At the end of March, we will travel to Kentucky Bourbon Country. The bluegrass region of Kentucky is home to dozens of small bourbon producers. It also happens to be a scenic area perfect for biking. We hope to visit three or four distilleries and stay in a bed and breakfast. Do any of you lovely readers have recommendations?

In a little over 5 months, it will be summer again. I’m not one to usually yearn for June, but today I was. Why? Could be spending the afternoon watching the Ohio State Women’s hockey game at the ice rink… or because tonight the temperature is supposed to drop to nearly 0 deg. F… or the frozen Ohio summer strawberries I found in the freezer. At any rate, when I went to make myself a [...]

For her second birthday in September, our daughter was given an aquarium containing two danio fish, whom she quickly named Yellow and Red. This morning while I was cooking breakfast, she poured her milk in the tank. “It looks cloudy,” she said. I took the fish out, but sadly Yellow did not survive. (He has not been looking healthy for the last week anyways.) What does this have to do with alcohol? Well, after Alex [...]

One of our rules is that what is in our liquor cabinet at the beginning of the year is fair game for drinking, even if it is foreign. Here is everything we start with, with links provided for the unusual or highly recommended: Tools:The Little Black Book of Cocktails by Virginia ReynoldsCocktail shakerSelection of shot glassesPlastic flaskSmall pocket flaskSIGG stainless steel flask/bottleWooden muddlerWooden reamerBeer bottle opener (wall mount, hand held, and Homer Simpson voiced)Wine bottle [...]

I like scotch. Scotch, scotch, scotch. Down it goes. Down into my belly. No more scotch in 2008.

On our way home from a Xmas lunch today, Alex and I were discussing the globalization of trade, especially food trade. We already make efforts to eat locally by participating in a Columbus area Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and shopping our local co-op grocery store. We buy durable goods from ethical businesses and limit our purchases to things we ‘need’ as much as we can. What’s left to do to limit our resource footprint? I [...]