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Another beer from Strike that went out of business on 10/31. There used to be 4 brewpubs in 10 block wide area of San Jose between I-280 and the County Fairgrounds (and a couple more not too far on other side of 280 that have been gone for a long time) and now there are two. The Marzen was very...

It's not Russian River Brewery (who makes Pliny the Elder and Younger) going through Chapter 11. It's Flagship that I've never tried. From @jamesdeluxe link "The craft beer downturn has led another taproom to bankruptcy court, this time in Russian River Brewing Company's backyard in Downtown...

My son who will be 34 in December mostly drinks Coors Light although he also likes sours. I prefer regular Coors vs. watery Light. My wife and I went to (closing on 10/31) Strike Brewing yesterday. Since we were on way to San Jose Sharks game (on free tickets from ski buddy who works there) we...

After a quick trip to what used to be the closest Costco to my house (a less busy one opened close to my Mom's, then a business Costco with a gas station opened near me), I got to busy Strike brewing at 5 PM and tasted one Hazy and had a pint of another. They were selling all 16 oz. 4-packs for...

This is the closest (by about a mile) brewery to my house. Not my favorite although I remember a good retirement party there for a friend I mountain biked and worked with. It's at the other end of a long block where my Grandma (who was born in Santa Clara, CA in 1900) lived until 1982. Will try...

We missed No Kings events in June as we were hiking at Tahoe so my wife and I went to downtown San Jose yesterday. We mostly stayed in shade on edge of crowd that was estimated to be 10,000 as my wife did not want to be in the middle of it. SF had estimated crowd of 100K. There were...

Two of those upper lifts are not new. Mayflower lift is 40+ years old. Sultan lift is 20 years old and replaced lift from 1981. https://liftblog.com/deer-valley-ut/

I skied Deer Valley from next East Village entrance last year. It was in the middle of drive from CA to Steamboat so not much of a write-up. https://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/threads/utah-february-2025.15254/page-3#post-95854 Won’t go back this year as Deer Valley (and Alta!) are not...

Haven't seen anyone post about this: Officials arrest man in Florida on suspicion of starting devastating Palisades Fire "Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is facing a federal charge of destruction of property by means of fire in connection with the Palisades Fire, according to Bill Essayli, the acting...

Rumor is that Mammoth will open next Tuesday, Oct. 21. Heavenly and Kirkwood had what OpenSnow estimates as 12"/14" snow respectively over the last two days, but Vail would never open them a month or more early.

More stories about craft beer squeeze in https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-food-drink/article312402016.html that also references NY Times story that I was able to read but can't share. We were in Spain the week before last and mostly drank draft lagers (and albarino white wine...

Nothing that has directly affected me, but https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/07/14/california-breweries-closing-beer-sf says “More than 50 breweries closed across the state last year, while 24 opened.” And they don’t expect it to get better, partially due to tariffs. “Small brewers...

I have to question his snowfall data with Revelstoke and Timberline tied for no. 2 at 540” each. He says “U.S. snowfall totals sourced from bestsnow.net. Canadian snowfall totals as claimed by resort.” I didn’t see Timberline at bestsnow, but I didn’t look everywhere. I did see bestsnow has...

Report from my only day at Whitewater included “As at Revelstoke the previous Friday and Red Mountain the next day, a little new snow seems to bring out half the town in AM.” Even though all three towns (Nelson, Revelstoke and Rossland) are not that big, many people live in them to ski.

What an embarrassment he was today and is most days. https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/takeaways-trump-un-speech https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/fact-check-un-speech-claims-trump and https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/politics/trump-un-speech-united-nations-analysis

You could stay at Castle one night. We did once sharing 3 bunk bed room and once in room with two beds. Pizza for dinner and cereal for breakfast.

As Jimmy Buffett wrote in song released a week after his death 2 years ago: "Don’t know where I’m going Don’t know where I’ve been All I know for certain is My gummie just kicked in" Longer/better version. Song was written about a dinner experience with Paul McCartney's wife. I'm skiing...

I'm considering Banff starting Feb. 23 (when my 3 days at Mustang end) or March 22, 2026. I've had a timeshare trade request in for a while for the only place near Banff (short shuttle ride to downtown and their weeks run Sun-Sun) through company who sometimes have availability and does not...

Lines at Disneyland the last time I was there in June 2023 make the worst lines I have experienced in many years skiing look very small. If you don't pay extra to avoid lines during busy periods you can easily wait 1 hr to get on popular rides. I was in line for Space Mountain and it said line...

What kind of snake is that? Very close to where I took photo of mama coyote last week, I saw a CA king snake crossing the trail we were hiking earlier this Summer. I was ahead of my wife so I went back to warn her about the snake so she would not be surprised by it. They are non-venomous and...