Beer and News

Just as Philadelphia has cheeseteaks, Chicago has deep dish, Toronto has peameal — Halifax has the donair. And like those other great cities, Halifax’s greasy signature snack is loaded with more fat and calories than one should consume in one sitting – or one week for that matter. All the same, nothing removes a hangover quite like two Advil [...]

Charlottetown, PEI is in a tizzy over all the bad language heard at the rock show they recently put on for Canada Day . I can hear it now:
“Aw shit, why’d they hire fuckin’ Nickelback. I’d rather have Satan fart in my ear for an hour.”
“Who the fuck is Default?!”
“Let’s shove Finger Eleven up Fuckcherry’s [...]

Had the chance to re-visit some favourite childhood roadtrip destinations during my Easter weekend visit to Hafilax.
Here’s a clip I shot with my cell phone in Queensland, 30 minutes outside of Halifax. It’s also my first YouTube vid. Look out Scorsese — the bell tolls for thee.

I’ll have pics updated shortly. Woot.

It figures. As soon as Nova Scotia would come up with a smart, edgy and humorous campaign to try to stem the flow of young workers heading out to Alberta they pull the plug on it, fearing that it might hurt Westerners’ feelings.
The “Delusional Calgaria” spot shows a transplanted maritimer’s friends and family staging an [...]

It’s been hard to take Nova Scotia politics serioulsy ever since former-Phys Ed teacher and total spaz Rodney MacDonald became premier. He’s made so many rookie mistakes so early on that it’s starting to look like he’s running a high school model parliament.
The gaffs may have finally caught up to him though — the province’s [...]

A column in today’s Halifax Daily News suggests that Cape Bretoners are more ready and willing to seperate from Nova Scotia than a lot of mainlanders might think. In fact an entire Web site has been created to petition for an independant Province of Cape Breton and includes letters to the Prime Minister and a [...]

It’s been fun Halifax, but I have beer to drink and ass to kick back in the big city.
Some highlights from the trip:
+ Brewtenders and pizza with cuzzy and katie.
+ Donair
+ Catching up on Chester St.
+ Sight seeing
+ Seeing old friends at MacFarlane’s
+ Unlimited supply of Oland’s, Alpine, Schooner and Ten Penny beer
Low-lights:
+ Realizing the [...]

Here I am on the steps leading down to the former heavyweight best bar in the world. It used to be dark, with a heavy fog of cigarette smoke and some combination of AC-DC, Zeppelin or Guns N’ Roses blaring on the speakers. You’d walk in on a Friday night and know everyone in the room. Pints were [...]

Got in to Hafilax yesterday and now I’m just saving up my mana for a night on the town. Starting off chez cuzoogle where we will enjoy a brewtender or two, and then a raid on downtown. Maybe some Fireside, Tom’s, Shoe Shop, Seahorse, Maxwell’s. Who knows. The only certainty is shitfaced. woot.
This could be ground zero [...]

If you’re wondering why I’m totally psyched it’s because the nominees for the East Coast Music Awards were announced yesterday and Halifax’s other favourite sons — Sloan — are nominated for a bunch of tin. Woot!
Sure, the ECMAs might not be the sexiest sloot on the award show block, but there’s no question that some [...]