Rolling The Dice at The Double Down Saloon in Las Vegas

Dive bars are like a boxes of chocolates. Or slot machines. You never quite know what you’re going to get. By definition, dive bars are all rough around the edges on the outside. Often though, they are warm, welcoming, and some of the most genuine establishments in the world on the inside. But you never …

The Stuttgart Beer Festival: Better Than Oktoberfest?

  The calendar is on its tenth turn, I’m wearing a checked shirt, grasping a frothy stein of beer, standing on a bench singing – well, mumbling at a very high volume – the words to German folk songs in a tent with thousands of other revelers. Obviously, it’s Oktoberfest Munich time again. (insert record …