Monthly Archives: May 2012

Brys Is Nice: Try ‘Dry Ice’ For Sugar And Spice

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Take my advice and read this twice: Brys Dry Ice is gold-medal nice; and Patrick Brys is that in a trice—as sisters Katie and Stephanie Brys can likewise entice.   No, I’m not channeling the ghost of Dr. Seuss; it’s … Continue reading →

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How To Buy Wine In The Most Dangerous City In America

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

“How ya gonna keep ‘em down in the slum, After they’ve seen El Ayyyy?” – Apologies to Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis I won’t say the name of the Flint lounge where I had this conversation, because the bartender … Continue reading →

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2 Lads Winery: Laddie Come Home

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

In setting the kibble-strewn stage, Lassie Come Home was a 1943 MGM tearjerker starring Roddy McDowell (as young Joe) and ‘Pal’ (who played Lassie) that ultimately launched the syrupy television series; in the film version, the Yorkshire Carraclough family, having … Continue reading →

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Zima, Why Can’t I Quit You?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

I have a friend called Cori who recently asked me for some bourbon advice because she planned to give her boyfriend a fifth of small batch for his birthday, and although she’d already found the liquor, she was iffy on giving … Continue reading →

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Verterra Winery And My Personal Quest For Jim Harrison

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Long ago and far away, when many of you whippersnappers were still drinking wine out of Evenflo baby bottles and I was scarcely old enough to listen to Negro music, I headed up to the Leelanau Peninsula to search for … Continue reading →

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