Stages - small plates big taste in Fernwood, Victoria · Monday August 13, 2007 by colin newell
If you are a foodie in Victoria, B.C. Canada it will come as no surprise to you that this city has something for everyone.
Thai, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Western, Chinese, Fusion.
You name it, it’s here.
Stages small plates wine bar has given us something entirely new – good food in small quantities and a healthy selection of regional wines.
Imagine being able to pick from some of the areas best fresh food, all locally sourced ingredients, an international selection of fine cheeses and wines from places like the golden mile of Osoyoos in the Okanagan.
My wife and I visited Stages for the first time this evening – shortly after opening time… so we were the first to be seated. Stages on Gladstone in historic Fernwood, Victoria has a very hip and open feeling. High ceilings and an airy and informal setting that takes advantage of the classic brick work, Stages earns top marks in letting the consumer relax and get down to the business of eating some interesting bites.
We picked a couple of glasses of red wine from the golden mile region in Osoyoos, B.C.
Food selection included chilpotle-lime mussels and a lango bread with goat cheese, tomato and artichoke hearts. A basket of artisan bread helped us take advantage of the wonderful broth that enveloped perfectly prepared mussels.
Stages in Fernwood has an eclectic menu that encourages repeat visits – better yet, a group of 4 to 6 people. That way, you can order more and share.
We will be returning soon! With friends…
Stage is at 1307 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria.
Open seven days a week from 5 p.m. until midnight, and at 4:30 during Belfry matinees.
The restaurant can be reached at 250-388-4222.
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A bridge over many troubled waters. · Friday August 3, 2007 by colin newell
A bridge has fallen in Minnesota.
Is it a domino in a much bigger picture of infrastructure decay in America?
The society of civil engineers in the U.S.A. think so.
In their shocking report they reveal that one fallen bridge may be the tip of the ice-berg.
The writers at the Coffee.bc.ca blog place the blame squarely where it belongs: At the feet of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
-for robbing the taxpayers of America in their largely imagined war on terror
-for diverting billions of dollars from crumbling American infrastructure to greedy-gut friends in the military industrial complex
George. Dick.
The blood and dust and heartbreak of lives lost is at your feet.
Shame. Shame.
Warmonger report #1 · Wednesday August 1, 2007 by colin newell
U.S. Drones are to take over or assist the American war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So. Instead of American soldiers killing people, this task will be handed off to robotic airplanes capable of staying in the air for 24 hours at a time.
Condi Rice:senior U.S. warmonger gleefully announces huge arms sale to Saudi Arabia link
Hang on… didn’t Saudi Arabia provide the bulk of the 9/11 terrorists and pilots? Curious? You should be!
David Letterman uttered a classic quote the day of 9/11:
“Why do they hate us so much?”
Well. There are hundreds of U.S. military bases world-wide protecting U.S. interests. link
The average American need only ask a few questions to get the full picture.
If you really want to spoil your morning coffee check out this spread glorifying bloodshed: FutureFirePower.Com
Aeroplan to screw customers · Thursday July 26, 2007 by colin newell
Read it for yourself…
My wife and I have enough Aeroplan units to fly to the moon – and Aeroplan will take it all away because we might not use the points this year.
This is like the criminals that offer gift certificates that slowly expire. This practice (Chapters Books does it I believe) has been banned in Ontario.
It is bullshit and should be banned in Canada.
Aeroplan: You suck.
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