Stella Pint Glass Detail

14 January 2008
Once again my post is beer-centric. I'm writing about a Belgian beer while in Toronto, Canada. Canada has a great selection of beers available to the casual consumer; much more than just a simple selection of Bud, Bud Light, Coors, Coors Light. The bar called Arizona's that I went to had no fewer than 18 different beers on tap with most of them having never been tried by this intrepid traveller and self-proclaimed beer-lover. But, because the temperature outside was below 0 (Celsius) and it was snowing/raining I chose not to try my hand at sampling those 18 brews. Discretion being a critical part of the clever beer consumer. Instead, I had one beer (Rickard's Red) at Arizona's with my pizza, then retired to the hotel with the hopes that they, too, would have a fine selection of beers. Boy was I wrong. They had one I'd never had (Upper Canada), two I don't care for (Heineken & Tuborg) and Stella Artois. I had an Upper Canada draught and about half way through it became a bit of a chore to drink. So, I switched over to a great stand by Belgian beer called Stella Artois. I'd first had Stella a number of years ago in Toronto at a lovely little pub that is no more called The Fox & Fiddle. I've since had innumerable pints of the lager with nearly all of them served in the Stella special glasses. This is a detail of a portion of the stem on the glass:

Cheers.

~KR (Written on 15 January 2008)

Listening to:
Still listening to some random television show

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.3 sec (3/10)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 1 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Tags: STEALL+ARTOIS, BEER, GLASS, PINT, PHOTOBLOG

Money Stack

13 January 2008
I was scuttling around packing for a trip I was taking the next morning, and remembered I had no cash. So, I raided my store of singles so that I could appropriately tip the various folks that provide service to you on a trip (shuttle drivers, wait staff, bartenders &c.). I dropped the small stack as I was trying to extract my wallet from its buried position in my backpack. Instead of scooping it all back up, I thought, cool photo. Not that it is a cool photo, but that's what I though when I took it.

Cheers.

~KR (Written on 15 January 2008)

Listening to:
Some random television program to which I'm paying no attention

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 1 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Tags: MONEY, DOLLAR+BILLS, PHOTOBLOG

NFL at NFG

12 January 2008
On Saturday I gave in to my baser instincts for competition and comraderie. I got up in the early morning and watched a little footy before going off to play some myself. After exhausting myself in the Texas heat (it was 59 Farenheit when we stopped at noon), I went home to spend a wee bit of time with the wife. She eventually had to leave for a dance practice and I promptly fell asleep. A couple of hours later I woke up and, still following my baser instincts, headed to the bar for comraderie and beer and NFL. This is the bar:

My local, you might say, as it's the most local to me and it truly is a place where everybody knows my name (at least the staff and a few of the other patrons). No Frills Grill in Arlington. It's where I hang my hat when I'm not hanging it elsewhere.
Cheers.

~KR (Written on 15 January 2008)

Watching:
Carolina Hurricanes at Toronto Mapleleafs
5 to 4 with 8.6 seconds left in the 3rd Period

Tags: NFL, NFG, NO+FRILLS+GRILL, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY, SOCCER, PHOTOBLOG

Pinecone

11 January 2008
On a Friday, it's sometimes very difficult to get around to posting. It's even more difficult when I know I have to leave on Monday for another country. So, I'm four days late and in a different country writing this post. This photo is of some decorative greenery currently on the large free-standing mirror in our living room. It's a faux evergreen bough with pinecones and brings a bit of life to that corner.

Cheers.

~KR (Written on 15 January 2008)

Watching:
Carolina Hurricanes at Toronto Mapleleafs
5 to 3 with 6:58 left in the 3rd Period

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.3 sec (3/10)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 1 EV Flash:
Flash did not fire

Tags: PINECONE, HOCKEY, PHOTOBLOG