Mavea Water Filtration system

If you’re not familiar with my perfect cup of tea formula, now’s the time to acquaint yourself with it:

W+3T = Perfect Cup of Tea
W = delicious pure water and 3T = temperature, time, and tea (excellent whole-leaf tea, of course).  It almost goes without saying that no tea can be outstanding without first starting with optimal water.

A Pint of Plain

The heretic had gone back to his errors, the inquisitor shouted to the villagers over the roar of the flames and the wails of the dying, “like a dog returning to his vomit!”

Pleased with that chapter-closing sentence, I decided to return to my beloved bike path. It had been a long day of torture and burning.

SNAP Cocktail Competition at Liberties Walk
Mon., Sept. 13, 7 p.m., free (with RSVP)

Art in the Age's new gingernsnap-inspired liquor, SNAP, is being introduced into the local market in a big way with this competition, pitting Philly's top cocktail mixers against each other in a battle for boutique booze supremacy. Bartenders from Adsum, Oyster House, Tweed, Valanni, Village Whiskey, Union Trust, Zavino and many other spots will try their hands at making tasty SNAP-based drinks. Judging: William Grant & Sons' ambassador/mixologist Charlotte Voisey; master sommelier Melissa Monosoff of Savona; and yours truly. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and $5 signature drinks for the crowd. Admission is free, but space is limited so an RSVP is required; email stephanie@artintheage.com to reserve a spot. Liberties Walk (between El Camino Real and Bar Ferdinand), 1040 N. Second St., artintheage.com.

Deals at Angler's, Titanic, Tower Club; delivery, expanded hours at Bin 18

• The Angler's, 660 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, features New England, Chesapeake Bay and Low Country boils for $26 at its Thursday night Front Porch Supper Series; add a 16-ounce Narragansett Lager or fruit cobbler for $3; 305-534-9600, www.theanglersresort.com .

KICKOFF PARTY THIS THURSDAY!!

That’s right - it’s party time!  Please join us this Thursday from 5-8pm at the Coalition for Buzzards Bay (114 North Front Street, New Bedford) for our kickoff party!  We’ll have delicious bites from Cork Wine & Tapas Bar and Rose Alley Ale House (right down the street should you decide you didn’t get enough) and Narragansett Beer will be providing their local brew.  We’ll have a short speaking program which will include the following:  Tom Weil, a rowing historian, lecturer and scholar, our own distinguished Mayor Scott Lang, the Executive Director of the Economic Development Council Matthew Morrissey, the Executive Director of Community Rowing Inc. in Brighton Bruce Smith, The Director of New Bedford Community Rowing Carolyn McGonagle, and a couple of the youth athletes that have gone through the program this summer.  It’s sure to be a great time and we encourage you to join us!

Fancy a ‘Gansie?
Ok so here’s the deal:  we’re taking a break from our Heart Wine Bar S & M sunday suppers this weekend (that’s spaghetti & meatball suppers, kooks) because one of our super secret operatives has brought back the spoils of a recent New England foray…some Narragansett Beer!