"Now the Old King is Dead!" "Long Live the King!"

Here is a song for Anheuser Busch. Hopefully, InBev will keep their promises and not cut the charitable heart out of the organization. Still, many in St. Louis are in for a lot of belt tightening and harder work, which may not be an entirely bad thing.

Well, one upside of all of this is that I can now drink my Stella Artois once again in good conscience. Here is the ad that got me to try that beer, and now I am a fan, for the taste, yes, but also for the aesthetics, as often it is served in a lovely glass.

Yeah those advertisement things work, otherwise they would not spend millions of dollars on them. While you are at the new boob tube, check out some of the other Stella commercials, many are funny (here, here, here, and here) and some are just bizarre. And you kind of have to admire a beer whose tag line is "Reassuringly Expensive."

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June 2, 2008

The Public House

Dressel's, a Welsh pub, is one of St. Louis' finest public houses.

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February 28, 2007

Mmm, Mmm Healthy

Feel the warmth of the earthtones. Look at the amber glow of the heads of wheat, their rough husks housing plump, tough kernels, ready to be ground into hearty flour. Ah, the wholesomeness!

Here is an amusing blog entry mocking the recent move by Krispy Kreme to offer whole wheat doughnuts. Favorite quote: "You don't want to eat whole-wheat doughnuts because amber waves of grain are not to be mixed in with the pure, fluffy happiness that you are aiming for when you eat a damn doughnut."

In related news, one day I will actually do my "7 Days with a Starbucks Frappuccino" photo essay, but until then here is a quick peak into what's in your "coffee drinks." Make sure to check out all four pages. The dubious winner for calories and fat grams? White Hot Chocolate with whipped cream:

16 ounces
580 calories
28 fat grams
95 mg cholesterol
310 mg sodium

Oh, and Krispy Kremes nutritional info. Here you go.

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