Cokebaby the husband
Deep Roots Music Festival
I have a dreadful confession to make: I’ve never been to a concert before. At least not in the the colloquial sense of the word. Sure, I’ve been to various symphonies. Jazz festivals. The opera even. Not exactly the kinds of events you go to dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with the expectation of [...]
This is not a film review: Inglourious Basterds
I’ll come right out and say it: I’m a fan of Tarantino. Even if you’re not, or simply didn’t enjoy the movie Inglourious Basterds (we can still be friends, right?), I thought I’d recommend a few good books about World War II. War movies and violence in films aren’t usually my thing—yes, I realize I’m [...]
Mexico Lindo
If, up until now, you’ve associated Mexican food with slathering as much melted cheese, sour cream, and salsa on some kind of soft or hard tortilla let me just direct you to a restaurant in the city that can sort you out stat. The only way to describe Mexico Lindo is to say that it’s [...]
Where in the world is AliasGrace?
Miss me? Yeah, I know I was supposed to post here a couple more times last week. No, I didn’t think my post about pickled beets was full of so much awesomeness that it would keep you entertained for a week. So, what’s up? The long and the short of it: life got busy. I [...]
On being good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, likeable
Since starting this blog on New Year’s day of this year, more people are coming out of the woodwork to leave comments here or through other social media channels. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all. I’ve been having lots of fun and I hope you have also. It’s even been [...]
Welcome to the jungle OR My fear of (becoming one of those) cougars
Today marks the first day back to school for many students. While I’m no longer getting a formal education or sending a mini-me off to do the same, this time of year usually gets me in the mood for one thing (well, besides wanting to lecture people on carpooling)…that’s shopping. I think it’s something ingrained [...]
The origin of Alias Grace OR Me > Frankenstein’s creature
Lately, I’ve been meeting a lot of new faces due to the Halifax Twitter community really putting the emphasis on social when it comes to social media. There’s even an entire wiki dedicated to the events around town, and it keeps growing. From Third Wednesdays to Halifax Chicks, random tweetups and even Pupp-E play dates [...]
Brussels Restaurant & Brasserie
Summertime in Halifax is best spent outdoors (weather permitting) on a patio. Everywhere around the city, temporary wood decks and outdoor furnishings come out for the few months of somewhat interrupted warmth and sunshine that we get on the East Coast. One spot that Cokebaby and I haven’t visited in a while is the Granville [...]
English and Irish cuisine: My kingdom for a salad
Food in London and Ireland was about what we expected it to be: ample servings of meat and potatoes. While we made it into our fair share of pubs, we did try to balance our diet out with other dining establishments and markets. It’s not that the meals were totally devoid of vegetables—we’d often get [...]
Living history versus the history of living
After spending several days in the quaint town of Williamstown in a great B&B, connecting with locals who actually knew Cokebaby’s family, it was time to move on to another area of Ireland. En route to our next accommodations we stopped in to check out The Craggaunowen Project. Now, there are plenty of living history [...]
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