Memorial Day weekend has come once again, and with it, hoards of booze-hungry partygoers will be hitting the beaches of Fire Island for another summer of wasted salaries, dead end relationships, and of course rocket fuel. I’m familiar with all those other things, but what is a rocket fuel? If you know what Fire Island […]
10 Things You Can Do In Japan (And Not The US)
One of my favorite things about traveling is being able to see how laws and social taboos (what silly things they are) change across countries. Differences between Japan and the United States extend beyond simply bowing and taking off your shoes to enter places. The following ten things are not only rare in the United […]
The $130 Bottle Of Beer
Long had I heard stories of this beverage, but my first encounter with it in the wild occurred whilst perusing the drink selection at a supermarket in Florianópolis. This beer, brewed by Brouwerij Bosteels in Belgium (and appropriately names Deus, or God in Portuguese, because it contains some god’s facial hair shavings and will temporarily […]
Drinking in Israel: Arak (ערק)
In Brazil you have cachaça, in Russia you have vodka, in the Caribbean you have rum, and in Israel you have Arak. Arak (uh-rock or ar-ick if you’re trying to have an accent) is a member of the anis drink family, and tastes (as some of you more seasoned drinkers may have guessed) like black […]
Rocket Fuel: Fire Island’s Drink of Choice
People come to Fire Island to do two things: to escape the horrors of Long Island, and to get drunk off their asses and make fools of themselves. Now these two groups are not mutually exclusive, but it’s those from the latter who interest us today. Most of the steroid pumping misogynistic meatheads visiting Fire […]
Drinking In Brazil: Cachaça
Until now I have been talking a lot about beer. I know a lot of you don’t drink beer. I know a lot of you don’t drink. I know a lot of you have other problems, but we can talk about that in private. More importantly, in Brazil there exists a drink, more accurately a […]
Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro – The Biggest Party On Earth
If you do not know what Carnaval is (or maybe if you think you know what Carnaval is), you are missing out. In short, this event can be described as nothing short of the offspring of Oktoberfest, St. Patrick’s Day, your 21st birthday (for Americans), and Halloween (indeed, it is quite the beast). So now […]
Beer In Brazil: Cerveja Part Dois
I return to this subject having learned a lot about our dear friend Senhor Cerveja no Brasil. There are, in fact, more beers than I initially presumed; however, the playing field is still relatively shallow. I have discovered that buying beers one at a time is quite handy in trying many beers without the risk […]
Beer In Brazil: My Introduction To The World Of Cerveja
Beer in Brazil is not the beer I have come to know and love in the United States. I have often heard comments made regarding the lack of a beer drinking culture and the brewing of good beers in the US (said comments are false), but next to Brazilian beer, the been in the United […]
A Plane Ride To Rio de Janeiro
After finishing a subpar IHOP breakfast accompanied by a delicious bottle of Barefoot Sauvignon Blanc, I was dropped off at LAX by my acquaintances Mr. Sterv and Senhor Cardiner. I do not remember much of LAX, but I do know that the people sitting next to me on that first plane were nowhere near as […]
