
Ivars
Is Ivars a bit of a tourist trap? Yes. Is Ivars overpriced? Yes. Is Ivars playing to the masses? Yes. Does that mean you shouldn’t go? No, GO! They have […]
Is Ivars a bit of a tourist trap? Yes. Is Ivars overpriced? Yes. Is Ivars playing to the masses? Yes. Does that mean you shouldn’t go? No, GO! They have […]
Cas and I were exploring the towns around Mount Vernon while we lived there. You have gotten to know Cas while reading this site, sure, so you’ve probably come to […]
Cardinal Craft Brewing is run by the Skagit Valley Community College Craft Brewing program that takes students “from grain to glass”. We are pretty sure that they have the best […]
Did you know that Cas used to own an Italian restaurant? It just so happened to be voted the BEST Italian restaurant in Portland. It also happened to be voted […]
One day, in Mount Vernon, while Cas was out of town, I decided to take a run down the famed Mount Vernon river trail. We’d walked along portion of the […]
Our last stop on our Ale Trail was Birdsview Brewing Co on our last night in town. We’d come so far on our passport that certainly wanted to squeeze in […]
We found some breweries in the Skagit Valley where the customers would keep us away, where the servers would keep us away, and where the beer would keep us away. […]
Here is another one where we felt like we were bothering the bartender by being there. She was alone, granted, but it was a low key Sunday afternoon. No one […]
We popped into the North Sound Brewing Co while out and about exploring the Skagit Valley. We’d heard that they have a variety of food trucks and we were hungry […]
Sometimes, the vibe of a brewery is just as important as the beer they serve. We went to Bastion and sat at the bar. We were given the feeling that […]