I haven't been drinking many beers as of late - maybe one every week or two. But the weather is starting to get a little nicer these days, so I've been more incline to buy another batch of beers and to

Sometimes I feel a little stir crazy living at my in laws house. Actually I get a little stir crazy anywhere I am if I'm not doing something and keeping busy. I think it's just a little harder when you're

Oranjestad Aruba is a common stop on many Carribean cruise packages and it was the second destination of our recent vacation, so thats what I will be showcasing in this post. Port days on any cruise are

It's been a few weeks since I gave an update on our home renovation, but the last couple of weeks have felt pretty slow on the project. Things were still happening everyday, but the changes were subtle

It's #Beersaturday time and today I have two evening beers to review. I hope you enjoy! Cheers 🍻 Evening Edition Brewery: Beyond the Pale Brewing Co Origin: Ottawa ON, Canada Style: Dark Lager Abv: 3.8%

Continuing with our recent cruise vacation brings us to our first stop in the Carribean, CocoCay! This was an island in the Bahamas that Royal Carribean Cruise Lines purchased and turned into an Island

Preamble Back in February of this year my wife and I did the typical Canadian vacation thing and took an 8 day cruise vacation to the Carribean. I say typical because the majority of the people I talk

Yesterday was the eclipse, which was kind of a big deal where I'm from. They had been talking about it on the radio and news stations for weeks, probably at least a full month prior actually. Sunrise taken

For this week's #Beersaturday post I figured I'd change it up a bit from my normal routine of drinking Stout beers and instead review two different amber beers. Let's see how they faired shall we? Ambear

Demo for our home renovation has officially started. We spent quite a bit of time preparing our house in the days leading up to it, clearing out the rooms, packing our clothes to move out and putting away

My trip to Austria way back in August of 2022 has long since past and my posts about it are finally coming to an end as well. This will be the last post I make on the subject. The photos that follow are

Continuing on with our home renovation project I'm here to say that the demolition stage has started! Part of the overall plan is to replace the hardwood floors in the kitchen, pantry and breakfast nook

Happy Easter everyone! Living at my in laws now has given me a lot more time to write Hive posts. Maybe you've noticed a slight uptick in my posting rate lately? Note: This will just be a quick post about

It's that time again, time for another #beersaturday post. This time I have two polar opposite beers, a golden colored lagered ale and a black as night stout. Let's see how they tasted shall we. Revivale

Some time ago a friend on Hive had written about eating Dim Sum and upon viewing the post I immediately wanted to try it myself. My wife and I were able to find a restaurant in the adjacent city to where

Our trip in Austria was coming to an end and we needed to make our way back to the Vienna airport to fly back home. We basically did an entire loop around the country during our week long stay and were

Today is Sunday. We have spent the weekend and the week prior, packing up most of our household belongings in preparation for our upcoming home renovation. It starts tomorrow in fact. They will be demo-ing

In my last renovation post I discussed the design of our upcoming home reno project and now in this post I'll discuss a little about the process of picking finishes. It was both an enjoyable and fun experience

Is it time for another ##Beersaturday: battle of the Beers post? I think so. This time it will be two flavored brown ales brewed for winter. So here we go. Roasted Chestnut Brown Ale Brewery: Niagara Oast

I talk about renovating my home quite a lot on Hive, but most times I am referring to small projects that I do myself. However for the past year we have also been planning a much more substantial renovation