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“Amarillo by mornin’, Amarillo’s on my mind.” * George Strait had a one-track mind when it came to Amarillo, that Bible belt rodeo ridin’ region of the North Texas panhandle. Not to be confused with Miranda Lambert’s song “Armadillo from Amarillo”. “I met an armadillo...
On that hypnotic highway heading home and sometimes I need a jolt of java to keep me on the straight and narrow. My go to joe is a Timmies small and plain but when the lineup is longer than an academy awards show, time is money, so I might wander over to the no-line...
JT is a no oars off-shore wind powered water on the water and beer on the pier serious sort of sailor. Me, if my 60 horse merc doesn’t fire up I’m fishing off the dock. Jimmy Buffet was a smooth singing son of a son of a sailor.* All of this sailing segue is for this...
I’m at the tail end of a bad hair decade, and the next ten years don’t look any better, so every day is hat day for me. Of course, it’s hats off when the national anthem plays, or you enter the Legion for a cold one.* Or in church unless you’re the Pope, and chances...
Modelo and Corona. Both similar Mexican lagers, they must be fierce competitors? As adversarial as the matador and the bull? Ali and Frazier? Depp and Heard? Nope. Corona is a Modelo brand. To complicate matters, Grupo Modelo was purchased in 2013 by Anheuser-Busch...
Back in the day my grandfather’s porch was a big wrap around with an overhanging eave and a thick white balustrade. Rockers for relaxing and end tables for iced tea and lemonade, maybe a fresh baked cookie or two. Maples in the front yard, tire swing hanging,* the...
There seems to be a whole lot of shaking going on. Bond wanted it shaken, not stirred. Taylor Swift just shook it off and Suzi Quattro was shakin’ all over. Live Johnny Winter And,* arguably one of the best live rock albums out there, includes Johnny’s cover of “Whole...
For those of you unfamiliar with railroad terminology, an iron spike is not a dry cleaner’s celebration after reaching the end zone. It’s the hefty nail that secures the railway track to the tie. I laid a little track in my day. Spike and rail that was fit to be tied,...
I studied beer in college as well, although perhaps my curriculum was not as formal as the one at the Niagara College Teaching Brewery. Looking back, I recall my program was more focused on sampling.* But NC are educating the next hop crop of budding brewers and the...
Toasts to the ghosts! All hallows eve and the neighbourhood youth are out in full force. The grandkids got a haul of candy that would choke Willie Wonka. Unfortunately, when it comes to my favourite, the red licorice, the pickin’s were as slim as Paris runway model....