A recent study found that the average person walks 900 miles a year…and drinks 22 gallons of beer. That makes 41 miles of walking to the gallon — not bad at all.
For people who love beer and travel and (wisely) don’t want to drive, these articles explore how to get around by using public transportation, bikes and your own two feet…with great suggested pubs to stop at along the way.
We’ll explore some of the best cities and countryside for walking, and provide suggestions on the best places to sit and enjoy a beer. And for those who prefer wine? Well, why not? We’ll throw in an occasional wine bar or enoteca too.
Walking and Drinking Beer in Yosemite
On March 27, 1851, a gold miner named James Savage, led a group of militia into the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains of central California in search of Tenaya, chief of the Ahwahneeche people. The tribespeople had burned Savage’s trading post, so in revenge, Savage formed the Mariposa Battalion and ordered his armed men up the […]
Walking and Drinking Beer on the Street of Dreams — Hollywood Boulevard
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Hollywood Boulevard was the most glamorous street in the world – a place where movie stars came to party, walk the red carpet to film premieres past search lights and popping flashbulbs, meet with their agents in Art Deco offices, cruise in convertibles with hair flying, palm trees overhead, or […]
Thunder by the Falls
Walking and Drinking Beer, On The Bloody Battlegrounds for the Niagara Frontier Battle of Fort George (courtsey of Friends of Fort George) At just 36 miles in length, the Niagara is one of the shortest rivers in the world. And one of the most violent. Almost a million gallons of water cascade down the river […]
Walking and Drinking Beer on the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere statue and Old North Church Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five; Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. When poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote those lines in 1862, he was correct — hardly […]