Coffee, Cocktails and Commentary
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Symposium for a new kind of music
Horse meet may be back on the table
Christopher Nolan on for rebooted Superman, third and final Batman
Obama’s Wilsonian tradition; Cannon’s questions for HCR supporters
NY legislator wants to banish salt from restaurant kitchens
A new drink from me at About.com
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Symposium for a new kind of music
Horse meet may be back on the table
Christopher Nolan on for rebooted Superman, third and final Batman
Obama’s Wilsonian tradition; Cannon’s questions for HCR supporters
NY legislator wants to banish salt from restaurant kitchens
A new drink from me at About.com
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)LHC to shut down for a year; Is the Higgs boson to blame?
From disgust to the politics of humanity
“There is not a city in the US that has 30 coffee bars that serve drinkable coffee.”
Despite recession, American craft brewing thrived in 2009
What it takes to open a BBQ restaurant in DC
The pickleback makes the WaPo!
Where to eat cheap in Portland
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)LHC to shut down for a year; Is the Higgs boson to blame?
From disgust to the politics of humanity
“There is not a city in the US that has 30 coffee bars that serve drinkable coffee.”
Despite recession, American craft brewing thrived in 2009
What it takes to open a BBQ restaurant in DC
The pickleback makes the WaPo!
Where to eat cheap in Portland
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Recommended new blog: Sometimes Right
Incompetent PA cops raid craft beer bars
Is the federal government hiring bartenders? I’m available
Immigration reform is first step to national ID card
SF mayor wants warning labels on cell phones
Skepticism about “digital natives”
New meaning to Counter Culture’s motto “Coffee driven”
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Recommended new blog: Sometimes Right
Incompetent PA cops raid craft beer bars
Is the federal government hiring bartenders? I’m available
Immigration reform is first step to national ID card
SF mayor wants warning labels on cell phones
Skepticism about “digital natives”
New meaning to Counter Culture’s motto “Coffee driven”
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Are all those mandatory Census questions constitutional?
Weisberg on why Obama needs to love limited government
“Especially unchastened” for medical marijuana support
When social media stops being social
The Oregon Economist examines OR’s minimum wage
Draft Lance Mayhew for Republican politics!
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Are all those mandatory Census questions constitutional?
Weisberg on why Obama needs to love limited government
“Especially unchastened” for medical marijuana support
When social media stops being social
The Oregon Economist examines OR’s minimum wage
Draft Lance Mayhew for Republican politics!
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Hitchens rewrites the 10 Commandments
The quiet success of Topix.com
Debating the comedy of Improv Everywhere
US supports trade ban on Atlantic blue fin
CA to ban imports of non-native frogs and turtles for eating
Zane and Andrew have ice down!
Vanderbilt, 1973: “The boys and girls dress like peasants”
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Hitchens rewrites the 10 Commandments
The quiet success of Topix.com
Debating the comedy of Improv Everywhere
US supports trade ban on Atlantic blue fin
CA to ban imports of non-native frogs and turtles for eating
Zane and Andrew have ice down!
Vanderbilt, 1973: “The boys and girls dress like peasants”
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)The final 4 minutes of Air France 447
Results from Maryland’s SWAT transparency law
Lessons from 50 fashionable men
Why you don’t get thirsty when you sleep
Italy bans molecular gastronomy ingredients
Long Island to ban sales of drinking games to minors
Oregon vintners give new meaning to keg parties
Cocktail and food pairings in Washington, DC
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)The final 4 minutes of Air France 447
Results from Maryland’s SWAT transparency law
Lessons from 50 fashionable men
Why you don’t get thirsty when you sleep
Italy bans molecular gastronomy ingredients
Long Island to ban sales of drinking games to minors
Oregon vintners give new meaning to keg parties
Cocktail and food pairings in Washington, DC
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (0)Were the Florensians more intrepid than imagined?
Canada has weathered recession without a single bank failure
Twitter’s simplicity vs Buzz’s features
Gatsby will introduce strangers via FourSquare
Decline of the dustjacket in the UK
Was USA’s first espresso cart in LA, not Seattle?
To do in PDX this weekend: Lucky Lab’s barleywine festival
Proposed topics for 1970s comics
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Jacob Grier is a freelance writer, barista, mixologist, and magician in Portland, OR. He writes, eats, and drinks a lot. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Reason Online, The Oregonian, and other publications.
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