Call me Ishmael. Just don’t call me a fan of Rising Tide Brewing‘s new ale. Ishmael may have been the omnipotent observer of Melville’s classic Moby Dick, but he sure as hell didn’t see this one coming. It’s not that the beer was bad. Ishmael is a perfectly normal and acceptable Amercian copper ale, with all the hallmarks of the [...]

If you thought your job was hard, try being a National Park Ranger. Andrea Lankford’s Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks throws a little wrench in your plans for that dream job. But…wait! Being a National Park Ranger isn’t all hiking and telling people about natural and national history all day long? Surely, you’re joking. I [...]

I’ve seen the so-called artwork of the man named Christo. Bright orange flags draped over the pathways of Central Park, wending the way through the trees and along the pavement like a snake along a farm creek. In Central Park, the little spit of “natural” land in the concrete jungle of New York City, Christo’s art project seemed to fit. [...]

Before the days of GPS and Google Earth, cartography was both an art and a science revered by everyone up to the highest ranks of society. The elite would adorn their homes with finely drawn maps handcrafted by the most talented of artists. Explorers would create maps on the fly, creating routes to the new world. Traders would pass down [...]

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You know, it’s summer in New Zealand right now. Watching this trailer for The Waters of Greenstone makes me insanely jealous, both as a fly fisherman and as an outdoors traveler. Crystal streams, majestic mountains, riverside campsites…I can’t wait to see this film about two friends from Tennessee who explore the backcountry of NZ. Thanks to Orvis News for the [...]

I’m a big fan of Allagash Brewing, and so far, they have, in my eyes, done no wrong. When I went to Arizona for my brother’s wedding last May, I had the honor of sampling some of New Belgium‘s Fat Tire. When I saw that Allagash—brewers of the inimitable Black and Curieux Belgian style beers—and New Belgium—purveyors of hoppy, malty [...]

Mark this one down in the books folks, for Wednesday December 15, 2010 was an historic day. On that day, the Baxter Brewing Company of Lewiston, Maine held its first public tasting of the brewery’s first beers. And I was there. See, this is a big deal for me. I’ve only been interested in craft beer for a few years, [...]

This is the second part of a two part series about the author’s adventures at the Bay Area Brewfest. If you’re looking for part one, click here. From the entrance way, it seemed like the Bay Area Brewfest was tiny. However, as I walked through the boisterous crowd, I realized it wasn’t small at all; in fact the Festival Pavilion [...]

I had no idea that before this year, Colorado didn’t have a women-only mountain bike race. Of course, there are many pro women racers, and I’m sure there are women-only races all over the country, but wow, Colorado…really? Well, good on them for now having the Beti Bike Bash, which is coming back for more in 2011. Check out this [...]