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“I feel like ADHD and other neurodivergent disorders get a bad rap. I feel like a lot of people don’t take it seriously. Even you have pharmacists who give you a dirty look when I’m upset that they don’t have my medication.”
The craft brewery shares a lot with a gas station, but make no mistake: the beer is excellent, the atmosphere cozy and it makes for a great way to cap off a day on the Delaware.
“You cross a point where you look back at the hysterical shit you did growing up, and look at those things with a more reflective eye.”
Kings Road Brewing lands in a ‘dry’ town and finds a community eager to gather and enjoy some beer.
“This is the only organization I know that actually stands out on the street corner or goes to a place and puts books in the hands of the readers. It’s the connection of the book and the person who is actually gonna read it.”
“In 2003, I went to a music store on Sunset Boulevard. I picked up a couple things and then saw Bruce Springsteen’s Greatest Hits and I’m like, ‘Am I really gonna do this?’ I bought it and it wasn’t until I was 3,000 miles aways that I finally understood ‘Thunder Road.’”
“I had to swallow the big gigantic pill of that maybe, just maybe, I might be an asshole, too.”
“There’s this Hollywood type of fakeness and nobody even really understands what they believe in. They think they believe in things, but are just following the trends.”
Coffee, beer and a space to gather as a community at this South Jersey brewery and roastery.
“I was like, I just really want to do a collage-based text where the lettering is different sizes. I started to collect different varieties of each letter because I wanted each of the players’ names to look like a ransom note.”
“I thought it would be really fun to start a business. I wanted to show my kids that if you put your mind to something you can do anything. Our children love it, and I feel like we are continuing this for them even.”
“It’s important that Food Not Bombs is accessible to everyone. It’s why we have it at the train station so that you don’t need a car to get here. It’s why we don’t ask for ID or proof of looking for a job in order to receive food.”