Last Thursday, I took a half day at work and hopped on the long road to Seattle. This stretch of I-5 and I are old friends. Hi, Rush Road! I love you, Dike Access Road. You're the best band name created from a road ever, Sleater-Kinney. $1 Chinese Food! I even have some odd affection for the Uncle Sam/Jesus billboard that tells all of us that we're ( Read more... )

We spent four sunny days in San Diego and visited three different brewpub/breweries: Coronado Brewing Company, Pizza Port Brewing Company, and Stone Brewing Company. Both the food and the beer got better with each one we visited. Portland may be Beervana, but Stone pretty much blows anything we have away with its amazing beer selection (including ( Read more... )