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Liquor On the Mountain: Coppercraft Whiskey and a Guide to Single-Distillery Tastings
Limitting a tasting to one specific distillery is like reading something you like and then picking up every book the author ever wrote. Becoming familiar with one distillery’s whiskeys gives you the chance to talk about their body of work as a whole.
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How To Make Your Own Flogger in About 15 Minutes
Make your own cheap, easy PVC flogger!
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Follow Your Arrow: Coffee Roaster Tara Brown on Courage, Connections and Simple Pleasures
“A-Camp was sort of a turning point for me. We were talking about building a year-round Autostraddle community and it was decided that I’d be the coffee roaster. I was like, ‘Well, guess I better get good at this coffee roasting thing.’ You can’t have mediocre coffee in a queer commune. I started actually writing a business plan the next weekend.”
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The Great String Cheese Taste Test: What’s The Best String Cheese Brand?
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a big ‘ol group of queers and otherwise-identified humans taste test and evaluate six brands of string cheese accompanied by boxed wine, then today could very well be the greatest day of your life.
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I Reclaimed Christmas With DIY Gifting: Here’s 6 Ways You Can Too
“As an adult, when I was presented with the option of creating my own Christmas traditions with my partner, my instinct was to completely ignore the holiday altogether… I also knew that I didn’t want to partake in the mad shopping frenzy that the holiday season had become famous for. So I started racking my brain for fun, easy DIYs that I could create in bulk for Christmas gifts.”
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We’re All About It: How My KitchenAid Stand Mixer Made Me a Better Cook
“My wife Kristie and I gleefully registered for all kinds of wedding gifts prior to our ceremony two years ago, from a vacuum cleaner to a camping tent. I was looking forward to unwrapping the mixer most of all, however.”
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Helping You Help Yourself #11
Cooking al dente pasta, what to do when you get into a car accident, finding your keys, instant noodles, looking cool with a deck of cards, and more!
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Grill This Sh*t: 39 Outside-the-Box Grill Recipes
Much like its introverted indoor cousin, the crock pot, a BBQ grill can cook a whole lot of exciting and unexpected stuff beyond hot dogs and hamburgers.
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This Is How We Do It: Drying and Preserving Herbs
How to preserve that fresh goodness in your garden or on your windowsill to keep enjoying it all year long.
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Top Five Best Cheesecakes I’ve Ever Eaten
“Does anyone know why is this is only a national holiday? What gives, America!? As the arbitrator of cheesecake and cheesecake vendors worldwide, I’m declaring today to be a global celebration for us all.”
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Liquor In The Toys: Five Neato Burrito Toys I Want For My Bar
I should really just buy all these and mix you drinks, right?
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Staycation Grab Bag: DIY Ideas and Inspiration for Your Big Days Inside
I offered up some ideas for staycation themes and activities in our launch post, but since I’m really devoted to helping you live your dreams, I thought I’d follow it up with some concrete steps to make them happen. Like DIY projects! And pretty pictures!
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Sunday Top Ten: Some Cats I Don’t Hate
Chances are good I hate your cat because it makes me sneeze. But do you know who doesn’t make me sneeze? Simba.
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6 Ways to Get Your Crush’s Pet to be Obsessed With You
Please fight every urge you have to chase them down and squeeze the dog/cat’s face with your own face or hands while very loudly exclaiming HOW MUCH YOU JUST FREAKIN’ LOVE CATS OR DOGS ZOMGSRSLY. Don’t be this guy.
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Make A Thing: Camp Crafts Round Up
The best activities at camp revolve around crafts, am I right?
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Get Baked: New Year’s Spring Rolls
This year on New Year’s day, I’m going to call my mom and my closest friends to exchange New Year’s greetings, give oranges and red envelopes to my friends’ kids and have a tiny but extravagant banquet with my friends in town.
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Gouda Have It: Staycation Cheese Plates, Because Cheese
When you’re Staycationing, a cheese plate is a wonderful thing whether you’re hosting company or you plan to eat that entire board all by your fucking self (I support you in this).
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Make A Thing: Custom Queer, Feminist Pendant Necklaces
Join in the A-Camp fun with these awesome, customizable pendant necklaces!
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Liquor on the Mountain: Our Whiskey Tasting Line Up
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when we get a bunch of people at A-Camp to go in on a few bottles of whiskey and we all taste them together and talk about how great whiskey is. And, as with every tasting we do, we encourage you to follow along at home!
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Liquor On The Mountain: How To Taste Beer
See, swirl, sniff and sip!