Catch a lunchtime concert. Drink wine. Rock out. Get techno-arty. Look out for cartoon characters. It's not a bad little weekend...
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The Newport Folk celebrated its 50th Festival over the weekend. [Providence Journal]
Caught red-handed/palmed: A information request reveals that some Barnstable County Sheriff officers like to pass risqué images via email. [Cape Cod Times]
Some of Boston's hoofed cops have found retirement digs in Plymouth. [Boston Globe]
A Massachusetts appellate court decides that incarcerated felons aren't guaranteed voting rights. [Ballot Access]
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Results tagged “wine”
Beer is good for you. Soft drinks will kill you. We've been saying this all along, but now it's been translated into British: "Topflight boffins have discovered that the swilling of pop is a fantastically unhealthy thing to do." So, "quaff a tankard of ale instead."
America drinks cheaper spirits, wine from kegs, and cocktails that change color. Bartenders fret about Angostura bitters, measuring cups, and the legality of raw eggs.
Carl Sutton and his formidable moustache are in town to help you taste the freshest vermouth you can get without chamomile-infusing it yourself.
If you've ever lived anywhere but Massachusetts, you know this state has some annoying laws. Package stores, price stickers, police details: the list goes on and on (though many factors seem to start with p). Now a law passed in 2006 (after the Supreme Court struck down state bans on wine shipping) that forced wineries to decide whether to sell retail in Massachusetts or ship product here has been declared unconstitutional: "We hold that (the law) violates the Commerce Clause because the effect of its particular gallonage cap is to change the competitive balance between in-state and out-of-state wineries in a way that benefits Massachusetts's wineries and significantly burdens out-of-state competitors," the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in a recent decision upholding the original verdict, which had been appealed for the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission by Martha Coakley's office. Not suprisingly, Scott Brown fans have already added this case to their list of reasons to go Brown, apparently not understanding what being Attorney General means.
Holiday libations and gifts for your favorite drunkards.
There is bar so secret that we found out about it through its Facebook page.
- Rachel Maddow and Bostonist have a thing in common: “I go to Drink and I drink.” [Herald]
- The FDA is cracking down on caffeinated booze. Bostonist does not mourn the demise of Sparks, but we hope the feds keep their hands off our Cuba libres and coffee flips. [Brookston Beer Bulletin]
- Some bar called Lord Hobo opened. [Bostonist]
Chuck Bass has opened a speakeasy (on television). Is the speakeasy is over (for real)?
When life gives you beer cartons, make beer carton libraries.
The Archdiocese of Boston urges Catholics to hold off on the consecrated wine, lest they catch transubstantiated swine flu.
We were already wary of the suffix -tini, and now it's been combined with Twitter.
Have you ever mistaken a sommelier for a pro wrestler?
Wine Riot, a wine-tasting extravaganza of epic proportions, is taking over the Cyclorama next weekend. Hipster wine mag The Second Glass and Boston’s Weekly Dig, the event’s organizers, promise that “This Isn't Your Parents' Wine Event.” With DJ Die Young on the decks, fake tattoos galore and a photobooth on-site, the Wine Riot may have more in common with popular club events like Paper or The Pill than with the overwhelming, cougarrific Boston Wine Expo. But with far better food, of course, provided by Savant Project, Mission Hill's newest hipster bar; Ronnarong, Union Square's brand-new Thai restaurant; Garden at the Cellar, Will Gilson's Central Square locavore paradise; and Sel de la Terre, L'Espalier's accessible little sibling.
Bostonist doesn't have the clearest idea of our readership, but we do imagine that there are a few of you who wait for the last minute to make important decisions. And, if you are like us, you have one more important decision to make before the year ends: which sparkling wine to uncork at midnight tonight.
You've always meant to start that wine tasting group, right? It's just about the last New Year's Resolution that we haven't broken. Well, now's the time.
Six bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1870. You can't afford them.
--Fraternity brothers at MIT's Delta Upsilon are saying that Robert Wells, who died over the weekend, fell from his window in an accident. [Boston Globe]
The days are getting longer. The nights are getting shorter. Layers of clothing are slowly coming off and you're getting thirsty.
Darkbuster's 3rd Annual Hometown Throwup
-- Happy Valentine's Day! For us being vegan is all about the love. We love our bodies and want to keep them healthy and strong and free of animal products. We love the environment and want to protect it from the extremely destructive practices of factory farming. We love animals and don't want to see them mistreated. You'll most certainly be doing your heart a favor. Heart disease is still one of the biggest killers in the United States, and is due in large part to the S.A.D.'s (standard American diet) focus on meat products. So as you can see, you can add a little love to your life but cutting down on your consumption of meat and dairy products.
Gary Vaynerchuk has a message for Bay Staters: Rise up against your oppressors.
Meet our new food columnist, Lisa Dacundo of "Transplanted Tastebuds." She'll bring you food ideas for the weekend, such as this comforting pasta meal.
