10E2573: Ursa Major | Morning Mojo Giveaway

After Tuesday I needed a Silkwood shower... but I'll take this.

Our VT pals Ursa Major have an improved way to get clean, the Morning Mojo Bar Soap

Get energized while exfoliating, soothing and hydrating your skin. Invigorating aroma, creamy lather and gritty texture. Do you like the end of the dentist visit when they 'polish' your teeth with that gritty paste? I freekin love it. oatmeal soaps are fine - but if you want true grit [stop - ed.] you need volcanic rock - and this has it.

Available on www.ursamajorvt.com and at specialty retailers nationwide; $14.

KEY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
Peppermint: Honey: Grapefruit: Coconut: Volcanic Rock: Shea:

Giveaway: 10e readers - YOU TOO can get your mojo back. Visit www.ursamajorvt.com and email me or tweet/RT at me and cc @ursamajorvt your favorite ingredient. Winner will be drawn at 5pm ET. Congrats to Katheryn.

Made with passion, purpose and pride in Vermont. This product is 100% naturally derived and made with certified sustainable palm oil (RSPO). NEVER ANY petrochemicals, sulfates, parabens, synthetic fragrance or color, glycols, silicones or PEGs.

10E2572: Boston Comedy Festival

 

Playing catchup on this one - but be quick - the Boston Comedy Festival is this week/this weekend - and as i write this on eve of the election I BET there will be some pretty firey one-liners going around!

Details; Nov 11-19th, at several venues in Somerville, Cambridge and Boston.  Acts include Eugene Mirman (Bobs Burgers), Patty Ross, Barry Crimmins, Ronny Chieng (Daily Show) Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central), Emo Phillips and more. A few picks on my radar below;

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The Nov 19th finale at Somerville Theater includes both famous and soon-to-be famous comedians, latter vying for the top spot of the Comedy Contest. The Boston Comedy Festival will also honor the great John Ratzenberger with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally David Zucker, who made the movie Airplane (& countless other comedies) will be honored for his Contribution to Film Comedy. Mr. Zucker created an entirely new genre of comedy, which continues to this day. Evening will conclude with 8 top comedians (who have beaten out literally hundreds), competing for the $10,000. This show has sold out for the last 5 years at the Somerville Theater, so get your tickets now!

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Airplane Director's Cut Screening and Q&A with Director David Zucker

ImprovBoston
Cambridge, MA

 Saturday, November 19 | 12:30-3pm  $20

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Wacky Science! by Mike Bent
Sun, November 13, 2016
12 noon The Rockwell, 255 Elm Street, Somerville $10 (all ages)

And plenty more...

10E2571: Maesri Thai Soups

No, I don't know everything about Thai soups - but these by Maesri are the best store bought I have ever had.  Sure you can dress them up with added protein but great spices already. Found at Whole Foods (esp the red curry, and 'coconut milk' or Tom Kha soup) - and via some online retailers.  Warm up for winter....

10E2570: White Whale Runner

Wrote about, and own the other one... but this white whale runner is mental.

Again from Chandler Four Corners, a hooked rug maker with connections to southern VT.

Some condo owners overdo it with the moose/pinecone motif - but the whale rug is about 8 feet long - serious statement piece in the hallway. $250. Looking at you Nantucket Historical Association.

10E2569: Chasing Light - video portrait of Wyman Meinzer

Portrait of outdoorsman Wyman Meinzer  a Texas hunter/trapper turned nature photographer - ostensibly some content marketing from Yeti Cooolers - but blink and miss the product placement. Off the chain. So good.  Part of larger series from Yeti on similar types - watch them all - day-wrecker

10E2568: Pennsylvania Tuxedo - Woolrich x Dogfish Head

"Pennsylvania Tuxedo is a spruce-infused pale ale whose name pays homage to the red and black plaid wool outfits traditionally worn by hunters in the deep woods of Pennsylvania" [where pencils come from - ed].

Woolrich and Dogfish Head are teaming up again. Pennsylvania Tuxedo, a pale ale brewed with spruce tips will begin shipping nationwide on October 24, 2016. The clothing line, which features  “Dogfish Head Plaid” flannels for both genders, caps, blankets, and neat doo-dads - will also be available.

The idea behind the collaboration was inspired by a story from the mid-19th century when Michael Bond Rich, grandson of Woolrich founder, John Rich, had an unforgettable encounter with spruce beer. The incident occurred when his father was hosting a barn raising. The young M.B. Rich recalled, “On account of rain on the day set, the raising was postponed a couple of days and the spruce beer which was prepared had acquired a potency not intended. As it was accessible to me, I drank quite freely and, when later on I stooped over to get a drink from the spring, I fell in headfirst and was too much intoxicated to get out.”

Luckily, M.B. Rich was saved by a woman who happened to be fetching water from the spring, and the young boy lived to tell the story that helped Dogfish Head create Pennsylvania Tuxedo.

If you have not checked out Woolrich lately or had perhaps forgotten about their other lines - have a second look.  Everyone involved obv had a ton of fun with this. Good stuff, via Dogfish Head.