Blog: Vermont

A Cosmopolity contingent road-tripped on up to the Green Mountain State last week to visit some of Vermont's proud tradition of liberal businesses and activist organizations: Chelsea Green, a publisher of ecological and sustainable food books that has recently become a leading progressive political imprint with George Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant and Markos and Jerome's Crashing the Gate; Democracy for America, the nationwide progressive grassroots political action group that carries on Howard Dean's legacy; True Majority, an online action network affiliated with Ben and Jerry's founder Ben Cohen; and our main reason for the trip, an organization that can certainly find common ground with Drinking Liberally — Magic Hat Brewery.

While there, we made sure to stop in at Burlington's DL chapter, led by a DFA staffer and a UVM senior. After the main event ended we headed down the street to another establishment for an afterparty, and stayed late into the night (well, late for Burlington, anyway) until closing time (midnight).

Bars may close earlier in Burlington than in New York, but the people are just as friendly (okay, maybe friendlier). And a great many of them really do wear Birkenstocks.