Back in August, I made my first trip to Vietnam to visit Misha. We spent a week together, and though the timing wasn’t great (there were tsunami warnings and a lot of rain), it was still enough time for me to form an initial impression of the city.Â
While this trip was primarily concerned with baseball (driving to and attending games did indeed take up most of our time), we were still able to see some of the cities we visited. Since we’re both hungry beer nerds, we focused mainly on eating and drinking the best food and beer we could find. With the help of recommendations by local friends, I think we did a pretty good job of that.Â
You would be forgiven for thinking that Guatemala isn’t exactly a craft beer destination. I certainly didn’t expect much. After arriving, I did what I always do when I move to a new place: I worked my way through the local beer selection. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of craft options. Even the national mass-produced lager was solid.Â
When we first received our assignment to Guatemala and started thinking about regional travel, Misha said to me that if we were going to visit Mexico, she didn’t want to go anywhere she’d already been. Well, much like James Taylor, I’d never really been but I sure wanted to go. We haven’t been able to take advantage of the regional travel as much as we originally thought due to Misha’s cancer treatment, but after traveling to Mexico City on my own in February, I had to go back. Misha had never been to Oaxaca, widely considered one of the premiere culinary destinations of the Western Hemisphere, so that’s how we spent our extended Memorial Day Weekend.Â
This news is a coming a bit late but based on the number of variables and the confusing nature of bidding at this stage of Misha’s career, I wanted to make sure I didn’t report news that would require a retraction later on down the line. With that in mind, I am happy to announce... Continue Reading →
Beer and Diplomacy 
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