Last year on my way to Barcelona, I made a stop at Frankfurt. I always used to lay-over for a few hours at Frankfurt but last year, I decided to make that lay-over especially long. It gave me enough time to go downtown and browse around the city. And by browsing, I mean trying local […]
June 2, 2014
One afternoon, I made an impulsive decision of going to Roncesvalles to see my friend Valerie. Since Valerie was a beer fan, I sought for a pub in the Roncesvalles area that where we could hang out. That was when I discovered Mugshot Tavern, conveniently at Keele and Bloor. I thought it would be the […]
September 24, 2013
It seems that lately we are having a reprieve from the onset of fall. When we think it would finally start dropping in temperatures, we get a wave of days that dance about the border of 20-something degrees. Looking at the 14-day forecast, up until about Wednesday next week still seems holding on to the […]
May 13, 2013
Another group of friends that I am fond of seeing were my classmates from Ryerson. From time to time, despite going our own separate ways, we converge once again to have beer. As I know that the group appreciated robust full-bodied beer, I always look for pubs with a good variety of Irish beers. They […]
October 24, 2010
One of the things that my visiting cousin particularly enjoys are having a taste of different beers from different countries around the world. So I gave him a taste of what little I know. I made him try Canada’s Alexander Keith’s White, Rickard’s White, Molson Canadian, Labatt Blue, Mill Street and Steam Whistle. I like […]
October 15, 2010
It seems all my intent to retro post past foodie travels have to wait as I am running around Toronto and surrounding area to show my favorite cousin around. Last weekend, we went to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario to check out the Canadian version of Okotoberfest (www.oktoberfest.ca). Before indulging in beer, we headed out first to see […]
November 5, 2015
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