sip?

26Jun09

A beer that tastes like barbecue?
Damn if I didn’t want a taste!
A few weekends ago, B. discovered Shiner Smokehaus, a new “sommer bier” from a popular local brewer. He & I were enjoying some really good smoked brisket at the time and he said the beer tasted kind of like the meat (in a good [...]

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The hardest-drinking city in America? Mine.

20Jun09

Last summer, my current hometown earned this dubious honor.
Had we achieved this accolade in 1992, the year I moved here, you can bet your Shiner Bock that I would have bragged, big time, to the gang back in D.C.
After all, one of the major selling points that convinced me to move here was the margaritas. [...]

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Reason NOT to Drink #3: vacation

10Jun09

A much-needed break.
A four-day-weekend.
A little R&R.
Time to decompress.
Chillaxin.’
Call it what you will, the concept of “vacation” never existed in my mind without the accompanying concept of “drinking.”
Whether it was a tropical getaway replete with piña coladas or a girls’ trip to NYC for a wealth of wining and dining, alcohol always figured prominently in [...]

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