Not exactly the same thing but I have a close one that insists on pronouncing croissant “la kwa saw” and tries to pronounce anything in a different language even if she doesn’t know it. And she corrects strangers in line if they just say “cross-aunt”. I get that her pronunciation might be correct but we’re not French…

My mom passed away three years ago and I had turned 30 right before she was diagnosed. She didn’t have much time and we pretty much retired gift giving in our family at that point but the last Christmas gift she gave me was a food dryer she knew I had been wanting for years. I use that thing constantly. Plus, many of t…

Oh damn! Wayyyyy back in the day haha. I didn’t bother looking it up yesterday I was just recalling a memory. Thank you for the info. 

If I remember correctly Willamette used to be a town that was annexed by either West Linn or Oregon City back in the day. I grew up in Canby and I swear I heard something about that on a field trip. No idea why the hell I recall that but I can’t remember where I left my hoodie over the weekend.

Rats! But best of luck. Hopefully it makes you happy to know that I took your advice for today and have some saisons, flanders, and other farmhouse ales on hand. And of course whiskey. At that, I’ll raise a glass and say cheers to your great reads and hours of me ignoring work. 

She just wants to fly. Bye-a Bye-a Bye-a bye bye bye. 

Flashback to a 6 hour flight when the woman next to me opened up lord knows what in the first hour and it stunk the whole plane up for the rest of the flight. The smell was like a shit monster bred with a nasty gym sock and they produced a living fart cloud. To this day I have no idea what the hell it was. Don't be…

From publix to pup-licks. 

Well played. 

Best Thanksgiving booze/drinks? Takeout writers assemble!

I have a feeling this is the next generation of the George Foreman grill that will end up being gifted to a relative heading into college. I was given 5 of those things.

Reo's Ribs

There are tons but Adam Sandler’s tribute to Chris Farley. I reluctantly watched the Adam Sandler special expecting nothing and was surprised at how much I laughed but when he did that tribute it was instant tears. Clearly meant for a beloved friend and not for attention. I’ve lost a lot of loved ones over the last…

He might be vegan now but his uncle has a rib place in my hometown that he’s been spotted at multiple times.

Anything gluten free. I’m not but my fiance is and I’m the primary cook at the house. It’s like learning to ride a bicycle again. Help!

Bison is awesome. Unrelated though, Kate, if you happen to be at a beer tradeshow in Missoula (I think you said that’s where your from) today go find left hand and ask for Bob and tell him Curt sent you. He’s one of my best friends and he’ll hook you up with all the beer you want.

He might have has fun but he’s got nothing on McLovin.

I think this one is seasonal dependent but all of them are good options. Hot and sour soup on a cold dark winter day is amazing as is bbq pork with hot mustard. Now, what beer pairs best with these roundups? Beervengers assemble!

I've done this too. Sooo good but my go to is peanut butter and pickles.

My buddy has a century farm that grew hops in the early 1900s and they’ve stuck around growing wild since then. For his wedding we teamed up with a friend and cultivated the hops to make a pre-prohibition style lager that was devine. We still have the hops growing but we can’t recreate that batch no matter how hard we…