I believe, fervently, that Saturday nights are made for watching bad movies, mainly because I'm a shut-in with the personal skills of a wounded bear who was already not too fond of people. But finding the right bad movie is difficult. You need to hit all the right notes of hilarious dialogue, wooden acting and … Continue reading Saturday Night Movie Review: Stake Land
A Tour of GrandTen Distilled
EDIT: Lonnie from GrandTen sent an email my way and let me know that he enjoyed my review. Also, I am now aware that his name is not Robbie. Correction made! For whatever reason, most of my experiences around Boston have been centered around brewery tours. Or trying to find a decently priced sushi restaurant with an … Continue reading A Tour of GrandTen Distilled
Just Down Downs Road
In spite of the fact that I do not believe in monsters, the supernatural or Lovecraftian horrors, I will still go out of my way to try and find them. I've gone to Boston Commons trying to find the numerous ghosts that are supposed to have been sighted there. I've journeyed down abandoned stairwells hidden … Continue reading Just Down Downs Road
Beer Review: Samuel Adams Third Voyage
For a long time, I had a love/hate relationship with IPAs. They were too bitter, too strong tasting, too hoppy. Now I feel like I could go the rest of my life never drinking anything else. So when I saw a new Sam Adams Double IPA, (Third Voyage) I ran and grabbed my specially … Continue reading Beer Review: Samuel Adams Third Voyage
A Place of Our Own
Emily introduced me to sushi a few years ago and, since then, we've gone to about six or seven places in the Boston area and never more than once. None of the places we went to were necessarily bad (except for the one in Somerville where the waitress corrected Emily in the most condescending manner … Continue reading A Place of Our Own
On the Fringes of Geekery
Like many geeks, I am not, nor have I ever been, very comfortable in my geeky obsessions. They are hidden away, buried and untalked about. I'm not just talking about my love of movies and science fiction and the occasional computer game. I have secreted away still geekier joys, of which I will not speak. … Continue reading On the Fringes of Geekery
Brewing an Education: Porters and Stouts (Part IV)
The only way to gain an education in anything food related is with a lot of practical experience. If you want to know how to make bouillabaisse, you need to make bouillabaisse. If you want to know how rabbits taste, you need to taste rabbits (poorly worded, will fix later). Similarly, with beer, you … Continue reading Brewing an Education: Porters and Stouts (Part IV)
New Years
I'm now on the train heading into Boston to participate in First Night. I've never done much for New Year's Eve. But now I'm going into the heart of all things and I'm terrified. Wish me luck. -D-
Brewing an Education: Porters and Stouts (Part III)
Continuing on along our education of stouts and porters, we have come across our first porter. Now, from everything I have read, porters are a bit of a mystery. Once, a long time ago, porters were an extremely popular form of beer of which stouts a type. But, along the way, porters fell by the … Continue reading Brewing an Education: Porters and Stouts (Part III)
Brewing an Education: Stouts and Porters (Part 2)
I've been reading a book called Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher and I've been using it as a guide to beer tasting (obviously). While I already knew some of the basics (checking the clarity, the color, the aroma) I was/am still very much a novice. The best part about this particular book is that it goes … Continue reading Brewing an Education: Stouts and Porters (Part 2)
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