Lace-up your dancing shoes and pour a beer, because it’s time for Breakdancing Movies and a Six Pack! This one pushes the envelope just a tad. Instead of pairing the usual songs or albums with six beers, we are enjoying craft beers while watching breakdancing films. (Actually one is just a music video, but it’s […]
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If you’re looking for the best bread in Plymouth, or practically anywhere, look no farther than Hearth Artisan Bread. Located in the Industrial Park at 123 Camelot Drive, Hearth is a small store that is large on flavor. Hearth opened in 2010 by husband and wife co-owners, Peter and Nicole Nyberg. Peter brought with him
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Since leaving the state and staying overnight at hotels is pretty much off-limits, currently one of my favorite pastimes has become car rides. Sure, when my younger son needs a nap, I often tool around my town for a while to keep him sleeping. What I’m talking about though is a few hour road trip,
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Tom Waits is a difficult artist to cover. “Often imitated, never duplicated” sums it up. Even artists including Scarlet Johannson and Holly Cole have full tribute albums of Waits covers. Yes, others, including Rod Stewart and the Eagles, had hits with Tom Waits songs. But even one of my favorite musicians, Jonathan Richman’s version of
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So your significant other wants to go on a weekend getaway? In New England, it’s easy to find a destination that is enjoyable for both parties. This means if you are a craft beer enthusiast, it’s combining a weekend-worth of non-brewery activities with a few breweries that are close by. One of my favorite weekend
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COVID certainly has put a damper on everyone’s fun. From holiday gatherings and live music to more essential issues such as working in an office or attending school in person, COVID’s changed all of our lives globally. On a personal level, breweries were always a favorite weekend destination of mine. Family-friendly breweries or beer gardens
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It’s that time of the year again. Valentines Day is a tough holiday to decipher in terms of gift-giving. If you’re looking for the perfect present for the craft beer and local history aficionado, look no further than the 2021 Backyard Road Trips Valentine’s Day Gift Guide! These items aim to please and I can
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For this entry in the “My Favorite Meal” series, we are heading back to Hingham, Massachusetts’s Scarlet Oak Tavern. Upon moving to the South Shore about ten years ago, this was the first restaurant that really took my breath away. The whole experience here is just perfect. On a winter’s night, the roaring fire, colonial
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Although Plymouth, Massachusetts, will never be confused with a major metropolis, it has a surprisingly thorough and utterly delicious culinary scene. Being a tourist town, many folks think of restaurants that are lacking in taste and heavy on the wallet. Not Plymouth though. From gastropubs to upscale dining, seafood spots to ethnic restaurants, Plymouth’s got
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As a nonfiction writer, I honed my chops writing about the weird, the paranormal, and the odd. This came full circle when a post from two years ago about Primitive Crow, an antiques and primitives store in Bozrah, Connecticut, recently saw an upsurge in website traffic. This is because the Primitive Crow was featured on
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