Forum's latest offering, Forever, is making it's Northeast debut on Saturday, October 3, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Why is the flyer so nice and fancy? …..more

Jake Black is a gentleman. Jake Black is a style maven. Jake Black is able to fall asleep in any place, outdoors or indoors, and wake up feeling refreshed in the morning. His summer pass at Timberline read Jake Blackburn and though he's from Colorado, he can put on a mean Australian accent. Jake is one of the funniest people you will meet, though he wears almost-socially-inappropriate short shorts very seriously. Jake Black is all of these things and a pretty darn good snowboarder, too. He spent his summer at Windells Snowboard Camp, sliding down the mountain busting tricks during the day and hanging out at camp smashing sandwiches by night. Here, since good things come in fours (four seasons, four food groups, four members of the Beatles, four Baldwin brothers, ) Jake Black lays out the important points of various important things in top four format.…..more

I made it back to Vermont this week, for the first time since I've been back east, which I guess really hasn't been that long. Route 89 is a long, lazy drive, but as soon as you pass Williston and you start cruising down the hill into the heart of Champlain Valley, you're home.

I headed up to BTV to catch a weekly dinner that my friends put together on Mondays and then meet up with some folks around Stowe and Waterbury the next day. I wasn't in town for long, but I had enough time to hit most of the good spots for at least a second and get at a sampling of the Queen City to get me by until I'm back in town (I didn't get to the Burton Bowl, which will have to wait until next week).…..more

The cross country drive as a rite of passage may be the most overrated idea, ever. Sometimes you have to do it, but it's not fun. Especially when you do it solo. I just spent the last five days driving from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, trapped in the Subaru version of a containment cell. Not much room to move around, two dead ipods and the limited food choices of gas stations, McDonalds and Taco Bells (the infrequent Sonics were my favorite since you can order breakfast all day). …..more