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Outer Banks, Out of Season

By Emily | Published: December 7, 2009
It's too cold to swim. The bars and restaurants are eerily empty. The souvenir shops are shuttered. The Outer Banks may not be the most lively out-of-season destination. But there's plenty to do at this resort town, if post-apocolyptic-like desolation is your thing.
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Happy Birthday to us!

By Emily | Published: November 6, 2009
We’re Out of Here turns one this week! It’s been a busy year. We traveled up and down the East Coast from Maine to North Carolina. We’ve eaten jelly fish, ramps, duck fat fries and lobster fresh from the boat. And we’ve had a beer (or two) in every stop along the way. Here’s a recap of the best and worst of our first year.
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Party like its the end of summer on Kelleys Island

By Emily | Published: September 11, 2009
Ohioans love a party. This summer alone, We're Out of Here has a had a few pints at Cleveland brew pubs. Celebrated with the crowds at the Ohio Brew Fest in Athens. And we ended summer with Labor Day at Kelleys Island, a hard partying destination in Lake Erie.
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Maine: Skip the lobster, have a beer

By Emily | Published: September 3, 2009
Yeah, Maine had delicious lobster, pretty coastline and picturesque lighthouses -- any guidebook can tell you that. But what we found on a recent trip to the northern state was an array of excellent breweries and bars. And, of course, blueberry beer.
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Beer done right at Ohio Brew Week

By Emily | Published: July 21, 2009
The Ohio Brew Week was everything a beer festival should be. For one solid week, beer took over the town of Athens, Ohio. Brewers lined the streets with kegs offering samples of their finest and most daring brews (A cabernet barrel-aged imperial raspberry vanilla porter, anyone?), restaurants featured dishes cooked with beer and each bar in the booze-friendly college town was taken over by a different Ohio microbrewery.
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Frustrated with PA’s baffling beer laws

By Emily | Published: May 30, 2009
I just returned from a weekend in Pennsylvania. More memorable than the rolling mountains, green forests or gushing rivers were the state’s convoluted liquor laws. Before this trip, I assumed that a state famous for its craft brew (home to both the Troegs and Victory breweries) would have a plentiful selection of beer — and [...]
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Our top five summer destinations

By Emily | Published: April 23, 2009
Summer is coming up, so I’ve been figuring out my plans for this travel season. Here is the list I created: Summer 2009’s Top Five Must -Visit Destinations. View Summer ‘09 Destinations in a larger map 1. Assateague Island: We attempted to camp at this National Seashore in Maryland last year. However, the place was booked up [...]
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Free beer, wine and minstrel music in Arlington

By Emily | Published: March 16, 2009
What’s the best way to save a failing, neighborhood grocery store? Install a wall of beer and host monthly beer and wine tastings, apparently. Westover Market, a landmark in the Arlington neighborhood with the same name, was floundering until the family that owns the shop transformed it into a beer destination. Now, it hosts free tastings [...]
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Where to buy beer in Northern Va.

By Emily | Published: March 4, 2009
In these tough economic times, craft beer is an affordable luxury. Upgrading a bottle of Charles Shaw to a decent Bordeaux costs $10 at least. But add a couple of extra bucks to the cost of a Miller Highlife six-pack, and you can buy an award-winning beverage. Here are some of [...]
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The cash-only, cans-only dive bar

By Emily | Published: March 3, 2009
As DC goes increasingly upscale, dive bars in the District are becoming a rare find. But Columbia Height’s Red Derby is dive done well. It’s a 20 minute hike from the nearest bar district, Adams Morgan. It doesn’t have a sign. It serves beer only in cans — everything from a $2 can of [...]
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