There has been a lot of talk about the beer industry lately in Ontario.  The Toronto Star News paper did a 3 part story on the Beer Store, which opened a lot of people’s eyes to how we, as Ontarian’s, have simply accepted whatever the government tells us.  For those that don’t know about alcohol [...]

Well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. The whole intention of the site was wiped out when I found out the cottage I planned to build was too small according to the municipality (See - Building a Cottage: Shattered Dreams). The municipality rejected my minor variance [...]

Making a keggerator or keg fridge at home is rather simple as long as you have a spare fridge to play with. There are a number of people selling fridges in classified ads and at garage sales for $40 or $50 so look there first. I purchased a keg fridge kit off of [...]

A local Brew Pub is having a beer festival in February and I thought I would share the details for those that might be in the area. The Pepperwood Bistro and Brewery will be celebrating its 14th annual Beer Festival on February 24th, 2008 from 2:30 till 5:00 p.m. The cost is $30 [...]

It’s getting into the dog days of the winter here in Ontario. It’s dark and cold when I get up to go to work and it’s dark and cold when I leave work to go home. During the day I look out my window and it is grey and dreary. [...]

One of the main reasons why I want a cottage is so that my family can get together there and enjoy swimming, fishing, playing, and eating. However my mother is not much of an outdoors type of person. Even though cottages have all the amenities of an urban home it tends to have more bugs [...]

Niagara Wine Route – Grimsby & Beamsville A day trip that my wife and I take a few times each year is a tour of the Niagara Wine Route. The Niagara region of Ontario produces some of the best wines from Canada and I am lucky enough to [...]

I went to my first NFL football game a couple of weeks ago in Buffalo. We went to see the Bills “squish the fish” and I had a great time. As we were tailgating the temperature consistently dropped until freezing rain and then snow started falling. It was [...]

This is the year I’m going to take up a winter sport instead of hibernating inside! Sounds weird from a Canadian eh? I know. I’m ashamed to say that I don’t play hockey. This year I’ve decided to take up snow boarding. I’m not in an [...]

Well it’s almost Christmas and people are scrambling for last minute deals…at least I know I am. So I went to do some searching on the internet to see if I could find some smaller sites that are offering deals. I can go to any of the [...]