Why Be Social?
Humans are social creatures. Even the most hermitlike among us need some social interaction, and the pandemic threw a monkeywrench into things. As Alzheimer’s cases rise, social interaction is found [...]
Earth Tunings
Most everybody knows the famous opening sounds of the Beatles’ high water-mark 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: an orchestra tunes up, with random voices, that eventually give [...]
Dinners Delivered, Redux
The rise of the pandemic was a rough time for Bex. A major sea change happened in society regarding interaction and being out in public, and certain industries were, predictably, [...]
Ninety-Six Pounds of Good
Bex ran a quiet food drive for the holiday season of 2023, letting its customers know they could drop off food for Norwescap, an area nonprofit working to reduce hunger [...]
A Healthy Pace
“Auld Lang Syne” is an old traditional song that was orally shared until a Scot named Robert Burns sent it to a Scottish museum in the late 1700s. It gained [...]
A Look Back and Forward
The folks at Pitchfork, that avant-elite magazine of hipster kinds of music, got very into lists at one point. It sort of rubbed off on the world. A new word, [...]
The Chris Kringle Libation
At Bex, we are always whirling in a tornado of food trends, ideas, and inventions. We pay attention to trends but try to avoid pretentiousness and complicated trends. A fun [...]
Connecting and Re-connecting
The holidays can be a stressful time. Whether it’s a certain tension or “vibe” we feel out in the world, self-imposed, or both, we’ve come to accept that the holidays [...]
A Holiday Classic Dish
Nothing says “holiday classic” like Beef Tenderloin. After the turkey madness of Thanksgiving, eating at the holidays opens up a bit more versatility: some families go ham, some keep it [...]
The Dark Glow
The Gallery at Bex is excited to host a new artist in the gallery space next month. Andrea Kelly’s art will begin hanging in January, with an opening reception on January 11th [...]
