Do you enjoy clever use of the English language? Do you also like drinking cocktails? Do you like to drink cocktails and make up funny nursery rhymes or dirty limericks? Either way, we won’t judge. But you may want to go to the reading and signing of Hickory Daiquiri Dock by author/dancer/choreographer Tim Federle as he tells tales of cocktails inspired by children’s nursery rhymes. He’ll be at the University Book Store on December 9 at 7pm to talk books, drinks and rhyming games. No word on if the “man from Nantucket” will be attending.

Get your wingman Maverick and head to Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park on December 5th and 6th for the 2014 Washington Brewers Guild Winter Beer Fest. 50 Washington brewers and over 130 different beers will be featured at this hopping event along with a couple of ciders for good measure. Choose from a selection of winter inspired ales, stouts and porters while downing oysters from Taylor Shellfish, chocolate from Theo’s and other soul warming fare from a stable of food trucks. $25 (in advance) gets you inside with 6 tokens for 5 oz. tastings and the ability to buy more.

Remember the days of the ice cream man coming through your neighborhood with all the fanfare and a dozen crazed kids foaming at the mouth? Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a healthy version of the ice cream truck that sported fresh fruit and vegetables? Well the city of Toronto thinks so as several entities have partnered up to bring mobile groceries to neighborhoods without access to a grocery store. Picture vegans running after bio-diesel wagons full of produce. Ahh, Utopia exists somewhere every day.