Don’t judge a liquor store by its exterior. I was in Ocean Beach yesterday visiting a good friend. We walked to People’s Co-op to buy some groceries for dinner and Read More …

http://blindlady.blogspot.com/ Blind Lady Ale House, or BLAH, is an excellent place to hold court: people can come and go, there’s usually an open table and you can grab a quick Read More …

  http://www.alpinebeerco.com Spoiler alert: you will leave this place full, perhaps uncomfortably so, due to their vast beer selection and tasty barbecue. Some friends and I piled into the car Read More …

http://www.greenflashbrew.com/tasting-room.php I had never tried a beer from Green Flash before Reed started working there. I was missing out, it has by far the largest Melissa-friendly selection of any local Read More …

My first love, the ocean. If I am a beer widow then Reed is an ocean widower. Since I was a child I have loved the ocean and been drawn Read More …

http://hessbrewing.com/findus.html I am quite partial to Hess Brewing, a self-proclaimed nano-brewery, and not just because they were the first to help Reed break into the beer industry. It’s true that Read More …

One of my most excellent friends sent me a link to this e-card, I assume in response to my “Our Friends, the Enablers” post. I hope you find it as Read More …

http://www.stonebrew.com/visit/ Having a review section on this blog seems obligatory, but it may be about the tasting rooms and special events more than it’s about the beer since I am Read More …

What a crock. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but in my marriage love means never having to worry about a DD. When we go to a place Read More …

Group camping trip at Joshua Tree National Park. Reed and I have great friends. They’ve been supportive of us during tough times and always show up to my various “I’m Read More …