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1 month ago | 
nwtravelmag.com | Becky Garrison
In 1989, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel co-founded Pike Brewing Company in Seattle with a vision of being a disruptor in the industry by changing the way people enjoy beer.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Becky Garrison
Becky Garrison·Follow4 min read·--Photo collage generated via Deepai. For those looking for faith-based fellowship infested with spiritual narcissists, here’s a curated list of potential spiritual gatherings geared toward a wide range of believers. A/theism in ActionBe a keyboard warrior in the rebirth and rebranding of the ongoing dialogue between believers (aka Christians) and heathens (aka atheists). Deconstruct with dudes. Create common ground by building bridges to nowhere.
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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Becky Garrison
Becky Garrison·Follow11 min read·--Anke Richter at the 2024 Decult ConferenceJ.W. Ocker, author of Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations―and Take Over Our Lives, opines, “We all want to belong to something greater than ourselves. To be accepted by like-minded people. We all want to believe that our ideas about the world are the ultimate truth of the universe. Cults are that straightforward: purpose, community, and understanding how the world works.
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2 months ago | 
wineandwhiskeyglobe.com | Becky Garrison
For those looking to lift a glass in support of US veterans, here’s a curated selection of spirits produced by distillers with a military background. 4 Spirits Distillery (Corvallis, OR)In 2011, Dawson Officer established 4 Spirits Distillery with a mission to create superior craft spirits that honor all service members. The name 4 Spirits is dedicated to Lt. Erik McCrae, Sgt. Justin Linden, Sgt. Justin Eyerly and Sgt. David Roustum, who served with Dawson in Baghdad, where they lost their lives.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
medium.com | Becky Garrison
Becky Garrison·Follow7 min read·--There’s no question our the US current sociopolitical climate is completely overrun with extreme narcissistic energies as outlined in last week’s game of extreme narcissism bingo. In advance of the impending Presidential inauguration,Yale Divinity School’s Reflections posted a series of articles exploring how we can temper the spike in polarization infesting both our religious and political institutions.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
edibleseattle.com | Becky Garrison
December 5, 2024, marked Repeal Day, the 91st anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages and their import into, or export from, the U.S. and all its territories. When Prohibition ended, there was a struggle to prevent the corrupt, saloon-dominated, freewheeling era of “rotgut whiskey” and “bathtub gin” from making a comeback.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
wineandwhiskeyglobe.com | Becky Garrison
As reported in my 2024 book, Distilling in Washington: A History, The Northwest Whiskey Trail has exploded in popularity, which speaks to a burgeoning interest in Pacific Northwest craft spirits. The late Steve McCarthy, founder of Clear Creek Distillery in Oregon (McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey), ignited the “spirited” craft revolution when he distilled the first U.S.-based American single malt whiskey some twenty-five years ago.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
wineandwhiskeyglobe.com | Becky Garrison
In recent years, the Vancouver Island AVA has risen as a player in the British Columbia wine scene with a community of family grape growers and winemakers dedicated to sustainable organic farming and winemaking practices. Currently, this AVA contains 321 planted acres with 22 licensed grape wineries. Its cooler maritime climate produces fresh, crisp wines such as Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Ortega (a German hybrid varietal) and a range of sparkling wines.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
stonermag.com | Becky Garrison
RĒL designed their vape pens with the serious vape enthusiast in mind. They offer disposable, rechargeable, and premium Goliath models. Cannabis connoisseurs will enjoy a consistently smooth vaping experience short of any leaky cartridges, battery fails, and harsh chemical tastes that often accompany cheaper vape pens and devices. The Goliath model is engineered with a quick heating stainless steel coil.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
pastemagazine.com | Becky Garrison
In anticipation of the bounty from this year’s wine harvest, here’s a curated list of wine flicks released over the past two decades designed to satisfy an oenophile’s palate. 1. Bottle Shock (2008)This depiction of the early days of California winemaking featuring the now infamous blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 (a.k.a. the “Judgment of Paris”) contains more than a few bits of fiction.
