Beer of the Month: Or De Belgique
I was at the Zeitgeist Arts Café in Duluth for my kid’s piano gig. Or de Belgique (Gold of Belgium) by Blacklist Brewing was on...
Eric Chandler
Trailbreaker Belgian Style Wit Ale
I scratched my head looking at the wall of beer choices. Then I saw a russet-colored six-pack from the Voyageur Brewing Company in Grand...
Lake Superior Brewing Company: Old Man Winter Warmer
I like winter. But there are times, like when you get home after cheering on your kid’s cross-country ski team in below zero temps,...
Chandler Family Road Trip: Part 2
We drove out of the Black Hills, across Wyoming and through the Medicine Bow Mountains. I screeched to a stop for a picture next to...
A Chandler Family Road Trip
Italy. New Zealand. Iceland. Paris. We talked about these places over the supper table. My bank account and calendar both vetoed those options. I proposed...
The Duluth Rowing Club: Back to the Future
Scott and I were going nowhere fast. We rowed our Ergometers (or “Ergs,” in rowing slang) outside the Duluth Rowing Club (DRC) boathouse. We...
Homemade Root Beer
When I was a kid, I remember walking through my grandmother’s house in Maine and hearing an explosion. I asked my dad, “What was...
Grand Avenue Nordic Center takes shape
DULUTH—John Morton, founder of Morton Trails, visited Duluth, May 18-20, to begin the design process for the Grand Avenue Nordic Center (GANC) trail system....