Monday Link Love

Better book titles. YES. One of my favorites…”I’m on a Boat” by Mark Twain

This place sounds amazing. And Teo Musso sounds like one swell man.

Britain’s longest-serving blacksmith…”I shall live tired, but I shant retire”

Following the above…You have got to bookmark this and watch these shorts about obsolete occupations

I’m dizzy just looking at these bourbon baked apples

Love these Beertography photographs

The Little Black Jacket

Of course Salvador Dali went on a walk with an ant-eater

Smitten Kitchen on NPR! Squee!!

Did you know people put oil in their pasta water? What?

Monday Link Love

Think someone under the table

Oregon minor league baseball team finally has a beer-themed mascot. Welcome to the Hillsboro Hops

Andy Dwyer on running

The Squirrel Census is a real and beautiful thing

Time lapse of Endeavour’s trip through Los Angeles

Get ready to sing at the top of your lungs…Into the Wild (she also has a cover of Halo that I’m a little in love with)

Montmartre’s city vineyard

Victory Brewing is playing with some wine & bourbon barrels…drool

Action Philosophers! Je pense! Donc, je suis!

Who says no to Bad Girls Throughout History?

Monday Link Love

What ridiculous & gnarly tricks can you do with a $14,000  carbon bike?

For you Muncie: Our local paper, The Star Press briefly chats about my favorite bar in their section Talking Pints

After indulging in one too many bad tv shows on Netflix in the past few weeks, I’m taking up A Cup of Jo‘s no-tv challenge for a week. Has anyone else tried giving tv up? Tips? Tricks? Vices to get you through?

A visit from the green fairy at Booze Dancing: the first absinthe review I’ve ever read! Now onto trying the actual thing…

Bravo Indiana! Hoosier Beer Geek puts together a list of all our winners at the Great American Beer Festival

I know what I’m making for Thanksgiving…duh. How can I say no to cinnamon sugar anything?

I’m so late on this (like two years late), but if you’re a person, you should listen to Any Marina’s cover of Whatever You Like. It’s pretty, sexy, pretty, pretty pretty pretty.

I promise, pinky promise, that if you make this granola your house will smell all things fall

Monday Link Love

You are not Banksy

Have you heard of Denmark’s bicycle superhighway?

If you haven’t seen this list of Indiana Breweries You May Not Have Known Existed, give it a quick read, and add a few more breweries to your “to visit” list

I need to make sure you’ve seen this tumblr: Strunk & White Will Fight You (English. Motherfucker! Do you speak it?)

Why I love Paris reason #347 : a rainbow elementary school

How to keep beer from going bad

Oscar Niemeyer in 3D.

I’ve been talking about this a lot, but I’m still really unhappy about James Bond drinking Heineken now. So is Daniel Craig (plus, here’s the Skyfall trailer in case you haven’t seen it)

You know you want this for the squirrels in your yard

For your summer walks, a street covered with umbrellas

Monday Link Love

Remember Choose Your Own Adventure?

A happy, jump around song to kick off your week

Good conversation asking Who’s to blame when your beer is bad?

I want to run away with this ice cream cake

Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style. Oh how I wish I could go see this.

A data analysis of the elements of Danish rye bread

American craft beer exports!

I don’t normally link to articles like this, but this except at the end about the French really rang true “In the end, I must admit that my curiosity about old-world philandering is probably just a distortion of our abiding national obsession with the French capacity to get away with anything: Eat triple crème cheese without getting fat, have children without turning into insipid mommies, turn 50 without losing sexiness, cheat without feeling the pain.”

I’m surprised this hadn’t been done before now: a human Pantone series

Have you seen this blog, Dinner, a Love Story?

P.S. Want to know more about that awesome lamp and where you can get one? 

Monday Link Love

A psychedelically transformed Grand Palais makes me miss Paris like woah

50 Ways to Afford Craft Beer… “Get a real job.  Wait, no, don’t do that.  That’s a terrible idea.”

I feel like I always include a post from the Times, but please check out this piece on a new documentary Herd in Iceland

As if I couldn’t love Hemingway more (thanks Rai!)

A book composed of the first Google image for every word in the dictionary. This book jacket is super cool.

“Ever walk into a pub, bottle shop, or brewery and have a similar thought? A thought that we beer fans, connoisseurs, and snobs will never experience all of it?” From a guest post on Beertography by Joel McClosky of the new Four Saints Brewing Company

Ohmygee! BEERsimple has a new post!

Roasted tomato caprese panzanella? Oh hush.

Craft beer turns down Nickelback *snicker*

Designers! Awesome people! Duvel is looking for a new glass design!

Monday Link Love

Drunk texts from famous authors. Yes.

And I thought the peach cobbler I was making was kick-ass…

Is this real life? Westvleteren is finally coming?

Have you ever heard about the history of Chartreuse?

Everyone has a first time

Ladies, five really awesome bike-friendly hairstyles

The Beeroness’s beer soaked and chocolate covered cherries inspired some strawberries I’ll be posting about this week

Which craft beer personality are you?

Have you seen life in a tiny apartment? A really really tiny apartment?

I’m not very skilled at DIY jewelry, but I think I could rock this

Monday Link Love

How about we play some Haruki Murakami bingo?

A very well executed overview of current food photography styles (I love the chiaroscuro)

I’m never going to get tired of beer can packaging

I actually really want to try these brussels sprouts

What does your drink look like?

Lovely & small piece about Caravaggio’s “Madonna di Loreto”

An Anheuser-Busch bourbon-barrel aged lager? I’m definitely interested in hearing more about this thing.

Would you try ordering from a rugbeer?

I’m repeating listing the Times, but this article on up & coming malting companies was fascinating

Scotch and the “band-aid” smell. Anyone ever notice this? I heard about this aroma in some parts of the brewing process, but hadn’t heard of this present in Scotch before.

Monday Link Love

THIS GUY. Smoothest “Oh hey I’m on TV move ever”

Comprehensive list of cans for your summer! I can’t wait to get Hazed & Infused again.

Are these the most perfect looking cookies or what?

I’ve never been sold on quinoa, but I may give this Watermelon, Feta, and Basil Quinoa salad a try

Have you read Simple Mom before? I found her this past week, and I’ve enjoyed her writing quite a bit and perspective as a cross-cultural family

What? No…really, what? A monkey orchid?

Ooh! Printstagram!

Okay this made me chuckle this morning

A strawberry rumshake sounds like a great idea for summer

How do you feel about these state-shaped cutting boards? I haven’t made up my mind yet. An Indiana one would actually be very practical, though.

Monday Link Love

Chuckle-worthy video by Point Brewery…THE WORLD MAY BE ENDING BUT AT LEAST I HAVE MY BEER

Chefs (and one blogger) on photography in restaurants

How did I end up with this link for this week?

TRAVEL SNACKS

A really really good analogy drawn by The Economist between China’s economy and the bicycle

Wait, what? Austrian trappist beer? (Newsletter #8 from the International Trappist Association)

Twelve cold soup recipes from the New York Times. This is so great! Soup is such a great and easy meal to make for me, but I always have a hard time finding the right ones to make in the hot weather.

I think this is general knowledge already, but it never hurts to be reminded of things we can all learn from the craft brewing industry

Bubbles!

An interview with one of my absolute favorite bloggers, Joanna Goddard. I’m so happy every time I see a new post of hers pop up in my Google reader, and I love that she doesn’t shy away from real-life topics. (For example, Do you pee in front of your significant other?)