Recently at Stardust I noticed a new beer bottle appear in the beer cooler that piqued my curiosity: a dark brown bottle with a yellow label with the name “Colette.” I’m a sucker for good design, and the label of the bottle features a lovely silhouette of a young farm girl with a pitchfork. Very … Continue reading »
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New Role as Stardust Admin
Hey there. So I’ve recently become the co-administrator for Stardust Video & Coffee’s site, www.stardustie.com, so in addition to my other blog and projects above, I’ll also be putting up posts such as this one on Courtney’s Le Petit Prince cocktail, photographs of the everyday, profiling Stardust dance parties like The Video Dept. and other … Continue reading »
Beer #3: Cigar City Maduro
It’s been over a month since I last blogged about a beer in my 50 American Beers Project, much to my embarrassment. Here to rectify that is the newest beer to be featured in the project, and our first Florida beer. Cigar City Brewing of Tampa is the source of the Maduro, a deep rich … Continue reading »
Beer #2: Red Brick Brown
My second beer for the 50 American Beers Project comes from the neighbouring state of Georgia. Ah, Georgia. It brought us the B-52s and was the setting for Designing Women, and the subject of a Ray Charles song. It also brings us the Red Brick Brewing Company, a brewery located in Atlanta (aka Hotlanta) that, … Continue reading »
50 American Beers Project – Beer #1: Peak Organic Pomegranate Wheat Ale
I begin the 50 American Beers Project with a beer that came all the way from the other end of the East Coast. Peak Organic is a brewery that gives us beer from Portland, Maine. And not just any beer, but organic beer. So you can drink beer and feel somewhat green about doing so. … Continue reading »
Introducing the 50 American Beers Project
Ta-da! ….dah. Since my 100 Pubs Project is on hold indefinitely until I return back to London, I am launching another project to keep me occupied while I am in the New World: The 50 American Beers Project. It’s simple enough: I’m going to try 50 different American beers, with preference towards offerings from regional … Continue reading »
Brew Masters, aka I’m Watching Too Much TV
So, my arrival into the bosom of America was not only greeted by American portions and sizes, but by American television. Shortly after taking over my parents’ guest room, a new show premiered on the Discovery Channel: Brew Masters. “I’ve got the greatest job in the world: I make beer.” Awesome. If you’ve been keeping … Continue reading »
Pub #35: The Yorkshire Grey, Theobald’s Road
The Yorkshire Grey was a pub I often passed on the bus, and I thought it looked quite cool from the outside. A grey pub front that looked quite modern, it looked like a gastropub that probably was quite nice. My visit back in August to the Yorkshire Grey was due to an aborted attempt … Continue reading »
Pub #34: Cittie of York, Holborn
So, as you can see, I’m finally catching up with some of the pub backlog I’ve got. My visit to Cittie of York took place back in JULY, so this is a bit of an oldie. Anyway, I went in on my own to the Cittie of York in Holborn, mostly because it looked quite … Continue reading »
Pub #33: The Mucky Pup, Queen’s Head Street
I consider the Mucky Pup as one of a handful of locals I have. It might be cheating to have more than one, but I don’t care. I’ve been to the Mucky Pup quite a few times, especially recently. I even had my birthday party there. Not only is the landlord of the pub a … Continue reading »
Pub #32: The Gladstone Arms, Lant Street
My visit to pub #32 was a quick one. I had a half hour to wander around Southwark near Union Street on a Saturday, and I was actually looking for a restaurant I had been to once. I didn’t find the restaurant, but I did find a pub: The Gladstone Arms. I wandered in and … Continue reading »
Pub #31: The Princess of Wales, Chalcott Road
The Princess of Wales was part of a modest three-pub pub crawl my friend Tom and I embarked upon one Thursday evening in June. Come to think of it, what is the minimum amount of pubs that quantifies a “crawl”? It wouldn’t be two. I’m thinking three. Three seems like a fair enough number, especially … Continue reading »
Introducing the 100 Pubs Project Map
Yeah, it was coming. Who could resist the mighty power of Google? So, I’ve created a map for the 100 Pubs Project pinpointing each pub I’ve visited so far for the project. Yep, I went through my little Pub Project notebook and plugged in every pub in Google Maps and saved it to a specially-created … Continue reading »
Pub #30: The Camden Head, Camden Walk (in Islington, not Camden)
I’m up to writing about The Camden Head, which will be number thirty on this 100 Pubs Project, but technically isn’t the 30th pub I’ve visited for the project. I’ve got a bit of a backlog I’m forced to deal with at the moment, so some of these pubs are going to be out of … Continue reading »
Pub #29: The Garden Gate, South End Road
Pub #29 was visited along with friends Matt and Jasmine, and new friend Jess (whom I haven’t seen since, but she was very nice, and if she’s reading this, hello!). We had just done a volunteer stint as the SOAS FoodCycle group in Kentish Town, and after a morning of cooking and baking, it was … Continue reading »
