Diary: What’s next? Beats me, but I’ll think of something
Beginning today, I'll be posting piecemeal, online, the contents of Food & Dining Magazine's Spring 2026 (Vol. 89) print issue.
In the aftermath of John...
Diary: Magic and loss (adios, John Carlos White)
Paraphrasing the late, great Rodney Dangerfield: "I'm okay now but you shoulda seen me the past three weeks."
Once I assumed the late Ron Mikulak's...
Beers with a Stoic: Check out THIS upscale luxury beer list
There's a restaurant in the area.
Salads and soups start at $13; appetizers at $20. Main courses are $34 - $39, and steaks $47 -...
MLK Day, 2026
I was not quite eight years old when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April of 1968, and consequently, my memories of...
Diary: Best beer list in NA? I know it when I see it, and...
(It annoys me as necessary to post a disclaimer, as it should be obvious that a diary entry is coming from me as an...
The book that wasn’t, why it won’t be, and really, that’s all right with...
Today’s bullet point is borrowed from Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers (1930): “Hello, I must be going.”
Regular readers will recall that earlier this year, I...
Diary: The story of the Sladek (brewer/maltster) stone at Fairview Cemetery
We bought our house in downtown New Albany in 2003, and by the following spring casual neighborhood walks had become a regular weekend feature...
Diary: “Me? I just want to walk the parade route tomorrow” (Oct. 2, 2015)
Ten years ago, I was in the process of running for mayor of New Albany as an independent. I lost, but let's never forget...
Diary: The Craft Brewers Conference was in Indy, but I feared a relapse
Many months ago it dawned on me that the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America event would be in Indianapolis this year. It officially concluded...
A writing update: the beer book is underway (also, other projects)
I've been unable to disengage entirely from the Reyes wholesale beverage conglomerate ("Monarch" in archaic Indiana beer dialect) and still receive an e-mail each...
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Diary: Talking ‘bout my generation (subtitle: OK Boomer)
Recently a post by Chris Arnade (ar-NAHD-i) at X caught my eye.
I've written for the last decade about the educational divide in the US,...
Diary: Is it the end? A new beginning? Anyone? Bueller?
During the next few days, I’ll be concluding the online publication of Food & Dining Magazine’s “lost” Spring 2026 print edition (Vol. 89).
The Spring...
Diary: What’s next? Beats me, but I’ll think of something
Beginning today, I'll be posting piecemeal, online, the contents of Food & Dining Magazine's Spring 2026 (Vol. 89) print issue.
In the aftermath of John...
