Brew Review: Allagash Grand Cru

by Caleb McBee, Food and Drink Editor I just opened an 8-year-old bottle of Allagash Grand Cru. Brewed in ’01 it was one of the first bottles of beer that I ever bought for laying down. I actually bought it sometime in ’02 and the beer handler had commented on it having a year under its belt and on the way to goodness. After a little chat about aging beer I went home and consulted the Beer Hunter* of course and was soon on my merry way at a new hobby. I don’t claim... Read More

Fuerza Bruta Series #1 of 3

photo by Denis Schapira Wajman It does not have to be real, nor must we know the whole story.  A glimpse into how I wish I could dream every night, this is the first in a three photo series by Denis Schapira Wajman.  The other two are coming, I promise.  Check back soon.  As for now, with this above and before me, I’m speechless.  This is not a rhetorical question:  What can you even say at a time like this, when the world is so crisply tilted and skewed, yet there... Read More

Things and Places, Adventures and Women

  by Erik Michael Johnson, City Desk     Photo by Caroline McCarty, Creative Intern The sin rose from the city A thick pheromone of vapor. The sweet hue of a city flashed   Giving birth to the night life. The sun finally disapeared. The aircraft opened its doors.     The stars seemed to be bored here. It looked as though many had left. Retreating to the lakes and mountains. Read More  Read More

Dangerous & Useful

by Sarah Kulla, 2003 Reprinted by permission of the Kern Valley Transients’ Entity Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps the silver metal snaps all down her blouse were not enough to stop the truck to stop the snow to keep her going and never let her go she tried to know but what could she know it was all so fast so bright so damned hot and cold all the time; it was always happening. Always. Read More  Read More

Wheelbarrow Tour Holland

a photo essay by Sam Kulla & Marion Halsell, with thanks to Tony Brunello & Haley Peterson for company & navigation A herd of Dutch Gazelles on the dijk. Photo: SK Read More  Read More

Cactus Flower

by S. Ray, May 2003 Reprinted by permission of the Kern Valley Transients’ Entity Never having seen a lotus blossom, a cactus flower does well in its place, and wishing I was made of cactus flowers is nice for a few minutes. Read More  Read More