Episode #165 Social Distance Social Episode

In today's episode we talk about what we're doing during quarantine 2020

We're all finding ways to keep our minds occupied during this time, and for The Best Mayhem it has been a lot of World of Warcraft, some Whiskey, Wine, and lots of water. Aaron has been building things and gaming in COD:Warzone.

Below are some photos of Andrea's special mount in WoW, and Aaron's garage projects. Please enjoy, and share with us what you've been doing to keep your mind occupied in this time.

Episode #164 Staying at home and Escape Rooms

In today's episode we talk about Escape Rooms and how to experience them while staying at home during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis

We have several special guests with us this episode, Alex S., Erin O., and Justin R.

We talked about a lot while recording this episode, so below are several links to the companies and items we discussed:

The Escape Game has several options during this shutdown, such as two digital games called Unlocked, special online Field Trips, a board game based on the Prison Break Escape Game, and the Monthly Mystery.

Trapped Puzzle Rooms have their Mystery Night Box, which is a physical box that you would pick up at a location, and return after playing; and they also have 2 Audio Escape Adventures which you play with your team over discord.

We hope you're all staying safe, and finding ways to enjoy yourselves in this strange time, and we want to hear how you're all dealing with quarantine.

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Episode #163 The Dubliner

In today's episode we talk about The Dubliner in Saint Paul, MN

Taste some Whiskeys

Finally, we discuss some history of the oral tradition

This is the last of the places we visited at the end of February on our impromptu brewery crawl. While this is not a brewery, it is a great place to visit and enjoy (in more normal times) good food and drinks, Irish dancing, live music, and Pub Sings.

The Dubliner remains closed while the stay at home order was extended to May 4th here in MN, and we're hoping that they can re-open as soon as it is safe to do so.

We hope you're all doing well in this trying time of quarantine, and that you're doing your part in staying put and limiting your interaction with others. Stay safe everyone, we're all in this together.

Episode #160

We spend some time talking about our favorite memories regarding Sody Pop.

Please note that this was recorded prior to everything shutting down due to the Corona Virus pandemic, and we will have one more episode coming out that was recorded in the same time frame. We are adhering to the requests and requirements for Social Distancing, but will continue to provide content each week, albeit we will be recording them remotely.

Stay safe, and please know that you're all amazing, and we'll get through this. - Aaron

Episode #159 Blue Sun Soda

In today's episode Andrea sits down with Mark Lazarchic, the owner of Blue Sun Soda 

We taste two of the options that Blue Sun make

Finally, we discuss the soda fountain and the pinball league

We would like to thank Mark for sitting down for an interview with Andrea, and for opening up about how it all came to be

The State Fair Chocolate Chip Cookies soda is incredible and really does taste just like baked cookies.

The Blue Cheese Dressing Soda, well, it really does taste like Blue Cheese Dressing with cane sugar. It's... interesting, but in the best way.

We really do suggest that you give the selection a shot, and you can contact them to see if their wares are available near you.

Episode #158 Bang Brewing

In today's episode we explore Bang Brewing in Saint Paul, MN 

Taste a few of their beers

And learn about their commitment to sustainable brewing



We wanted to share the photo that Andrea took of the mounted comparison of the Kernza plant next to a more common Wheat stalk:

The articles we mentioned aren't the only reading on the topic, but there are plentiful links available within them:

National Geographic article (may require signing in or providing an email address)

Star Tribune article that we also discussed

The Land Institute website with other resources to learn about Kernza

More from The Land Institute about beer being brewed from Kernza

We really enjoyed our time at Bang Brewing, and we think you should head over for a visit if you have the opportunity.

Please let us know if we were wrong about anything we were discussing, send us a message at fans@travelbyproxy.com and help us learn more about the topics we cover!

Episode #157 Cheap Eats

In today's episode we talk about the foods that are convenient for everyday noshing

We'll taste some Shamrock Shakes and Coke Zero

Finally, we discuss our favorite guilty pleasures in Fast Food

The Shamrock Shake is a wonderful mainstay of spring for us, it's a mint flavored shake and it's limited in time every year, which makes it all the sweeter for the anticipation.

This episode is very heavy in breakfast foods, so if you would like to hear our take on more lunch/dinner options, please let us know by sending us a message at fans@travelbyproxy.com