Category Ska
NYC: Bagels, Bridges and Upbeats
Twas the Sunday before Christmas and my partner and crime and I had found ourselves in NYC after a late night of Subway rides, beer, cheeseburgers, and oh yeah, THE SLACKERS, completely worn out and with minimal funds left in our shallow pockets. What turned out to be amazingly convenient about this was that we […]
Peppers and Punk Rock
You know those late nights that end up turning into early mornings? Then your alarm clock goes off and you’re forced to drag yourself out to bed, get to work, and spend the day waiting to do it all over again? Well, as it seems this just about sums up my summer, I have discovered […]
Skreggae Sunday
An island; a boat; beer; reggae music; ska music; summer; El Grande … need I continue?? El Grande will set sail out to Peaks Island this weekend to play Reggae Sunday at Jones Landing. That’s right; 3 hours of all the Grande lovin’ you could ask for, with beautiful weather on its way to accompany […]
Where did you go?
Happy Friday, Internet. It was cloudy, dreary, chilly and generally unpleasant on my walk to work this morning. But then I played a little ska music and what do you know? The sun came out! It’s magic I tell you. Blue skies above in Portland, Maine, just in time for what is supposed to be […]
Here comes the rain
As I think back on this rainy yet eventful three-day weekend, I can’t remember consuming one single bagel. Not one! WEIRD. I’ll have to address that situation before the end of the day today, but until then a Blogel post is still in order. Bagels or no bagels this weekend offered up some noteworthy shenanigans […]
El Grande – radio waves to bowling alleys
This might be a good time to mention El Grande’s upcoming show, taking place next Friday night, June 1, at Bayside Bowl with the Repeat Offenders! Bayside Bowl is a bowling alley, but serves beer and has proven to be a pretty decent music venue. The only bad memory I have about that place was […]
Had to snag this photo-op …
Oh you know … just me and Dave Wakeling from The English Beat. No big deal.
It works
Today’s lunch consisted of a brief walk down the street over to The Works Bakery Cafe. Originating in Manchester, VT, this place is most well known for their “works” bagel, which has, you guessed it, the works. It’s their version of an everything bagel – very salty and extremely delicious. But that’s not what I […]
A blog, by Betsy, revolving around the coastal northeast city of Portland, ME. Ramblings on topics including music, coffee, people, and bagels.
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