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Written by Randy Garbin

We have yet to catch a screening of "Beer Wars," but this trailer sure whets our thirst.

One of the greatest developments in our lifetimes besides Al Gore's invention of the intertoobs has to be the rebirth of craft-made ales. Hardly a community in the country worth its salt doesn't have some kind of brewpub or at least a tavern that features a wide variety of ales made by small brewers who actually care about the taste of what they make.

We featured the Yuengling brewery in a 1996 issue of the magazine, but we've since raved on and on about countless number of other small breweries that dot the landscape. Thanks to the ubiquity of brewpubs, we can offer you this one bit of important roadside dining advice: When driving coast to coast, make a point of stopping in towns with big state universities. Almost all of them will have a brewpub, and almost all of those will serve you great food.

When we actually see this movie, we'll post our thoughts.

This Old Building

Written by Teri Dunn Chace

Here in Upstate New York, there are a lot of (potentially) beautiful old Main Streets, lined mostly or completely with handsome old brick buildings fr...

Written on 02 February 2012
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Draper Mountain Wayside, US 11 S of Pulaski VA

Written by Tom Hoffman

Here are two views of another of Virginia's "Waysides," which once served motorists the way "rest areas" do now on the interstates. Ho...

Written on 28 January 2012
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"The Artist" and "The Theatre"

Written by Sue Clarendon

“The Artist” is a charming movie, deserving of all the Golden Globes awards it received, and then some. (Watching that otherwise uninspired awar...

Written on 23 January 2012
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Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Robbinsville NC

Written by Tom Hoffman

This is a memorial plaque to Joyce Kilmer, famous for the poem "Trees." The name is a pseudonym, and in fact Joyce Kilmer was a man. He died in action...

Written on 28 December 2011
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Cutout Highway Signs, Christiansburg VA

Written by Tom Hoffman

If you're a "roadgeek," then you already know what cutouts are. In fact, you may know where these are. A close look at these old signs will show that ...

Written on 14 December 2011
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