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Airport Drinking

sarah — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:55:42 +0000

A guy walks into a bar wearing a t-shirt that says “Cameltoe.” No, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke; it’s the start of my last trip to San Diego. I could have sat there drinking, pondering if he was for or against it. Seriously, what statement are you trying to make? Does the back say “now accepting applications”? Either way, I wasn’t drunk enough to be so philosophical. And besides, I was already pondering why it is so difficult to find a good beer on draft in any airport.

Maybe it’s not- check out my list below for decent draft choices at airports.

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Got vino?

sarah — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:00:31 +0000

PA- the state with quite possibly some of the most antiquated liquor laws in existence- is now offering wine for sale at kiosks. If you’re a wino, swipe your driver’s license or state issued ID, smile at the camera (where an employee at the LCB verifies you match the picture on the license and authorizes the purchase), and blow into a breathalyzer to purchase your bottle at one of two grocery stores- a Giant in Susquehanna Township and a Wegmans in Silver Spring Township. Your selection will include more than 1000 bottles from 53 choices (none of them from PA…) and is open 9am til 9pm everyday but Sunday so if you need a glass of Cabernet to make it through church, better buy ahead of time!

In light of this newfound drinking freedom, I checked out some of the craziest state liquor laws. Here are a few:(...)
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PBW recap- the highs and the lows

sarah — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:46:41 +0000

I know, I know, my Philly Beer week recap is a little late. My memories are more like flashbacks so it took a little time to piece the week together. Better late than never right?

THE HIGHS:

- Nodding Head’s Mole Grog; s/b “Holy Mole”- the freaking perfect accompaniment to taco night (fish and plantain anyone?)(...)
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Bumper cars

sarah — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:05:51 +0000

I have finally settled on two choices for my ideal transportation- helicopter or tank. The helicopter could propel me above the traffic, far from the idiot drivers who can’t merge or drive slow. The tank could help me roll right over the same drivers should I decide I have no place to land my copter. Lately it seems, every time I get behind the wheel, I’m playing defense. My commute has become more like a jousting tournament, the Medieval Times of avoiding a sword in the form of a Ford F250 or even a butter knife transformed as a Smart car. The car in front fakes left, goes right (into me?!?!).

We’ve become a world of multi-tasking, juggling work, family, and friends, all while tweeting about it, yet many of these same ADHD-driven folks can’t seem to signal and make a lane change at the same time. Really… is it so difficult to look in the rear view mirror every once in awhile? Can you even do so without veering right or braking, or for any other reason besides fixing your hair or applying lipstick? Try multi-tasking on the road too! And I don’t mean applying your mascara while texting a friend for dinner plans and consuming a Big Gulp sized sugar-overloaded iced coffee drink. Stop playing Monopoly on the road- this is The Game of Life!

Sports upsets

sarah — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:41:24 +0000

It came down to 7 games in the series, but the Lakers claimed their second straight NBA title last night in an 83-79 upset against the Celtics. I’m surprised myself. Boston had a 3-2 lead in the series, but the games moved to LA and homefield advantage isn’t just a term. The Lakers sucked the first half of the game, missing 21 of the first 27 shots, but rallied in the fourth quarter to take it.

But onto more exciting news in the world of futbol. The real futbol. Futbol as the world knows it (soccer to most of us Americans). (...)
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Getting sideways on the track

sarah — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:22:53 +0000

The Formula Drift competition in Jersey was hot. No seriously, it was like 90 and a soaking humid time regardless of your deodorant. I’m hoping it was the heat that got to the “models” as well. When asked if she liked New Jersey, Miss Formula Drift replied in that squeaky, peroxide-has-killed-my-brain-cells-voice “I’m glad it’s not snowing.” Yeah honey, we get a lot of snow in June. Then again, maybe it her spandex was on too tight. Unfortunately, some guys wore even less, exposing their man-boobs and hairy backs to the world of drifting. But the competition was pretty entertaining. Rubber landing on me and bumpers flying everywhere- those that didn’t completely disintegrate on the track were either pulled off or even sawzalled off to finish the competition. I got some great up-close shots of a few competitors before they played bumper cars up against the barrier wall. Check out my recap story on MotoIQ. I also have a complete gallery of the pics up as well.

MLB phenom

sarah — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:07:38 +0000

It can’t get much better for two brand spanking new major leaguers than the success they’ve had since the draft. Stephen Strasburg struck out 14 in just seven innings including the last seven batters in a row that he faced, the last with a 99mph fastball. The 21 year old’s accomplishment is a franchise record (OK, so the Nationals have only been around since 2005) and his opponent was the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that bats 0.236, but every single batter (...)
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Drifters

sarah — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:03:38 +0000

I just received my media packet to cover this weekend’s Formula Drift event at Wall Speedway in Jersey. Yeah, I know, I hate traveling to or through Jersey but I’ll make an exception for this type of thing. The packet is filled with all types of info from how to get your dorky media vest that allows you into the zones on the track where I can get up close and personal (with a mouth full of rubber…) to the hometowns/vehicles of each driver. There is a humorous little snippet of the demographics of drifting fans as well. I thought I’d share a few with you:

86% are male
80% are between 16-29 years of age
97% own cell phones (really? 3% still look for payphones? Even my 86yo grandma uses a cell phone)
90% own gaming systems (because Need for Speed is definitely an accurate simulator of how a car really handles…)
20% may ever try drifting (only about 5% ever should try)
70% enjoy watching the sport (why are the other 30% even bothering then?)
83% of fans own their own car (17% just “borrow” one and practice moves when running from the cops)

Mercury is Dead

sarah — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:10:57 +0000

If your first instinct was like mine (no more thermometers? end of the heat wave?), you probably thought Ford had killed the Mercury brand years ago. Imagine my shock to see they have been (and still will still be through the end of the year) producing new Mercury cars. Seriously? I’ve never understood why there needs to be basically the same car (Tempo/Topaz, Explorer/Mountaineer) manufactured under two different brand names anyways. Seems like a waste with all the ridiculous options out there that customize any car. Oh well, somehow they did manage to sell 9000 vehicles in May 2010. By comparison, Ford sold 20x as many vehicles that month. But we can’t forget the other dying car brands: Saab sold just 174 vehicles and Saturn 46. Even the Smart car was purchased by just about 700 people!

And the Hummer is dead too. Yep, small endowed men everywhere will need to find security in another brand…

The new sports challenge

sarah — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:46:27 +0000

I love a competitive game of sports, but the best sporting event on TV today has nothing to do with balls, unless you count bouncing off of them into a pool of mud. Wipeout is a cross between a Japanese game show and Nickelodeon’s Double Dare and will tickle your funny bones while almost breaking a few of the competitors’. Last night was a new version of the game, Wipeout Blind Date. After all, the only thing better than one idiot trying to jump over hurdles and through hoops in a course 20 feet above a pool of water is (...)
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