I visited downtown St. Petersburg, Florida last fall with a group a friends as part of a two day brewery vacation. While there I took note at the interesting art and architecture that the city has to offer.
It was a great way to display street art on underutilized walls.
Art Deco
I love the bike paintings. Creative use of space and encourages an active lifestyle.
Some older architecture
Greenville, SC is a quaint town with a beautiful city center with pedestrian areas. We enjoyed a stroll downtown one day with a friend.
Our friend took us to the Mast General store. You will find everything you are looking for in this store. I had fun eyeing all the throwback toys.
I would have loved this store as a kid. It is a must visit as part of your Greenville trip.
Last October I had a blast visiting the Abracadabra Superstore in NYC. I just heard about it from a couple different friends. A friend I was visiting New York with wanted to see if she could find a halloween costume there. I wasn’t in the market for a costume but I had a great time looking at all the costumes and halloween decorations.
First we started in the “meat case” of body parts. I love the creepy clown arm!
Next up was the electric chair! It really seemed life-like.
Wandering around the store there are more things to see and every prop you may need.
Even more fun to see is all the costumes that are available to purchase.
If you are in the city, I suggest you stop in for a visit.
Before leaving Asheville we made a couple more stops to try some more brews. First we went back to Wicked Weed brewery to get a flight. The downstairs tasting room was not open yet so we only got to choose from the selection we could get at the bar upstairs. I got to try a wide variety of their beers.
Brazil Caipirinha Ale
I took back a growler of one of the session beers.
Lastly we stopped off at Lexington Avenue Brewery (LAB). Again we found out that Jude Law had also visited this place a day or so earlier. Such a shame we kept missing him. It was a nice establishment with good mood lighting. In the evenings you can see musical acts here.
We walked around a bit to get one last look at this great city that we got to enjoy for a few days. It has been a great trip. We have added Asheville, NC to our must return list.
See you soon Asheville…
After we arrived in Asheville our friends took us straight downtown to start experiencing the wonderfulness of Asheville. We started by getting a brew from the tasting room of Wicked Weed. The world cup was on so we got to watch a match while trying some great beers.
Soon the kids were hungry so we decided to get some pizza from Asheville Brewing Company. It is a great place to take the kiddos. The outdoor area comes equipped with lots of activities to keep the little ones occupied while you are trying to eat and sip your beer. The boys I visited with had fun playing there.
Look at this guy. Isn’t he adorable!
Then we went back a couple days later to check out the breweries in Asheville’s South Slope district. There we started with a visit to Green Man Brewery.
Our visit once again coincided with the world cup. We got to watch soccer while we sipped beers.
I really liked Green Man’s selections but my favorite was the ESB. It was easy to drink and full of flavor. We brought home a 6 pack of 2 ESB, 2 IPAs and 2 Porters. I really wish we would have brought home some more ESB.
It was a fun place to hangout in a warehouse type building.
After Green Man we walked over to one of the newer breweries in town Twin Leaf Brewery.
We tried a number of their regular offerings and seasonal beers. A standout was the Luminosity.
The tasting room has adopted the rustic look that is very popular now with tasting rooms and farm to table restaurants. It was very welcoming as was the friendly beer-tender. The only complaint is it got quite warm inside. They tried to offset it a bit with fans. Should be very comfortable to visit in cooler months. We were told there plans to open it up a bit to let more of a cross breeze in. Even as is I would visit again. I liked it there.
Because we were old it was time to go. Luckily we had one more day in the city to try a couple more breweries.
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