To Milwaukee and Back
I spent Thursday through Sunday in Milwaukee. When I left my home in western Massachusetts on Thursday it was 70 degrees, When I arrived in Milwaukee it was about 38 degrees and really windy. It stayed...
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Pabst Mansion
Last week I was in Milwaukee to attend the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH). I have not attended an OAH in many years and was surprised that I didn’t find that many...
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He who drinks Pabst drinks best
After visiting the Pabst mansion, we walked to the site of the Pabst Brewery. The plant ceased operations in 1996. The brewery was massive and consisted of twenty-eight buildings. Some are in disrepair...
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Miller Park
Seen from hotel window Friday night, after immersing ourselves in Pabst, we went to Miller Park to see the Milwaukee Brewers play the Colorado Rockies. Miller Brewing paid forty million to have the...
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Schlitz Palm Garden
Of the four days and three nights we were Milwaukee for the OAH we spent one day getting there, one day sightseeing, and one day and a half days actually going to the convention. On Saturday we spent...
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Occupy Sandy
On Monday I was in New York City and I volunteered with Occupy Sandy. Because I am a nurse I was sent to Far Rockaway to help in a clinic that was being started at St. Gertrude’s Church. I had...
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Drinking in Paris and London
I have been to Paris three times and each time I have felt that I generally got good wine. To me, who knows nothing about wine, French wines taste better than the wine I get in America. One of the...
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Down and out in Paris and London
As you may be able to tell from my previous two posts I found being in London easier than being in Paris. Part of it was the language, of course, but there were other reasons as well. There was less...
View ArticleBourbon and Wine
As I have said, one reason I was in Paris and London was to give a paper at the Alcohol Drugs History Conference, Under Control? My paper was “Creating Bourbon: Distillers and the federal government...
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Methylated Spirits
Denatured alcohol At the Alcohol Drugs History Conference, Under Control?, held in London from June 20 to June 23, Stella Moss gave a very interesting and somewhat horrifying talk about “Methylated...
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This is a video of the talk I gave at the Under Control Conference in London in June 2013. Click here to view it. When I figure out how to post the actual video on this site, I will. If anyone has any...
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Occupy Sandy
On Monday I was in New York City and I volunteered with Occupy Sandy. Because I am a nurse I was sent to Far Rockaway to help in a clinic that was being started at St. Gertrude’s Church. I had...
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Drinking in Paris and London
I have been to Paris three times and each time I have felt that I generally got good wine. To me, who knows nothing about wine, French wines taste better than the wine I get in America. One of the...
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Down and out in Paris and London
As you may be able to tell from my previous two posts I found being in London easier than being in Paris. Part of it was the language, of course, but there were other reasons as well. There was less...
View ArticleBourbon and Wine
As I have said, one reason I was in Paris and London was to give a paper at the Alcohol Drugs History Conference, Under Control? My paper was “Creating Bourbon: Distillers and the federal government...
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Methylated Spirits
Denatured alcohol At the Alcohol Drugs History Conference, Under Control?, held in London from June 20 to June 23, Stella Moss gave a very interesting and somewhat horrifying talk about “Methylated...
View ArticleUnder Control? 13
This is a video of the talk I gave at the Under Control Conference in London in June 2013. Click here to view it. When I figure out how to post the actual video on this site, I will. If anyone has any...
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Beer Tourism
From March 31 to April 8, New Hampshire will be celebrating the third annual Craft Beer Week. New Hampshire has sixty-three breweries and ten distributors. Events such as a Craft Beer Week, which is...
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Vacation
I was lucky enough to spend last week in beautiful Delray Beach, Florida. I didn’t do that much; mostly walked on the beach and swam laps in the pool. We returned to 15 inches of snow. If I could have...
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How to Behave at an Academic Conference
I recently attended the ADHS 2017 conference. I have attended many conferences over the years and chaired many panels. These are my observations about how to have a successful panel at an academic...
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