Or as my link to the left notes…100 Shit Beers as all real beer in the States is considered ‘craft’ or too la-di-fucking-da to qualify.  That’s alright, I LIKE Carling and that shit is everywhere over here. Places can be pubs (got that one covered) or someplace cool (I see some mid-race lagers in my [...]

Blessedly, we were away from Tennessee and the pressure relieved noticeably as we rolled of Interstate 75 in Dalton, Georgia heading over the hills through Fort Mountain State Park and on to Athens.  We stopped along the way in Chattsworth (this is the point in the journey where the ex-urban traffic dwindles to only a [...]

Jackie used to work at the Pickle Barrel back in the early 80′s after it was bought by Nick and Brian, two former air traffic controllers at loose ends after the whole PATCO fiasco.  In many ways it was the best job she ever had and when she moved to Atlanta many of the Pickle [...]

“If you get to the donkey you’ve gone too far.” Yep, been drinkin’ and, yep, been quite ill for a few days, but after awhile here this sort of statement is normal regardless of how ridiculous it looks in print.  At least these are just street directions and not some sort of hard won ‘Tijuana [...]

Finally feeling well enough for a beer and run, I traversed the 4 miles from Jackie’s ma’s house across Dunlap in the 90 degree F (33 C) heat and relentless sun in just over 25 minutes and zipped into the Valley Inn Sports Bar to find a very, erm, ’round’ biker couple happily smoking away [...]