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Two Bearded Beer Lovers Take on Whiskey at Copperworks Distillery

Rachel Breiwick — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:48:47 +0000

Brewers and Copperworks Distillery owners Jason Parker and Micah Nutt are no strangers to whiskey or brew, but it was their mutual appreciation of facial hair that first got them together. “We ended up in a house together, brewing a bit, and it sealed the friendship,” Parker said. “In fact, it all started over a beard.” … Continue reading →

Glimpses: Chuck’s Hop Shop Pint Glass

Chelsea — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:00:39 +0000

Glimpses knew not of this "Hop Shop" that this pint glass advertises, but we enjoyed its back drop of blurry, colorful lights so much we just may have to investigate further. Thanks to GregPierceImages for dropping this into our Flickr pool. And speaking of our Flickr pool, we are mere tens of photos away from reaching a count of 7,000 over there, so please add with abandon!

A Portland Weekend Getaway: Bikes, Bodies & Bratwurst

Michael van Baker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:26:08 +0000

This time out, I had the idea that I'd revisit the Portland Art Museum (open every day except Monday, $15 adults), whose collection feels more intimately Northwestern than the great and powerful Seattle Art Museum. Their big visiting exhibition, through January 6, 2013, is The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece, from the British National Museum, but if you've seen Elles at SAM, there's some Cindy Sherman for you, too.

Spruce or Douglas Fir? Cocktails Gain the Taste of Trees

Michael van Baker — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:29:03 +0000

Curtis approvingly cites a spruced-up Manhattan, mentions Oregon's Rogue Spruce Gin, and notes that spruce is showing up in beer, too, but it doesn't seem that he has heard of newcomer broVo's Douglas Fir Liqueur.

Opera on Tap at the Blue Moon: Bringing Arias to the U-District’s Oldest Dive Bar

Dana Wen — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:39:37 +0000

Opera on Tap is a group of professional opera singers bringing classical music to unlikely venues around Seattle. On Monday night, the group teamed up with chamber music collective the Parnassus Project for a performance at historic U-District dive bar the Blue Moon.

Glimpses: “Vented Wide Mouth and Flowers”

Chelsea — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:30:58 +0000

It's true what they say about finding great things when you're not looking for them. At least when it comes to the next Glimpses photo. As we scanned the Flickr pool for some sort of lovely spring flower, we came across this image. Yes, still flowers, but this unexpected composition is really so much more. Thanks for sharing, Paul Swortz.