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Travel, United States

Hipmunk Hotels: Big Texas Festivals in Plano, Corpus Christi, Galveston, and More

Whether it’s a food festival, beer or wine festival, or county fair, festivals are a great way to experience local culture and truly learn about a city or region. Some of my best travel moments happened while sharing a table with strangers over beers or tapping my foot along to a local band celebrating the musical heritage of the region. It’s a true sense of Americana. There isn’t a better place to…

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Brewery Reviews, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Southern Star Brewing Review in Conroe, Texas

Weighing the Good with the Bad at Southern Star This is one of the toughest brewery reviews I’ve written.  Mainly because I’ve been taught that if I don’t have anything nice to say (or in my case type), then I shouldn’t type anything at all.  Thus, I tend to focus on the positives over the negatives.  It’s not that I sugarcoat my reviews to spin a bad experience good.  That will never…

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Brewery Reviews, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

B-52 Brewing in Conroe, Texas

B-52 Brewing is a Brewery You Just Have to Visit Some breweries, for whatever reason, you just have to visit.  Maybe it’s to worship at the throne of their creativity like Cigar City Brewery in Tampa, FL.  Or maybe it’s to gorge on kick-ass food alongside superbly crafted beers like North Country Brewery in Slippery Rock, PA.  Or maybe it’s to participate in community driven conversation while sipping brews as inspiring as…

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Eating, Food, Restaurant Snapshot, Travel, United States

Hobbit Cafe Review

Themed restaurants normally only have one thing in common – They suck.  The food is a mediocre afterthought and the menu is overpriced.  Take Hard Rock Café, Hollywood Planet, or any of the gazillion Jimmy Buffett themed restaurants as an example.  All have menus that practically mirror each other with the same sad offerings of processed chicken fingers and soggy quesadillas at high prices.  Management is more concerned with selling souvenirs to…

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