by Chuck Marshall | Jun 1, 2013 | Food |
Cafe Ollie – Something for Everyone! I read about Cafe Ollie over on AnnArbor.com. It sounded like a nice place, but I sort of forgot about it. Then I saw that our Dark Horse Brewing friend, Joanna Hollyday, had liked their Facebook page which got me over to...
by Chuck Marshall | May 17, 2013 | Travel |
A Tale of Four Castles – Travels in Scotland Besides driving on the wrong side of the road, scrambling up mountains, and drinking beer and Scotch, we also spent some time visiting castles during our trip to Scotland in 2012. Edinburgh Castle We visited Edinburgh...
by Chuck Marshall | Apr 13, 2013 | Music |
Anthrax! I had the good fortune to check out the Metal Alliance tour featuring Anthrax (with Exodus, High On Fire, Municipal Waste, and Holy Grail) at the Fillmore in Detroit last Saturday (April 6, 2013). It was a non-stop headbanging extravaganza! The bonus was...
by Chuck Marshall | Mar 24, 2013 | Running |
Its Not About the Frills, Its about the Trail! The 2013 racing season kicked off today with the Brighton Area Road Striders (B.A.R.S – how great is that! ) No Frills, All Thrills trail race in the beautiful Huron Meadows Metropark. This race is a fund raiser...
by Chuck Marshall | Feb 24, 2013 | Beer, Michigan |
Great Beer and Great fun at the Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fest For the past four years, we’ve headed West to Grand Rapids, Michigan with our friends Jeff and Angie, to partake in the annual Michigan Brewers Guild Winter beer festival....
by Chuck Marshall | Feb 9, 2013 | Hiking, Travel |
The Fellowship of the Ring – The Ring of Steall that is Why The Ring? One of my favorite scenes from the movie Braveheart, is when William Walace is running through the mountains of Scotland. I had always thought that if I ever get over to Scotland, I need...
by Chuck Marshall | Feb 2, 2013 | Beer, Travel |
Its Time for a Beer! After our snowshoe adventure at the Bigfoot Boogie, Brenda and I refueled our tanks with a fantastic lunch at Poppycocks. Rain had started to fall and after a little bit of shopping (Brenda couldn’t resist 50% off!), it was time...
by Chuck Marshall | Jan 26, 2013 | Hiking, Running |
Who knew running in snowshoes could be so fun and so damn hard!?! We journeyed up to Traverse City, Michigan on 1/18/2013 for Running Fit’s Bigfoot Boogie snowshoe race. The snow conditions were non-existant when we left Ann Arbor on Friday afternoon, which had...
by Chuck Marshall | Jan 19, 2013 | Michigan, Travel |
The Detroit Auto Show Rocks! On Tuesday, I went to the Delta SkyMiles American Express preview of the Detroit Auto Show (aka the North American International Auto Show) with my friends Jeff and Rick. For the last three years, Rick has been able to score tickets to the...
by Chuck Marshall | Jan 6, 2013 | Beer, Michigan |
Chelsea Alehouse Brewery opened its doors to the public on Thursday, January 3 and we decided to check it out! Once inside the Chelsea Alehouse, you are greeted with a wide open and inviting space with lots of windows. We thought all the natural light added a...
