Jim Henson: North Carolina

film stills from the documentary "Book of Miri"

One of the great things about living in the heart of North Carolina is the "Full Frame Documentary Film Festival," which is held annually every April in Durham, NC. Almost every time I go I end up not only discovering some great documentaries, but often one of my favorite movies of the year (last year it was "The Beaches of Agnès" and the year before that it was "Man on Wire" - which is actually of my favorite movies of all time and if you haven't seen it yet - you HAVE to see it immediately - like today). This year, I'm bummed I'm going to miss the festival because I've got a wedding to attend in Virginia, but if you're in the area - you should totally check it out: http://www.fullframefest.org/.

Oh, and P.S.: Congratulations to Valerie of cabin + cub! Random.org has selected you, lucky #7, as the winner of "The Portable Dorothy Parker." Hope you'll enjoy it, but thanks to all of you who participated in our little giveaway! Have a nice weekend everyone!

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I am not at all a beer drinker. I've tried, but it's just not going to happen. All I taste is bitterness and all I want is a girly drink with fruit in it. So why, you may ask, did I go on a brewery tour this weekend?

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Well, the boyfriend likes beer as does the spouse of a friend of mine so we made it a couple's date and took a drive to Holly Springs, NC and to the Carolina Brewing Company. We got to taste a bunch of beers, ask a bunch of questions, and learn how the stuff is made. And it was all free. Yep, free beer.

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I still only drank barely a half of a glass, but it was a fun afternoon and I think it would actually be a neat place to go on a date or to take your fella as a gift. And, ladies, (as my friend and I noticed right away) the ratio of men to women, on the tour, is like 10 to 1.... so go with a bunch of girlfriends as long as you don't terribly mind meeting a guy who leaves the tour planning to make beer in his bathtub.

Oh, and realbeer.com has a pretty good database for finding brewery tours in your state.

(And do you think I would be a bigger fan of beer if only I had one of these vintage beer trays? It's nice to think so.)