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California

Beer Flights, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Beer Flights – Pizza Port Brewing Carlsbad Beer Review

Of the breweries on my itinerary for Carlsbad, California, I was most excited to visit Pizza Port Brewing. With the company’s 90-plus Great American Beer Festival medals coupled with the fact that Pizza Port Brewery is not widely distributed on the East Coast, you can easily understand why. Pizza Port Brewing traces its roots back to 1987 when brother and sister team Gina and Vince Marsaglia purchased a struggling pizza parlor in…

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Travel, United States

48 Hours in Carlsbad, California

Day 1 – 48 Hours in Carlsbad 10:38 am Who schedules a 45 minute layover in LAX? This guy. My flight arrived 15 minutes early but ground control held us for a half hour. I now have 24 minutes to change terminals. I hit the ground running, praying that I make my flight given the wait for the shuttle bus. There goes any notion of grabbing lunch to bring on the plane….

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Craft Beer Travel, Destination Beer Travel Guides, Travel, United States

Hipmunk Hotels: A California Beercation Road Trip to Oakland, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, and More

With legendary breweries like Stone Brewing, Green Flash Brewing, and Ballast Point Brewing, San Diego has earned itself a designation as a craft beer mecca. However, navigating the city’s 100-plus breweries can be quite daunting. Which ones are must visits and which ones are meh? As an alternative to a beercation in San Diego, I suggest a California beercation road trip to see what the rest of the state has to offer….

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Food, Travel, United States, Wine

48 Hours in Santa Barbara – A Guide to Santa Barbara Wineries

There are very few places in this world that have the beauty and charm of Santa Barbara. When I ride my beach cruiser along the beach, drink wine on a pier over the ocean, run into a celebrity in the grocery store or take in the pristine views from atop a mountain peak, it’s hard not to feel a bit spoiled living in this town. And there’s the Santa Barbara wineries themselves……

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Food, Travel, United States, Wine

Indulge! A Guide to Sonoma County Wineries and Food

As my wife passes her due date (and still no baby yet), I’ve enlisted the help of some fellow travel bloggers to keep up with regular postings. This second post comes from Megan of Traveling Nine to Fiver. Megan makes us all a little jealous as she provides a food and wine guide to one of the many wine regions on her home state of California. Don’t we all wish Sonoma County was a little…

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Travel, United States

Weekend Getaway to Catalina Island

As my wife approaches her due date (less than a week away), I’ve enlisted the help of some fellow travel bloggers to keep up with regular postings. This first post comes from Sadie of Eclectic Trekker. You may also notice a new look to the site. I’m working on a new design so please excuse the dust as I finish off the final touches. As I read Sadie’s post, I was reminded of my one and…

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Craft Beer Travel, Destination Beer Travel Guides, Travel, United States

Anaheim Craft Beer Guide – Part of your California Beercation

Even though I live in North Carolina – which has a stellar craft beer industry – I still get a twinge of jealousy towards California. The industry permeates the entire state of California, from north to south and all areas in between. Some cities, like Anaheim, have even structured their laws to welcome craft breweries, knowing the boost they give to the local economy. So if you’re planning a beercation through the state…

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Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Travel Moments

Travel moments are those unexpected moments that just happen.  They aren’t planned, they aren’t foreseen, nor are they packaged.  They’re that encounter with a stranger over a local beverage, that meal that unexpectedly tantalized your taste buds, that song that brought you out of your seat and onto the dance floor, that spiritual connection with Mother Nature, that city that barely made your itinerary that now romanticizes your soul. Travel moments occur…

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