Time Travel Thursday

Time Travel Thursday

September 2008 - Seattle WA

The original branch of Starbucks Coffee opened in Seattle at Pike Place Market in 1971 and has been in this space at 1912 Pike Place since 1976.

The facade of the store retains its endearingly crude lettering and appearance, per the historic codes of the neighborhood. The coffeehouse is along a strip of retail shops across from the many food stalls, produce sellers, fish markets, restaurants, and shops inside Pike Place Market.

Weekend Cooking

Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.

May 2010 - Edinburgh Scotland

I first discovered Costa's, a coffee chain in the UK in Scotland at St. Andrew's. Then in Ireland

 It is my favourite coffee place in the UK, way better than Starbucks any time! 

Weekend Cooking

Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.

May 2006 - Santa Fe New Mexico

Great labels!

Weekend Cooking

Beth hosts Weekend Cooking where you can post anything food related.




Was in the grocery store and came across this cheese and just had to buy it for the DH.

Thirsty Thursday

May 2013 - Toronto On

Checked out a new (to us) pub on Bloor St. W near Jane. it carries the usual collection of beer.

Food was very good, a burger (and you can choose how well it is cooked) and a skirt steak sandwich.

Thirsty Thursday

May 2009, China


An afternoon break on a hot, humid day in Yangshuo.

The view from here

Thirsty Thursday

May 2010 - Nottingham England

The Trip to Jerusalem is the oldest pub in England. It is tucked just beneath Nottingham Castle.

It contains a Rock Lounge, carved into the sandstone rock beneath Nottingham’s famous Castle. You can have a Robin Hood ale.

A delicious lunch!

Thristy Thursday - Honolulu

November 2009 - Honolulu Hawaii

The Yard House Restaurant http://www.yardhouse.com/beer.asp
We went back to The Yard House in 2011. We also discovered one in the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas in February 2013.

Yes, we managed to finish it.

MMMMM Calamari!

Mosaic Monday

Posting at Mosaic Monday.

This is a mosaic I did following our fantastic trip to England and Scotland with some great friends in 2010.

Thirsty Thursday

The Purple Giraffe is a new site I found for linking up our travels which include some imbibing of adult liquids.


We have visited many breweries in our travels, but I think that Heineken Experience is one of the most fun. 
They have a "ride" where you become a bottle being filled and shipped.

Mosaic Monday

Saturday Snapshot

 

Saturday Snapshots is hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books.

Taken in Kowloon, Hong Kong 2009 - is there a city anywhere in the world that doesn't have an Irish pub?

Saturday Snapshot

 

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books.   

Beer delivery in Venice, Italy.

This is a repost from a couple of years ago. This happens to be one of my favourite photos from Venice.


Apart from the car parks by the mainland bridge, and a private port area, all transport in Venice is by boat. And the more you think about it, the more difficulties that presents. Deliveries, emergency services, taxis - everything that is done on wheels in other cities must here be done by boat.

Boats are a major part of everyday life, not just for passenger transport but for pretty much everything else too.

Delivery barges are the most common kind of utility vehicle you'll see. Big delivery firms like DHL and UPS have their own liveried boats. Other barges will pass by stacked with anything from casks of wine to shoeboxes. Some have freezers to transport cold food and drink. Once goods get as near to their destination as the canals permit, they are unloaded and wheeled on handcarts through the lanes to their destination. You can watch shop merchandise being unloaded alongside the Rialto Bridge.
The Italian postal service have their own delivery boats, and you can see these moored outside the central Post Office by the Rialto.

The emergency services also have to operate by boat. The fire brigade (Vigili del Fuoco), police and ambulances all have sirens, just like emergency vehicles on land, and woe betide any small boats that get in their way as they race down the Grand Canal, leaving a massive wake behind them. Police boats buzz all over the place. Italy has countless types of police force (military police, urban police, local police, prison police, finance police etc.)
Garbage collection is carried out by boat, too. Early in the morning the refuse barges chug along canals, meeting up with collectors who have cleared every lane on foot, using handcarts.

Alphabe-Thursday

I'm linking up at Alphabe-THURSDAY today!
Today's letter is B.
Beer and beer coasters.