Monday, November 02, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
5 Eateries, A Castle, and A Lot of Conversation and Good Times with Fuchs and Cori
Fuchs and Cori made it down at the start of the month. The weather was just under 20 degrees and we didn't hesitate to take advantage of the clear sunny skies.
Starving from a long (not that long) trip from the mainland we stopped at Canoe Pub. Our food was late but we manged to sample all of their house microbrewed beer during the wait (how convenient). The view of the marina was chill on such a nice sunny afternoon.
From there we went back to our place and where we drank and ate more. After 'feeling it' we headed down to Fernwood pub in Fernwood. It's located in a 100 year old inn. Very chummy, very local feel.
We finished a few drinks there before heading down to Irish Times Pub. Ole' Irish Times is located downtown in the old Victoria Fort built in the late 1800s. We listened to live Irish music while making hard choices with the longest draft beer list in town.
The band went off stage and we stumbled out of there to the posh, D.J spinning Sauce. We chowed down on some appies in this very, Victora-like-Earls. We decided to leave and try to make it into our favorite cocktail bar, The Mint, before the end of the night. With the DJ spinning relaxing grooves, we just squeezed into a spot just before last call.
Bottoms up to a epic night in Victoria that will be hard to top!
We quelled our hangovers with a trip to Spinakers late next morning. They make all of their own beer and wine and the food is mostly local. The view is even better than the food! We decided to walk the harbour path our way back to inner harbour. One of the highlights of the trip was watching three Sea Otters just meters away, chowing down on some shellfish. They were so close it was unreal! We caught a cab in front of the Fairfield Hotel to Craigdarroch Castle (by the look of Fuchs in the picture he was still hungover).
We quelled our hangovers with a trip to Spinakers late next morning. They make all of their own beer and wine and the food is mostly local. The view is even better than the food! We decided to walk the harbour path our way back to inner harbour. One of the highlights of the trip was watching three Sea Otters just meters away, chowing down on some shellfish. They were so close it was unreal! We caught a cab in front of the Fairfield Hotel to Craigdarroch Castle (by the look of Fuchs in the picture he was still hungover).
It was a fun celebration of our resent engagements! An amazing 24 hours with the Fuchs'!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
James Bay Art Walk, Classic Boat Fest, and Great Canadian Beer Fest
The James Bay Art Walk at the start of September was awesome. Alissa and I both agree that it was our best morning in Victoria thus far.
The local artists of James Bay open there homes and studios to the public to display and sell their art. The houses were marked with brightly painted yellow shoes and they were all within a walking distance of each other.
It was super cool to drink coffee and chat with the artists in their ridiculously gorgeous homes.
On our way back we checked out the Classic Boat Festival in Inner Harbour from a far.
The next weekend was the Great Canadian Beer Festival . Cousin Jacob managed to wrangle up some free tickets to this mega popular and difficult to get into event.
It features ONLY microbreweries from around the globe. No big names here. No wine, no coolers, just the real deal!
Brooklyn Brewery- Pennant 55 Ale (USA), Farmhand- Cellar Dweller Cast Conditioned Ale (Victoria), Steamworks Brewing- Great Pumpkin Ale (Vancouver), Salt Springs Island Ales- Golden Ale (Salt Spring Island).
There were probably more that we liked but the night kinda got out of hand...
Graeme's Visit To Victoria!
Before we meander onto PEI were are going to fill you in on what we've been up to since we got back...
Really its been mainly school and work but we managed to squeeze a few fun times in.
Graeme came down for a few days at the end of August and we got silly like old times.
Meandering In The Maritimes: The Alexander Keiths Brewery Tour
The tour took place in the same old building used by Keith a hundred years ago. The Keith's Brewery has the bragging rights to the oldest working brewery in North America. The tour was more of a full out production with the guides playing the part of characters from long ago. Singing, sipping, gambling (sort of), and a bit of learning. It was a real fun time!
Monday, September 07, 2009
Meandering In The Maritimes: Hurricane Bill A Bust
A few branches on the road, a few power lines down...
No biggie.
Meandering In The Maritimes: The Wedding Part III: Indiana Jones Attends Wedding With Family
Oh, wait... that's our uncle Albert, aunt Martha, and cousin Emma.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Meandering In The Maritimes: The Wedding Part I: Horse Drawn Carriage To The Hatfield Farm
Rich and Cindy's wedding took place on Hatfield Farm just outside Halifax. What a cool venue for a wedding.The family piled into horse drawn trailers that took us deeper into the forest.
When we got there we checked the place out- beautiful. We joked , laughed, and caught up with family while pigging out at the candy bar!
Mental note: must have candy bar at wedding.
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