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Coffee Roundup Spring 2021
Spring usually means that warmer weather is coming and that coffee becomes less of a necessity but that's not the case when you have so many local options to choose from in Vancouver. Moja Coffee Moja Coffee started on the North Shore in 2004 and while one may think...
April 13 1989
Trevor Linden's play made an immediate impact on the Vancouver Canucks fortunes when he joined the team in 1988. This day in Vancouver sports history is a significant one and while you may wonder why exactly that is, April 13 1989 is the day the Vancouver Canucks...
Christmas Coffee Roundup 2020
As well as being a great time to drink beer Christmas is also a great time for coffee. Cool dark snowy weather goes hand in hand with a warm cup of java by the fireplace or in front of the television with Netflix on. This year I made my way through a number of...
Tis The Season for Christmas 2020 Beers
Image Courtesy of Bridge Brewing. Christmas is definitely the time for beer and beer drinking. Craft breweries have really upped their game when it comes to Christmas 2020 beers. Maybe it was the COVID-19 pandemic that force them to get creative or innovative I am not...
Coffee Roundup November
I’ve written some coffee reviews on coffees I've consumed over the last few months but now that I am blogging more regularly I am going to do some coffee roundups. Sometimes I will have a couple of coffees in the month and other months just one. If I buy 1/2 of a...
Benchmark Espresso A Welcome Cup of Java During COVID-19
As an ex Starbucks employee from many years ago it was great to receive training that taught me how coffee is grown, cultivated and processed and why that effects what you ultimately get in your cup. This education has stuck with me over the years and with limited...
Summertime Brews at Streetcar Brewing
With the COVID-19 restrictions relaxing a little bit, I made my way down to the Brewery District on Lower Lonsdale to visit a few breweries again after my visit in March. My March visit was on March 8th right before the COVID lockdown the following weekend. I stopped...
JJ Bean Coffee Brazil Carmo Estate Showcases Minas Gerais Region of Brazil
Coffee purchased from JJ Bean is always a welcome treat in my home but I decided to step outside of my usual order of their popular Railtown in favour of their Carmo Estate. Carmo Estate The region of Carmo Estate itself does warrant a little research as I have...
Old Boy Hits The Mark with a Classic Beer Recipe
With the craft beer industry in Vancouver a growing concern these days, Sours, Saisons and Hazy Pale Ales and India Pale Ale’s (IPA) seems to be the brews of choice for local company’s. It’s refreshing when a company like Parallel 49 brings back it’s Old Boy Brown...
World Autism Month Kindness Quest – Week One
As a parent of a child on the spectrum I only recently became aware of Autism Speaks and the fact that today is World Autism Awareness Day. Below is the challenge from Autism Speaks for Week One Week One: 3/30/2020-4/5/2020 Your kindness quest this week is to spread...
Time To Get Weird With House of Funk Brewing
The North Shore now boasts 10 breweries with the latest to open being North Point Brewing in the Shipyards Brewery District. The district which now has Streetcar Brewing, House of Funk Brewing Co. and Beere Brewing as well and is fast becoming one of the places to visit for local beer enthusiasts.