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UNOFFICIAL OREGON BREWERS FESTIVAL BEER HAT

  As a serious blogger posting on serious topics, like beer, it’s important to open the window. You know, find common ground. Go the Oregon Brewers Festival for the beer and join the crowd. Or wear an Oregon Brewers Festival beer hat and find some education with the beer and crowds. Let the learning begin.

Sasquatch Music Festival, Travel Therapy and Spa, Part 1

    I collect things. Experiences, memories, a garage and crawl space full of important things saved for important people.   It’s almost like I haven’t heard the big news that kids don’t want their parents’ important stuff yet. Even bigger news? I have heard some parents share new memories with their kids instead of […]

Portland Italian Festival, Portland Haute Couture

    Not Little Italy, but Big Italy, Portland’s Italian Festival swinging in the biggest living room in Oregon, Pioneer Square.   Food, beer, and music mix to show the city in the best light possible, like an Italian chandelier.   Is it fun? Educational? Mesmerizing? All of that along with beautiful Italian women in […]

SILVERTON SEVEN BRIDES BREWERY FESTIVAL

It wasn’t billed as a festival for a Thursday night, but it was this time. A festival of survivability after a heart-thumping force march on the hottest day of the year. Add one of the smokiest days from Canadian fires and it felt like a heavenly Seven Brides Brewery cloud. How wonderful was this? Everyone […]

OREGON BREWERS FESTIVAL SAFETY

  What to wear? Who to go with? The people you meet? Stay tuned for further developments. Best. Brewfest. Ever. Was it funny or drunk? Funny as anything you’ll see. No, I didn’t ask about South Park. The Portland Police were out in a festive mood.

LAST BEER CALL? MAKE IT THE BEST LAST BEER

      (Part I of two.) The Last Beer Call Champion: Breakside Brewery IPA. After traveling coast to coast, Breakside blew the competition away. Drinking every beer in Portland since Grant’s and Red Hook were the only new beers on the rack shows how good Breakside is. Call it scientific research. You want to […]

YOU QUALIFY FOR ONE LAST BEER IF…

  If you haven’t seen it yet, you will. Someone you know gives up the chase for the perfect beer, telling the world about One. Last. Beer. But it’ll never be you. Never. Whether it’s medical, legal, or family pressure, if you see a fellow beer lover after a year, and they say they quit […]

NEW BEER BUYS, NEW CONSPIRACY THEORY

When Big Beer adds new beer buys, it’s more than beer. What’s better than a cold one on a hot day? The next person who says a glass of wine on a hot day is better than beer will be the first. Beer is the answer. What was the question? Oh, right, the antidote for […]

MAN-D OREGON BREWERS FESTIVAL GUIDE

Once a year the Man-D comes out of storage for the Oregon Brewers Festival. Traditions need respect. The beer hat named Man-D is part of tradition. Where’s the best place to wear the Man-D? Oregon Brewers Festival. See, the Man-D has magic for whoever wears it. The draw on Waterfront Park is the wide variety […]

ROSE FESTIVAL BAR FLY RULES

The Rose Festival Parade Always Starts With The Right Intentions. If the sun’s out on parade day, Portland looks better than ever. Big Pink grows out of yellowed brick if you find the right parking place. The right parking place for Rose Festival is a big deal. Park in the wrong place and you get […]