There is plenty of beer to go around! This past Sunday, with thanks to Blogging Jason for the event heads-up, we spent the afternoon at the Winter Warmer Festival at Rock Bottom. Winter Warmer was a happy surprise, as my expectations were just of joyfully drinking local winter brews. Ahem, no Christmas Ale at this [...]
Last week nearly killed me. As result of a busy week of being social - both online and IRL, my germ defenses were compromised, and I am now spending a Monday morning sick with fever and sore throat.
That last line wasn’t for my boss because, well, I don’t have one, so you know now [...]
Mix and mingle with the peeps at Optima Sun Lab (amazing local mobile spray tan company!) and the Cavalier Girls (you know who they are!) for a fundraiser benefiting the Skin Cancer Foundation. $55 ticket gets you admission, food and two drinks at the House of Blues. Party starts at 7pm. After-party/VIP options are available. To [...]
I know you are all jealous of my ability to wrangle not only a Valentine’s Day DATE, but a true life Valentine’s Day boyfriend.
We started off our Romantic Weekend at the West Side Market Cafe for hash and egg benedicts (and way too much Bailey’s for my coffee… yes, I did actually just type the [...]
This Saturday at 9pm, YP Shares will host the Social Justice Karaoke night at Reddstone. Only $5 admission! Proceeds benefit Greater Cleveland Community Shares program.
Practice those duets, Sonny & Cher!
No, not falling in love, romantic rashes — doing “it.” And by “it,” I mean, going to the Animal Attractions event at the Cleveland Zoo’s Rainforest!
Next Thursday, February 4, join other animal, ahem… lovers from 6-9pm in a great event sponsoring the Cleveland Zoo Society. This adults-only adventure takes you behind-the-scenes, with the chance to [...]
Saturday night, join like-minded Clevelanders for a benefit to help rebuild Haiti.
I met a fantastic woman, Inga, last night at gnoCLE* who is half-Haitian — and together with CLE Clothing & Speakeasy (the new swanky bar below Bier Markt) — has scheduled a fundraiser for the recent earthquake victims.
With a suggested donation of $10 — [...]
I cannot believe it’s past the mid-point of January. Week-long vacations have a way of taking a big ass chunk out of the month.
Another vacation, another year of not dying from alcohol poisoning.
Both our road trip to Indiana for New Year’s Eve and our vacation on The Rock Boat were fantastic. Now, it’s January, and [...]
Bundling up for a chilly, long Friday out in Cleveland, I buttoned up my black wool coat after work, and headed west to Fatheads to meet AB & his work peeps. I drank a beer called something like Monkey Nuts. Seriously.
After moving the desk (previously mentioned in this post) into my condo in River (for [...]
Thanks to the wonderful suggestion of the one-and-only Cleveland Bachelor in finally getting my ass over to Cinematheque (where I thought I’ve been before, but perhaps not) to see “We Live in Public” on Friday night. It was a fantastic documentary about Josh Harris — a man who should be familiar, but unfortunately is not. [...]
Finally I get a bit of Fall today! Lots of naked trees…
After such a fun event at After Hours at the art museum (heh, boobies), another C-Squad night at Christie’s, drinks at chach bar Cadillac Ranch (yes, I know…yuck but we hoped for naked calender chicks), it’s nice to have Saturday to relax. [...]
Christmas Ale. For real. Three whole days before the rest of the CLE took tap.
How’s that for a climax on a birthday week? AB, you are welcome.
Before the start of our last event of Cleveland Beer Week on Saturday, the ‘rents stopped over (AB made some yummy apps) with a bottle of [...]
Tuesday of Cleveland Beer Week, we stopped into The Greenhouse Tavern for their New Holland Brewing pairings. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a menu to take home with us for exact descriptions of food-and-brew, but the food courses were: potato gnocchi, Jonathon’s “famous” chicken wings, something like a coq au vin made with a pork shoulder (just [...]
I won the pumpkin carving contest!
Check out my Dead Astronaut costume. Totally offensive without being slutty, right? (AB also went as part of the Challenger crew). And being that Judith Resnick is from Akron (the location of our party), the costumes were shockingly a hit.
This is the first year I have actual pumpkin innards for all my yummy baking recipes. AB also baked the seeds last night — so delicious!
So, my carving took about three hours…
How cool does that look against the old architecture outside our window?
I love the boyfriend’s “Boo!” pumpkin too!
And he was finished [...]
Kudos:
Room Service gets a big, big, big gold star! While Danielle did not have the item I needed in her store, she graciously offered to find it and call me once stocked (unfortunately, I needed it that day… poo on me for being a procrastinating last-minute shopper… blame Beer Week). She is such a fantastic, [...]
Our location for CBW Day #4 was the Stone Brewing Company beer dinner at Crop Bistro & Bar.
Bravo to Chef Steve and the guys from Stone. You really should NOT have missed this event!
I know I still have not posted on L’Albatros (also delicious), but Steve’s braised short ribs (at Crop) were the perfect consistency [...]
If you’ve been tossed and left for drowning in a beer vat, then there’s a possibility you might not have heard about Cleveland Beer Week. In all its awesomeness, CBW promises HUNDRDS of events, scheduled at local restaurants and bars, breweries and beer/liquor stores, among several other locations around town.
Here’s Part One of our Cleveland Beer Week tastings:
Friday [...]
Ed — Wow. Oh, so far behind. I haven’t finished my Labor Day Post! Ack. Beware: rambling catch-up below…
Fridays. I love Fridays. The work week is over. We typically stay in and create our own homemade pizza. And. Relax. BUT, end of summer weather took us to the patio of The Greenhouse Tavern (happy hour [...]
Greenhouse Tavern is amazing.
The rest of the culinary world agrees, of course. Within five days of our last meal (right, convenience of E. 4th living), there were at least three new menu items. Our friends from Indy were left pleased and beyond full.
Ed note: Uh, so we may have gone back again last [...]
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