When this Bud’s not for you
There's nothing the Faker enjoys more than a cold Budweiser. But beer is getting fancy. Most cities now have several local breweries and at least a few craft beer bars...
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Half Acre to expand brewery on Lincoln Avenue, increase output
Few Chicago breweries have won over local beer drinkers as thoroughly as Half Acre, but that hasn't always been good for the brewery. In August, for example, Half Acre put...
No joke: Colorado ski season starts Saturday
Though we are at least a month from the first snowflake falling in Chicago (we hope), parts of Colorado have already been blanketed in white. That means, unbelievably, that while...
Time to pick your favorite beer
In the Dining section of Thursday's baiduhai, I write the following: "The most common question I am asked after someone learns I write about beer isn't surprising: 'What's your...
Hotel body language
If it seems hotels have become better, they have. Maybe not the economy motels of the world, but from Holiday Inn on up, hotels seem to be performing better than...
Thanksgiving travel airfare goes under Travelocity’s microscope
If you're like the rest of the free world — make that the American free world — your favored Thanksgiving travel dates are the few days before the holiday until...
5 places to stop and sip in Traverse City
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — This idyllic northern Michigan town is fast gaining a reputation as a dining destination, but we need something to wash down all that fine cooking. Fortunately,...
Genders and the road
A few months ago I wrote about "gay business travel" and the fact that it is a substantial enough demographic for the hospitality industry to track it. Little wonder, then,...
Craft beer steps up for charity
Yes, Virginia, there is something better than drinking beer: drinking beer for a good cause! And the upcoming weeks will give beer lovers at least two opportunities to drink well...
Our daily 9/11 reminder
Hyperbole has a way of taking root and sticking around, but 10 years on, it's inarguable that Sept. 11, 2001, was indeed "a day that changed everything," at least on...