I officially play a bartender on TV! On December 1, 2014, I was invited to be the guest bartender on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live to promote The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour. For the occasion, which happened to fall on my birthday (!!!), I created a special cocktail titled VanderPunch, a high-octane homage to the Bravo […]
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Straub Brewery, in partnership with Banko North Inc., will be rolling into Scranton with “The Straub Beer Lovers Happy Hour” on Friday, November 21, from 7 -10 p.m. at The Tipsy Turtle Airport Pub. The event will benefit The Tipsy Turtle Make Life Count Charity, which was founded by Tipsy Turtle owner Ken Carey. […]
YOU’RE INVITED… My family’s Straub Brewery and I, in partnership with Vecenie Dist. Co., will launch “The Straub Beer Lovers Happy Hour Tour” in Pittsburgh this Friday, November 7. The event will be a pub crawl through four of the city’s hottest bars/restaurants. The event is open to the public and free to attend. Each stop will feature […]
Tailgating icon and host of Tailgate Radio, The Grill Sergeant John Largent, and I chat the beer-infused side of tailgating fun! Listen to the interview HERE. I’m on at the 24:24 mark.
“The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour is a fun and adventurous book for anyone who likes to drink beer and eat good food at the same time…” To read the full review and listen to the accompanying radio interview, click HERE.
“Amazing recipes . . . Yum!” ~ Virtually Yours with Kelly Stilwell ~ “Impressed with the creativity of the recipes” ~ Super Duper Fantastic ~ “Tongue tantalizing recipes“ ~ Somm in the City ~ “It’s all about delicious recipes that go perfectly with that special something in your life… your beer.” ~ Guy and the Blog […]
On September 20, 2014, my 18-foot long, participatory art piece titled THE SMILE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (is yours) from my The Book of Compassion art series was installed in Washington, D.C. at DC VegFest. Hundreds of attendees of all ages and from all walks of life added their inspiring smiles to the world. […]
PLANTING COMPASSION a participatory art piece By John Schlimm from The Book of Compassion art series INSTRUCTION: Below are the 10 letters of COMPASSION. Print out one or more letters. In a secret place only you know, dig a hole and plant the letter(s). Watch COMPASSION grow.
